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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.

If you're going to buy a seperate PSU, there's no point in getting a case that comes with a (pretty good) PSU built in. Get one of these cases instead: [URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1231067246&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=56992[/URL] - they are identical in build quality and structure to the case you are looking at. In fact, pretty much any of these will do: [URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=UFNQcm9kdWN0U2VhcmNoUmVzdWx0cw%3D%3D&mfr_uid=377&keywords=&show=all&Filter=Filter+Search&cat_uid=23&order_col=sell_price&order=ASC[/URL]

Most places will give you a small refund if you buy an extra PSU. Send them an E-mail before you order. That's what I did when I got my Orchid and Macron 400w.

Notice you only have 512mb RAM down, why not get 1Gb for added performance.

Thats what I said but he would listen.

There's nothing whatsoever that would justify 1GB RAM. I'm into video editing, but that's dependent on the CPU. I won't be opening up multiple versions of photoshop, for example, because I'm not into image editing.

So 512MB should be ample.

Miserableman wrote:
> If you're going to buy a seperate PSU, there's no point in getting a
> case that comes with a (pretty good) PSU built in. Get one of these
> cases instead:
> [URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1231067246&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X3Jldmlld3M=&product_uid=56992[/URL]
> - they are identical in build quality and structure to the case you
> are looking at. In fact, pretty much any of these will do:
> [URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=UFNQcm9kdWN0U2VhcmNoUmVzdWx0cw%3D%3D&mfr_uid=377&keywords=&show=all&Filter=Filter+Search&cat_uid=23&order_col=sell_price&order=ASC[/URL]

I linked to Special Reserve because they stock the product and I didn't want to promote the competition. In actual fact, I'm getting the same case but without a PSU from another site.

Mav wrote:
> How's this for a CPU cooler?
> [URL]http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?rb=1206599411&action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=63317#pinfo[/URL]

So I'm looking to order the stuff soon - is it all ok? No compatability issues or anything?

That prescott is going to run hotter than the sun.. you may find that heatsink can't hack it. I'm not sure though... I'd buy a Thermalright though.

Any one you'd specifically recommend?