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Originally Posted by SiL Eighty
*What type of setup I want.
- 2, 120 gig hdd's
- Atleast 512 mb ram " with the option to make it about 1gig later"
- Atleast 2.8 ghz processor "if its not TOO expensive id like to get a 3.2 ghz"
- very good vid and Sound cards
- good wireless key board and optical mouse " thinking of logitec"
- Option to make it dual monitors in the near future. "a MUST option"
- decent cd burner and dvd player "i dont care to much about these but i do want them"
- Atleast 5 usb ports
- what are good fans?
- A mother board that can do all of thee above
- A case w/ front or top mount usb ports
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Ok, here are my recommendations
Since I have no idea what the stuff costs in the US, I'll omit the prices.
- HD: Seagate Barracuda 7200s, very fast and very silent
- Amd Athlon XP 3000+ as a more economic solution
- Amd Athlon 64 3400+ for top-of-the-line
- if you take the A64, you can get the Albatron K8X800 Pro II mainboard which has good onboard sound (VIA Envy 24PT 7.1)
- Radeon 9800 Pro - got quite cheap by now. Manufactured doesn't matter, as they all use the reference design. Supports dual monitors.
- I wouldn't take the Logitech desktop set since the new Logitech mice suck imo... there are enough good alternatives (Creative, MS etc.) Personally, I'm using a Typhoon Navigator Office XP keyboard and a MS Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 mouse which both work nicely. Both have cables, though.
- I'm having a Philips 48x CD burner which works fine
- the best fans are from Papst, but very expensive. You can also use YStech which is quite affoprdable and still have a nice quality
- Power Supply: Levicom 420W (very affordable, but still good quality, not too silent) or be quiet 450W (silent, more power, but also clearly more expensive)