"Dark1" wrote in message
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"Daniel Yates" wrote in message
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Hi all

Well, I am biting the biscuit and doing something I should have done
years
ago and building my own setup. After many years of buying sub standard
rigs
from mainstream vendors with great "stats" yet the cheapest nastiest
parts
imaginable I am determined to caugh up the mulah and go for DIY

I am looking for some advice on the components I have chosen. I know
each
individual have their own "tastes" when it comes to parts, but what I am
looking for is any known compatibility problems between the parts, any
known
"major" issues with various parts i.e tempermental motherboards with a
shoddy bios etc.

Parts are as follows

Thermaltake ATX Supertower ( black ) with window

Thermaltake Silent 480W ATX PSU Dual Fan

Asustek S478 Intel 865PE Deluxe ATX A L R Mobo

Intel P4 2.6 512Kb S478 800FSB

Thermaltake S478/SoA Aquarius II Water Cooling

Kingston ValueRAM 2x512MB PC3200 DDR (matched)

Gainward GeForce 4 Ti4800 128MB

Asustek CD-RW 52/52/24

I have worked out I can buy this set up for around £700 with a bit of
shopping around and trips to Bowlers - is this good value or should I be
aiming lower?

Does anyone know if any of these parts will clash with each other?

Are there any known bugs with any of these parts which I should consider
prior to purchasing?

I am wanting to make sure the PC is hyperthread ready, can run at full
800FSB and is utilising AGP 3.0 standards. Of course many would say many
of
these functions are currently defunct as they are not being utilised but
they will be eventually, and I would like to be readyf or them when they
do.

Thanks in advance for any and all advice offered

Kind Regards

Daniel Yates

I'm not certain why you're going with the watercooling rig, if it's for
just
plain quietness, consider something like a thermalright SLK-800 and a slow
80mm fan, or smartfan.. will be just as quiet and cheaper..
If it's because you want to overclock a good bit, get some faster RAM..
memmory is commonly the bottleneck and the price difference is minimal..
I also suggest going ahead and getting a vid card that will support
directx
9.. that's where the important performance step is when it comes to
running
games tommorow, something along the lines of a geforce fx or radeon 9700..



The main reason for the watercooling is 1.Overclocking and 2. Teh case has a
side window and watercooling will look a great deal better! lol

Faster ram? I will be going for DDR400/PC3200 where is offering faster than
those units? I can never keep up with RAM lol. Direct X 9 is a factor I have
overlooked and will have to have a rethink about my card, like I mentioned
in a n earlier post on this thread I think this will be my problem area.

Regards

Daniel