[zepher229]

BIOSTAR A690G M2+ AM2+/AM2 AMD 690G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16813138107

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor Model ADO4600DOBOX
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16819103258

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 (PC2 8000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16820231145

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16822136075

Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?...N82E16832116056

Question: Are these products good, and are they compatible with each other? Also, what should I use for the case, CD driver, and fan? Have I left anything else out?

[SRX660]

Looks like everything should work. Personally i think 160 gigs is too small for the hard drive. A 500 gig drive coulod be partitioned into 2 or 3 drives so you could separate your video/audio from the data and programs files. As for a cd drive i would choose the Phillips 20X DVD-RW drives as they are quiet and efficient, and you only need one to record DVD's and CD's.

Maybe a nice zerotherm cpu cooler like this one.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16835887002

As for a case i would pick either a fancy one to have the eyecandy for myself, or a cheap durable one if you just don't care.

NZXT case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811146035

foxconn cheap case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16811153078

SRX660

[zepher229]

Thanks! You don't know how much help this is!

By the way, what are master and slave hardrives?

[Titan8990]

In a SATA setup there are no master and slave drives. In old IDE setups your main drive was your master and your secondary was your slave. They had to use jumpers to indicate which was which.

[zepher229]

Titan8990, on May 17 2008, 10:41 AM, said:

In a SATA setup there are no master and slave drives. In old IDE setups your main drive was your master and your secondary was your slave. They had to use jumpers to indicate which was which.

Thanks. I appreciate it!


What are these cards equivalent to?

North Bridge AMD 690G
South Bridge AMD SB600

[Titan8990]

Typically no onboard chipset is as good as any discrete gaming card.


Edit: fixed bad spelling....

[Troy]

Titan8990, on May 18 2008, 11:09 AM, said:

Typically no onboard chipset is as good as any desecrate gaming card.

Errr, that's discrete. There is a big difference in the meaning of those two words.