Building pc for Half Life 2, what else do I need???

[Pyramus]

Hi all,

I am sure this has appeared in forums a million times over the months but I am
in the process of building myself a new pc for the first time cause I wanna play all the new games that are coming out this year


The following is what I have so far:

Case: Q-Tec Midi Tower ATX TL-MD, Silvertransparent. (has 3 fans inside)
PSU: Q-Tec 400 Watt Dual Fan Gold
Mobo: Asus P4C800
Memory: TwinMos PC3200 512mb Dual DDR
Sound: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (from current pc, might get Audigy 2)

The following is what I will be ordering soon:

CPU: Pentium 4 3.2ghz 800 mhz
Graphics: Undecided (waiting for prices to come down)

I have decent 5.1 Altec Lansing speakers already.
And I will be using the monitor, keyboard etc from this pc

So is there anything else I need????

Thanks for your help guys!!

[paradidle]

some clean underwear...

[ERU]

I can tell you for free that HalfLife2 is NEVER coming out- it was all made up so we could be fooled into buying new bits
Try Rome Total War instead as at least that was shown on Time Commanders and hence exisits

[Agent]

If one more person mentions a Q-tec PSU, baby jeasus will cry.

Just use the serach feature to see what im talking about.

[Pyramus]

Anybody out there who knows what they are on about have any decent feedback?

[iMc]

aint Q-tecs banned yet!

[da_ging]

change your psu to an enermax or antec perhaps evena superflower or hiper ,just dont get a qtec or cheapo noname !!!!

[Knoxville]

Get an antec psu, its worth it.

[0iD]

Get a good keyboard mouse combo & good mousing surface. Plus a really comfy chair cos your ass is gonna be in it for hours at a time.
Still DOOM III should be out soon, can see a sickie coming on for a day or two there

[silentphoenix]

Ohhh - another Q-TECer.

If you want a cheap replacement for that ebuyer were doing some superflower psu's for about £25, and you can get a CWT from scan for about £35.

[silent]

the one at scan is good. 450 wt'r, super quiet (apparently) and has sata power cables. only £35!

[IBM]

Patience

[silentphoenix]

Patience

Lol

[marc_ellis]

Still DOOM III should be out soon, can see a sickie coming on for a day or two there

Im Booking me a week off work when DOOM III comes out

[Allen]

the one at scan is good. 450 wt'r, super quiet (apparently) and has sata power cables. only £35!

It is very quiet. I have the exact one from Scan and would definately recommend it! Much cheaper than Antec and Enermax one's and will perform just as good.

[Ravens Nest]

Hello Pyramus, what else do you need?? a crystal ball it seems, as game's are being delayed so much these days
Memory: TwinMos PC3200 512mb Dual DDR

I'd buy 1 GB of ram some of the latest games are starting to use it i.e. farcry, battlefield 1942

Graphics: Undecided (waiting for prices to come down)

At this very moment definetly a 9800 pro or XT, but the longer you wait who knows!