Completed List Of New Pc Parts

I finally compiled all the pieces to my new comp. Please take a look and tell me if everything looks good or you feel that something may be better. Thanks for all of your help thus far.

Case:Chieftec - Dragon - Sky Blue Mid 49.99
TigerDirect.com Item #: DRG-BL-UF

Power Supply:ENERMAX Noisetaker 92.00
Item#: N82E16817103446

Processor:AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 80.00
Item#: N82E16819103379

Mobo:ABIT "NF7-S" nForce2 Chipset Motherboard 85.00
Item#: N82E16813127166

Memory:Corsair XMS Extreme 512 119.00
Item#: N82E16820145416

Hard Drive:Seagate 120GB 7200RPM 95.00
Item#: N82E16822148017

Graphics Card:SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9800 PRO 199.00
Item:# N82E16814102268

Cd-Rom(CDR/CDRW): Lite-On Black 52X32X52 31.99
Item#: N82E16827106197

Floppy Drive:SONY Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy 10.99
Item#: N82E16821103116

Operating System:Windows XP Home Edition 90.00
Item#: N82E16837102141

Keyboard/Mouse COmbo:Chieftec Wireless 39.99
TigerDirect.com Item #: OKBM-BL

Two 80mm Fans:?

Monitor:NEC 17" SuperBright Diamondtron 151.00
Item#: N82E16824002028

Total: $1043.96

I don't need the power adapter for the HD do I?

Everything looks great, nice choice on power supply.

About the hard drive:
1) Is it SATA? if not then no you do not need a poweer adaptor, if it is SATA then i am not too sure, your motherboard, hard drive, or power supply might come with one...

2) Is it 8mb cache? it's a lot faster than a drive with 2mb cache so you might want to make sure.

Where are you buying from?

and u dont need to buy an Operating System you can "download" Win Xp Pro Corp. for FREE

btw the price is a bit high...

It is a SATA with an 8 MB buffer. I'm getting everything except the case and keyboard from Newegg.

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Originally posted by jaigandhi5@9 July 2004 - 13:26
and u dont need to buy an Operating System you can "download" Win Xp Pro Corp. for FREE

btw the price is a bit high...

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price isn't high...he's getting a monitor, and an operating system, which are added into that price.

Btw, yes download xp corp it will save you many headaches and quite a bit of money as well...

Your Enermax PSU comes with the necessary SATA power connectors.

Does anyone have any experience with ThernoMaxx fans? There is one out there that has a sensor on it. Also what about the Vantec Stealth fan?

I hate the thermo-sensor fans.

Stealths are nice, as are Sunons.

Either run your fans on 7v ( nice and quiet) or use a fan controller to speed them up/down.

YUa don't use the sensored ones i bought one about a half year ago and didn't like it cause it was always running at the slowest speed. I returned it for a cheaper non-sensored fan and it blows way more air.
I've seince replaced them with 80mm led fans though...