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Tonee

These; (I'm in UK if that changes anything )

DVD-RW
Network Card
HDD
GFX Card
RAM (I want 2 GB at the most)

This is what it will be based on (if it matters)

CPU AMD Athlon64 3400 64bit 754Pin
Water cooler WaterChill KT12A-L30 Antarctica CPU/VGA/Chipset
Fan#1 PCI Slot Exhaust
Fan#2 PCI Slot Exhaust
Motherboard ASUS K8N-E Deluxe
Tower LIAN-LI PC-V2000 AlUMINIUM CASE
Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum 6.1

Spooge

<a href='http://www.simply.co.uk/departments/DVD-Writer+Drives/000S04/DVD-Writer+Drives.htm' target='_blank'>DVD-RW</a> - The only brand I can recommend on that page is the MSI. Don't know much about the others.

<a href='http://www.simply.co.uk/productinformation/43889/WW/LINKSYS_10100_PCI_NIC_CARD/index.htm' target='_blank'>Network card</a>

<a href='http://www.simply.co.uk/productinformation/49370/WW/MAXTOR_PLUS9_SATA_120GB_9.4MS_7200RPM_8MB/index.htm' target='_blank'>Hard drive</a>

<a href='http://www.simply.co.uk/productinformation/75363/WW/CONNECT_3D_X800_PRO_256MB/index.htm' target='_blank'>Video Card - ATI</a>
<a href='http://www.simply.co.uk/productinformation/48993/WW/GIGABYTE_FX5950_ULTRA_256MB_DDR_TV_OUT_DVI/index.htm' target='_blank'>Video card - Nvidia</a>

<a href='http://www.simply.co.uk/productinformation/49919/WW/CORSAIR_512MB_XMS3200_ECC_REG_LOW_LATENCY_MEMORY/index.htm' target='_blank'>Memory</a>

Mr_Headcrab

for your HDD, i'd suggest a Western Digital, the bigger the better

although i think there's a sale at Circuit City for a 120 gig for 40 bucks....

jumpingjoda

Best HD i ever had (and still have) is from samsung.
But nowdays there are no really big diferences between HD brands... I hope.

Dorian_Gray

There are differences, but most people won't notice them. WD is faster, but at the cost of reliability, while Maxtor is more reliable, at the cost of speed (apparently). I've never had a drive die on me (I still have a WD 6GB from 1998 and it still works).

However, if you can, get SATA drives (your mobo is a new Asus, so it probably supports it, but I'm too lazy to check). And as for a network card, your mobo probably has at LEAST 10/100 ethernet, if not gigabit. If you can wait, get an ATI X800 XT:PE, but if not, get the X800 Pro. As for RAM, get Kingston or Crucial, and as fast as your mobo can support.

Zaggy

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Uhm, I was installing a Maxtor HD, and it started to make a loud ticking noise during a Windows installation and it crashed big time. but meh, Maxtor is overall pretty good.
I have a Western Digital, and it works perfect.

jumpingjoda

My 2 IBM drives died after 1 year use (regular, not 24/7).
Good thing they sold the HD part to hitachi(i think), those were awfull HD's.

Tonee

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