new system questions

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njwheels

Hello all,
Planning on constructing the following system as soon as tax return$
arrives...

MSI K8T Neo-Fis2R
Athlon 64 3200+
Mushkin - Level One 2x512 DDR400 PC3200
2x 36gig 10k rpm Western Digital SATA hard drives
Thermaltake Xaser III case
A+Gpb ATX 450w power supply
Zalman CNPS700A cpu cooler
MSI FX5900-VTD128 video

I plan on moving my Audigy card, cd-rw drive and dvd drive over from my
current system as well. I was wondering if anyone knows of any glaring
hardware compatibility issues with the system I'm proposing here. I have'nt
been able to use my Audigy for quite a while now without using Kx drivers,
and I was never really satisfied with that as a fix.
I'd also like to hear your ideas on disc configs, as I've never used a SATA
drive, or a raid setup before for that matter. What kind of options do I
have anyway? Is it best to boot to SATA, run programs from SATA, and just
use your ide drive(s) for storage? I still have an 80gig drive thats
relatively new I'd like to keep using.
Sorry for rambling, but I'm driving myself nuts reading reviews and
whatnot, wanted some live feedback...
thanks
wheels
 
A+Gpb ATX 450w power supply
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I've never had one, but from a couple reviews I saw, it appeared OK
compared to a name-brand 300W, but a weak 5V rail for a ~ 450W rating,
you can do better in 400W+, like Antec or Sparkle, etc. Even
Thermaltake/Enlight 420W is better, though those have sleeve bearing
fans that I'd replace.
 
kony said:
I've never had one, but from a couple reviews I saw, it appeared OK
compared to a name-brand 300W, but a weak 5V rail for a ~ 450W rating,
you can do better in 400W+, like Antec or Sparkle, etc. Even
Thermaltake/Enlight 420W is better, though those have sleeve bearing
fans that I'd replace.
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Thanks for the info, I was considering the Thermaltake anyway...
wheels
 
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