Any comments about this spec?

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Jeremy Robinson

First timer here building primarily for FPS gaming. Memory and the PSU
were the areas that seemed to cause most confusion for

me. Considered waiting for the SLI Nforce4 boards but I think that is a
bridge too far for my needs. I'm not into

overclocking but I hope it will run pretty much straight away upon
assembly. I'd be grateful for any comments/incompatibilities about the
components I have selected.

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Socket 939, 512KB cache, 90nm, Winchester
MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum-54G Mainboard S939 nForce3
250Ultra,SATA,GbLAN,ATX,Dual-DDR
512MB 184Pin DIMM PC3200 DDR RAM Non-Parity CL3 CT6464Z40B
Leadtek WinFast A400TDH GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP)
Pioneer DVR-A06 (cannibalised from my old system)
Western Digital Caviar 160GB SATA150 8MB 7200rpm
Antec P160 Anodized Aluminum Midi Tower Case
Antec TruePower 550W PSU
 
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Ruel Smith

Jeremy said:
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0 GHz Socket 939, 512KB cache, 90nm, Winchester
MSI K8N NEO2 Platinum-54G Mainboard S939 nForce3
250Ultra,SATA,GbLAN,ATX,Dual-DDR
512MB 184Pin DIMM PC3200 DDR RAM Non-Parity CL3 CT6464Z40B
Leadtek WinFast A400TDH GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 TV-Out/DVI (AGP)
Pioneer DVR-A06 (cannibalised from my old system)
Western Digital Caviar 160GB SATA150 8MB 7200rpm
Antec P160 Anodized Aluminum Midi Tower Case
Antec TruePower 550W PSU
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Excellent system, but why stop at just one HDD? Why not stripe a RAID 0
setup with 2 drives? I run (2) WD 160GB drives with the 8MB cache, and
together they're definitely quite a bit faster.
 
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Michael Hawes

Ruel Smith said:
Excellent system, but why stop at just one HDD? Why not stripe a RAID 0
setup with 2 drives? I run (2) WD 160GB drives with the 8MB cache, and
together they're definitely quite a bit faster.
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Latest games benefit from 1Gb RAM.
Mike.
 
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