Buying a PC - can someone check the specs?

stephen_murphy7

Hi people,
I am putting together a new PC and I am buying the components on komplett.
I have a 600 euro budget, and I have picked the components, and have come in just in price. Can someone verify that everything is ok?
One other thing - I have not listed monitor graphics card mouse or keyboard coz I have all that.

DR-DIMM PC3200 512MB DDR CL2.5 Memory 184-P (for DDR-PC400MHz)

Western Digital Caviar 160GB IDE ATA/100 8MB cache 7200RPM

MSI DVD recorder DR8-A2 IDE Retail DVD+R/+RW and DVD-R/-RW

EPoX EP-8KDA3J Mainboard for Socket 754 nForce3 250GB,SATA,GbLAN,ATX,Sound

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0 GHz Socket 754, 512 KB cache, BOXED

Q-Tec Midi tower ATX L-MD02, Beige/Silve w/350W AMD/P4

Thermaltake Venus 12 CPU-Cooler Socket 754/940,


Thanks in advance for the help,
Stephen

Cyrus

would you not get a better case? say a chieftec bx or dragon?

RE*AC*TOR

looks good to me. some people don't like q-tec - i don't have a problem with them.

stephen_murphy7

Thanks guys - to be honest I dont care about the appearance of the box - is there a problem with that box regarding assembly?

RE*AC*TOR

stephen_murphy7 wrote:

Thanks guys - to be honest I dont care about the appearance of the box - is there a problem with that box regarding assembly?

no - none.

unkel

problem with qtec is not the appearance of the case, it is the crap PSU. I strongly advise you to spend a few € extra on a PSU and you could save yourself from a lot of potential problems

stephen_murphy7

unkel wrote:

problem with qtec is not the appearance of the case, it is the crap PSU. I strongly advise you to spend a few € extra on a PSU and you could save yourself from a lot of potential problems

Is 350 watts not enough?
or is it the fact that it is a QTec power supply?
what will happen if I try to build it with the 350 watt power supply?

jozi

stephen_murphy7 wrote:

Western Digital Caviar 160GB IDE ATA/100 8MB cache 7200RPM

EPoX EP-8KDA3J Mainboard for Socket 754 nForce3 250GB,SATA,GbLAN,ATX,Sound

Seems your board supporst SATA why not get a SATA hd instead of a IDE one, SATA is faster than IDE. SATA drives are not much more expesive than IDE ones.

Q-tec PSU are meant to be bad enough alright, thats all i seem to read way!

Jozi

Cyrus

Qty Your Price Total
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ 2.0 GHz Socket 754, 512 KB cache, BOXED

- Surcharges 0 per item will be added.
Article number: 300492
Stock status: 20-49 stocked 175 175

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MSI DVD recorder DR8-A2 IDE Retail DVD+R/+RW and DVD-R/-RW

- Surcharges 0 per item will be added.
Article number: 300264
Stock status: 20-49 stocked 78 78

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EPoX EP-8KDA3J Mainboard for Socket 754 nForce3 250GB,SATA,GbLAN,ATX,Sound

- Surcharges 0 per item will be added.
Article number: 300671
Stock status: 20-49 stocked 107 107

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DDR-DIMM PC3200 512MB DDR CL2.5 Memory 184-P (for DDR-PC400MHz)

- Surcharges 0 per item will be added.
Article number: 112666
Stock status: 10-19 stocked 84 84

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Chieftec BX Tower with door, Black Case 360W PSU

- Surcharges 0 per item will be added.
Article number: 117755
Stock status: 10-19 stocked 101.64 101.64

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Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB S-ATA 8MB cache 7200RPM

- Surcharges 0 per item will be added.
Article number: 117681
Stock status: 20-49 stocked


Try the above for a few quid more better choice imo, also after market cooler as poor as that one, theres no point the stock one is fine

Comes to 669

unkel

stephen_murphy7 wrote:

Is 350 watts not enough?
or is it the fact that it is a QTec power supply?
what will happen if I try to build it with the 350 watt power supply?

See the second post on
this excellent thread and all will be revealed