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I'm completely new to this, so any help or advice will be greatly appreciated. I've selected the components I want, they are as follows:

Motherboard:
Abit IC7 [URL]http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=63548[/URL]

CPU:
Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz 800FSB 1MB [URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG4583_cpu_intel_pentium_.html[/URL]

CPU Cooler:
ThermalRight SP-94 [URL]http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Thermalright_120.html[/URL]

Memory:
2x Crucial PC3200 Non-Parity 256MB [URL]http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=116451&cks=PRL[/URL]

Hard Drive:
Seagate Barracuda 160GB SATA 8MB 7200RPM [URL]http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=117681&cks=PRL[/URL]

Graphics Card:
Gainward GeForce 6800 GT 256MB DDR3 AGP [URL]http://www.komplett.co.uk/k/ki.asp?sku=300440&cks=PRL[/URL]

CD-ROM:
ASUS 52x IDE Black [URL]http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?ASU-CDROMB[/URL]

Floppy Disk Drive:
Sony Internal 3.5" 1.44MB Black [URL]http://www.savastore.com/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=Savastore&category%5Fname=Disk+Drive+%2D+Floppy&Page=1&pid=1[/URL]

Power Supply:
Antec TrueControl 550W [URL]http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000YPXS0/qid=1092309466/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/202-1774486-7299823[/URL]

Case:
Chieftec Dragon Black [URL]http://uk.special.reserve.co.uk/q_GG2930_chieftec_dragon_bl.html[/URL]

Monitor:
Relisys TE988B 19" [URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=62136[/URL]

Nice, eh? I reckon it's all ok, but if any of you guys could tell me whether there are compatability issues or key components that I've missed, I'd appreciate it. Also, if you know of anywhere to get any of these cheaper, then please say (unless the product is stocked by Special Reserve, in which case, keep it shtun).

Also - for cooling, aside from a CPU cooler, how do I know what size fans I should get and how many? I'm not sure whether the specification on the case tells me this or not, and I don't know how many I would need for a cool case.

Thanks a lot.

Mav wrote:
> J-42 wrote:
> How else do you propose I ask you?
>
> ...
>
> Vocally?

OK - Just confirming.

:D

J-42 wrote:
> How else do you propose I ask you?

...

Vocally?

Those specs are very similar to mine.

I have a P4 2.8 Prescott (1mb cache), excellent processor very quick, hyperthreading etc

Seagate Hard drives, I have the 80Gb+120Gb SATA, transfer speed of about 49Mb sec, install windows superquick.

I'd still go for 2 sticks of 512 running at dual channel rather than 2x 256.

Well picked though

Mav wrote:
> DVD Drive will come later. I'll get it working first before I
> customise it.

Heh, you say that as if its some kind of hardship.

How else do you propose I ask you?

No...

Must you ask me on the forums?

Are you gonna get a printer?

Well scan are my personal favourite.

Coin wrote:
> Just out of interest, what are the best sites for buying PC
> components?


All the ones preceeding your post. Plus CCL.

DVD Drive will come later. I'll get it working first before I customise it.

Good sites are komplett, ebuyer and scan.