"Mystic" wrote in message
om...
I'm planning to purchase a new computer later this week (at last!),
but first I would very much like some 2nd opinions from some of the
many knowledgeable folk in this group to hopefully spot any egregious
errors I may have made before I begin plunking my money down. I'll be
getting the core of the system as a barebone from mwave.com, and then
adding the hard drive and videocard myself. (I'm not quite confident
enough of my hardware abilities to do CPU and MB installation just
yet.)

Here is the system spec I'm planning on as of today:

CPU: AMD Athlon64 3000+ (socket 754)
MB: MSI K8N Neo Platinum (socket 754, NForce 3-250Gb chipset)
Case: Antec Sonata (w/TruePower 380 PSU, if I understand correctly)
Video: ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB DDR 8X AGP
HD: Samsung SP1614C 160GB, SATA, 8MB buffer, 7200rpm
DVD burner: Pioneer DVR-107BK 8x8 DVD-RW


OK, dual layer DVD burners are out, and the same price as the single layer
burners. This seems to be something that many builders aren't aware
f. -Dave