Hi all. I'm building for the first time from scratch. Until yesterday I knew nothing about sata, raptors, pci-e - heck, when my husband removed the cpu fan to hoover the dust out I was like, 'What is that gooey white stuff?' Let me go get a cloth...'
Anywho, I've already bought an Antec P180 case, a Seasonic S12 430W PSU, and an Asus P5B Deluxe mobo (I learnt that term on my travels too!) So I'm planning on doing the following setup:
Case: Antec P180
PSU: Seasonic S12 430W
Mobo: Asus P5B Deluxe/Wi-fi
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6400
Graphics Card: Sapphire Radeon x1650 Pro
HDD: Undecided. I'd like lots of storage (as I do some graphic design/presentation work with Flash, Director and Photoshop on and off. I've been reading up and have decided against RAID tho, so only one drive should be necessary.
Sound Card: Undecided. I don't need anything too fancy, but it should be able to lend some atmosphere to the odd game here and there (11yr old son to please).
DVD drives: I want two of them, writable of course, but I dunno what make or speed to go for. What's good that's out there now?
Can't think of what else I'm gonna need... oh yeah, a monitor...