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mharvey1
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_ 		27. December 2004 @ 17:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm in the process of ordering components and I want to make sure this will work:

ASUS P5GD2 Deluxe Motherboard
Intel P4 530 3.0 GHz Processor
Gigabyte NVidia GeForce 6600
Kingston 1 GB DDR2 533 (2-512MB)
2 200GB Western Digital SATA hard drives
Thermaltake 420W case
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_ 		27. December 2004 @ 17:51 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I would go with at least a 500 watt psu
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_ 		28. December 2004 @ 01:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yeah, it looks great to me. I'm not sure of how great Thermaltake's stock PSUs are but if they're crappy then you will probably need a better PSU. Albeit, don't run out and buy the cheapest 500watt PSU you see or you'll be in a bigger hole than you would be with the stock 420watt.

I'd go ahead and try it with the stock PSU and if you run into random rebooting or crashes I'd go ahead and get a recognized brand PSU in the 450-500Watt range.
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mharvey1
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_ 		29. December 2004 @ 07:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hey, thanks. I did end up changing the PSU to a 560W Thermaltake. You can see the specs at: http://www.thermaltake.com/purepower/W0023.htm Otherwise, all else is the same. Now I'm looking for optical drives. I want to do some DVD burning and I take a lot of digital photos. Lastly I use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and Access) just about daily. If you recommend any particular brand, let me know. I've been looking at Sony and Memorex, but I'm not sure what else is good quality.
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ddp
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_ 		29. December 2004 @ 09:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
try Pioneer 108D 16X as some members like it
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