Please Give Suggestions on the "-to-be" new comp

[gooberguy]

http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/WishShareShow.asp?ID=1676245&WishListTitle=MY+COMPUTER

any suggestions, stupid mistakes i made, would be great full. This is what i am aiming for and dont want a completly differant setup but if theres slight changes to be made ill make em.

THanks for your time!

[lumis]

i dont think you need the floppy drive or the cd burner.

you can use virtual floppy drive to make your floppies on to your virtual "a:" drive, and then transfer that floppy to a cd-rw.

your dvd burner can burn cd's.. i'd rather drop another $20 and get another dvd burner.

[yoda313]

Yeah ditto on the dvd burner.

Just remember to get as much ram and harddrive space upfront as your budget will allow. ESPECIALLY if you do a lot of video projects. You'll be glad you went with more.

[gooberguy]

but for things such as BIOS updates and other firmware type of things wouldnt i need a actual physical floppy drive?

[yoda313]

You can make a bootable cdr.

[gooberguy]

Oh, ok i understand now. Thanks!

Anyother suggestions regarding compatibilty and those type of things are very welcome! thanks!

[budz]

I'd suggest you purchase a ANTEC Power Supply or get a ANTEC case.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103908

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129145

get a smaller hard drive to put your operating system on like a 80 or 120 gb and use the 250 gb you chose as the second hard drive.

[lumis]

as mentioned previously..

you might see if it is affordable to split up your hdd space over 2 or 3 drives.

sometimes you need to extract/copy large files, it's a lot quicker to do it from one drive to another, instead of on the same drive.

also, if one of your hdd's dies, you dont lose everything. it's a mini insurance policy.

[gooberguy]

as mentioned previously..

you might see if it is affordable to split up your hdd space over 2 or 3 drives.

sometimes you need to extract/copy large files, it's a lot quicker to do it from one drive to another, instead of on the same drive.

also, if one of your hdd's dies, you dont lose everything. it's a mini insurance policy.

That is an awesome suggestion! Thanks!

[gooberguy]

I'd suggest you purchase a ANTEC Power Supply or get a ANTEC case.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103908

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129145

get a smaller hard drive to put your operating system on like a 80 or 120 gb and use the 250 gb you chose as the second hard drive.

Is that case too small for normal sized ATX parts?

[budz]

I'd suggest you purchase a ANTEC Power Supply or get a ANTEC case.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103908

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129145

get a smaller hard drive to put your operating system on like a 80 or 120 gb and use the 250 gb you chose as the second hard drive.

Is that case too small for normal sized ATX parts?

It's a ATX mini case which will fit your components ok. The mobo is standard size of 12.0" b7 9.6" Here take a look at the antec link where it says it fits main boards 12" x 9.6": http://www.antec.com/specs/SuperLanBoy_spe.html