New PC - your input

[Dave Johnston]

Ok, I'm getting a new PC, and these are my minimum specs:
- P4 2.0GHz
- GeForce 4
- 512MB RAM

So, I've been playing around with a few possible combinations of components until I've met one that is beneath my £1200 spending limit. I think I've found a decent combination, and just thought I'd let you all look over it - there are no doubt a few people who know more than me about this stuff!

- Abit BD7-II RAID i845EP (533FSB) P4 DDR Mobo (S478) £116.33
- 512Mb PC2100 DDR - ECC Registered (Micron Original)£179.78
- 2.266 GHz *533FSB* Intel Pentium® P4 CPU 0.13u 512k Cache * S478 * £230.89
- 128Mb MSI G4Ti4400-VTD GeForce 4 TV Out/Video In/DVI £217.38
- Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Player SB1394 OEM £54.64
- 400W PSU with PFC AMD/P4 £37.60
- 80Gb Maxtor D740X ATA-133 (7200rpm, 2MB Cache, 8.5ms) Quiet Drive Technology £103.11
- Lian Li PC68 USB Aluminum Midi Case - Without PSU £129.25

I'd get a PSU separately from QuietPC (spot the focus).

Can anyone spot any potential configuration problems? Last time I built a PC (this one no less) I had no problems, but I spent months researching my choices. I did all the above yesterday afternoon :)

Specifically, is that the right RAM/mobo combination? I really am out of touch!

[R0B]

If you are spending the money to get a pentium 4, go with Rambus ram, nor DDR. If you can't afford rambus, then go the way of athlon. You can get a faster processor, and you will then be able to spend some of that saved money of other things. BTW, what speakers are you getting/do you have, and what model Audigy is that?

[BurningSheep]

rdram is more expensive and the speed difference between rdram and ddr is only marginal. That's why the i845 chipset is becoming more and more popular.

[R0B]

that is completely incorrect. You are the weakest link, good bye.

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