Building my own PC for the first time

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chuckd said:

Chemical said:
Ok, I think I have all of my parts figured out. http://img45.imageshack.us/my.php?image=partsbc5.png

If there is anything that I forgot to put on the list or there is something incompatible or bad then dont hesitate to tell me. I am going to discuss these parts with a couple people I know so I have time.

 

Hello tabbed browsing...wow! :o If you're not planning on overclocking, you can lose the cpu fan and just use the one included. Also, you might not want to get the 64-bit version of vista due to driver compatibility issues. Make sure all of the parts you are ordering and any peripherals that you already own have Microsoft signed drivers or they will not install. Almost missed it, but ditch that hdd and get a SATA one. Much better performance. Finally, you don't have any sort of optical drive. Otherwise, looks good to me.

He has 4gb of ram, so he kinda needs 64bit. If he got a 1gb card he would have less than 2.8gb Usable ram. But I do agree on the HDD, Im sorry I missed it, kinda just glossed over that part.

As for driver compatibility if its been signed off for Vista, and everything has then it will work on 64bit.

Optical drive? Is that down the page more, it seems to have a scroll bar.