[spikoman69]

Well, my almost new 200gb harddrive just crashed on me, **** maxtor, so i decided when/if i do get that new 200gb harddrive from my warranty, im going to build a new computer with it, and some other parts i got lying around. I dont plan on overclocking, if i do it wont be much, but i plan on doing some light gaming on it once i get a decent pci-e card in the furture since i cant afford one right now. Remind me of other things i need for building a computer or parts i need that arent on this list.

CPU - AMD Athlon X2 3600+ Brisbane 1.9ghz Socket AM2 - OEM (Comes with free rainbows six vegas w00t) Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Brisbane 1.9GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - OEM

CPU Thermal Paste - Arctic Silver 5

CPU Heatsink and Fan - Arctic Cooling Alpine 64 Newegg.com - ARCTIC COOLING ALPINE64 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail

Motherboard - Biostar Socket AM2 NForce 4 ATX - Newegg.com - BIOSTAR NF4UAM2G Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

RAM - Corsair ValueSelect 2x512mb DDR2 pc4200 dual channel kit Newegg.com - CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail

Video Card - Currently owned XFX FX5200 PCI, upgrading to a 7600gt or 7950 when i get some more money in summer.

Hard Drive - Hopefully the 200gb ATA100 maxtor, or probably seagate now that they bought them out, or if they screw me over on warranty, and 250gb WD 7200rpm Sata 3.0g.

Hard Drive Fan - Newegg.com - OKGEAR GC815 HDD Cooler - Retail

Optical Drive - Currently owned Samsung DVD/CD-RW combo.

Power Supply - XClio 450w Newegg.com - XClio 450BL ATX 450W Power Supply 115/230 V UL, CUL, TUV, CB - Retail

Case - Linkworld mid-atx with cool LEDs (I dont care if its cheap plastic, my computer sits in one spot, this case comes with 3 case fans, LEDS, clear window, as long as it works im down with it, and its "inexpensive") Newegg.com - Linkworld 3210-04-C2628 Black/Silver Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

Speakers - Already Owned

Monitor - 17" dell crt, ill get a flat panel, someday

Mouse - already owned

Keyboard - already owned

Operating System - Windows XP Home SP2B OEM Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM

Floppy Drive - Samsung Newegg.com - SAMSUNG Black 1.44MB 3.5" Internal Floppy Drive Model SFD321B/LBL1 - OEM

[spikoman69]

Just thought of a question, does that mobo even have a connector for a floppy drive?

[spikoman69]

Another question, will a 20+4 connector work on a 24 pin connector mobo?

[jakebrick]

Looks pretty good, but if you don't plan on OC'ing, you probably don't need the extra CPU heatsink, especially since your case has a bunch of fans.

[spikoman69]

its an oem CPU, and the heatsink and fan is 10$ so its still cheaper then buying the processor retail with a crappy heatsink. Also, i still havent found answers for my 2 questions yet xD!

[plumber4578]

Originally Posted by spikoman69

Another question, will a 20+4 connector work on a 24 pin connector mobo?

Yes it will. I think. better get someone to confirm that though.

[plumber4578]

Originally Posted by spikoman69

Just thought of a question, does that mobo even have a connector for a floppy drive?

Yes it does. If you look at the pictures of the motherboard there is a connection lableed "FDD Connector". that is short for floppy disk connector.

[jakebrick]

I didn't realize it was OEM, in which case it is defiantly a good idea to get a heatsink. You wouldn't want to leave it naked.

[Nagasama]

drop ten more dollars and get the biostar T550 mobo.
you should overclock.
t550 is the best out for that cpu.

[spikoman69]

T550 looks great, but only has one IDE, and i dont think its possible to setup your CD drive and HDD on one IDE channel, but if i end up having to buy a new SATA drive because maxtor wont replace that harddrive that died on me, then ill consider the t550.