Question about components in my computer

[notochord]

Hi,
Im new here, ive been lurking around these forums and amazed by the stuff on here. This seems like this could be a good hobby for me and i'd like to try it out. so before i can do any of this crazy modding i have to learn how to build a computer. I got a book but i just wanted to have someone look and see if the components that i chose will work together and to see if theres anything better that you guys recommend.

so heres my list


ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce SPP 100 ATX AMD Motherboard

eVGA 256-P2-N527-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card

Antec SmartPower 2.0 SP-500 ATX12V 500W Power Supply

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ Toledo 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4400CDBOX

CORSAIR XMS 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 433 (PC 3500) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory Model TWINX2048-3500LLPRO


Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200KS 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

ViewSonic VX2025WM Black-Silver 20.1" 8ms gray-to-gray (avg.); 16ms white-black-white (typ) Widescreen LCD Monitor

PLEXTOR Black IDE Slot Load 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model PX-716AL/SW


Im pretty sure im gonna get the cpu, motherboard, ram and monitor if it will all work together. Im just not sure about the hard drive and the cd drive, and psu

o and on the 7800gtx does it have 2 dvi things on it??

Thanks a lot,
noto

[Jetty_200]

umm....ya that's pretty noobish...ok you will actually get a whole lot more responses if you put up the links to the sites with all this jazz...no one on here (including myeslf) wants to go seraching for the specs. Secondly i'll tell you right now that if you can afford it get the 512 7800 not the 256, better inestment. Anywho get the links on here and as long as you help us to help you then there's usually an answer. alrighty

[notochord]

sry. let me try this again.

motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813131568

Graphics card
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16814130254

psu
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16817103937

pcu
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819103546

ram
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145594

Hard drive
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822136003

monitor
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16824116381

cd drive
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827131352

[Malatory]

Why are you going with the 433 Ram ??

PC 3200 or 400 will save a couple of pennies and match the speed of the motherboard and processor (If you plan to look into OCing then its fine).

CD-rom .. Why do you need the slot loaded??
the NEC 3550A is a nice drive and I have 5 DVD burnners and 2 ove them are the 3550A and another is the 3500
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827152058

Video card ..
7800GTX been bumped with the 7900GT with more Pipe lines
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814150139
and cheaper .. if you want to spend what you saved on the CD-rom and put it towards the video card then get the 7900GTX

Personally I like Asus alot but I found my DFI mobo a better value over the ASUS one. DFI wants good quality ram and you have that picked out already.

[public_eyesore]

^^^ what i would have picked. But i dont think that the 7900gt is a bump up in pipes, its just a smaller die and cheaper.

[bcampbell91]

i agree with all of which all the above have stated, but if ur only gonna run i graphics card u could also go ati with the x1900xtx and as for dfi i would say asus would be a lot more user friendly for someone with no experience, also id look into the antec tpII 550w psu because i like it more and it has 50 more wats and ik its sli compatible, but then again the one u picked out might also be i cant remember. way to go for choosing amd asus and corsair, they all rock! by the way ur hdd is compatable

[mszo]

Just wondering..why are you going with AMD? Personally, I like Intel more.

[legoman786]

@mszo... It's all personal preference. If he desires an AMD, then he'll get one. And vice versa. I don't mean to say that intel is dumb and you are dumb for suggesting buying an intel, I'm saying that if he likes it, then he likes it.

[mszo]

lol...I think you may have taken it a little too seriously. I'm not critisizing him, I'm just asking and telling my opinion

[legoman786]

Yea I think I did. My bad man.