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aliasjanedoe
05-13-2008, 02:21 AM
Can you guys please go over this and make sure everything is compatible? Thanks so much!

Case
In Win Allure
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811108064

Motherboard
ASUS P5E-VM HDMI
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131237

Processor
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115027

Graphics card
GeForce 8800GTS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127328

Sound card
I'm probably going to wait and buy this later when I'm more sure of what my needs are.

Power suply
Please suggest something; I'm not sure how much power I need.

Memory
4gb DDR2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211188

Hard drives
three - Samsung 750gb
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100

DVD burner
Lite-On
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106072

Case fan
Zalman
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118024

Intake fan
Vantec
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835888104

Hard drive fans
Logisys
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835999002

eSATA
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812226003

More firewire
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186009

The Wise Monkey
05-13-2008, 05:24 AM
Your case only has two 3.5" HD bays, but you list 3 HDs here - are you going to keep one in an external enclosure?

aliasjanedoe
05-13-2008, 05:42 AM
Your case only has two 3.5" HD bays, but you list 3 HDs here - are you going to keep one in an external enclosure?

I only need two, but I'm debating sticking another one in the 3.5 external drive bay since I've nothing planned to go in either of those.

aliasjanedoe
05-13-2008, 05:55 AM
Oh, and I'm also figuring that my graphics card is going block a pci express slot (which is why I was looking at not using pci for the esata, but it will block access to the outside of the case as well), so I can't do both the firewire and esata. I'm thinking that I have to decide on one or the other. Unless somebody has a solution that allows both? I do have one firewire on my motherboard, but I think it would be nice to have ports on both the front and back of the computer rather than just having a hub. Is there such a thing as an internal hub?

aliasjanedoe
05-13-2008, 07:11 AM
I suppose I could use something like this for my esata:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999176

But does anybody know where I can find one that has just esata and nothing else?

aliasjanedoe
05-17-2008, 02:19 PM
I could still use suggestions for a power supply. Does 500w sound right?

The Wise Monkey
05-17-2008, 03:10 PM
The Corsair 520HX is a good bet.