hey i need help with my new computer sugestions plz

im getting it built at a local computer store its costing me 1400 AUS

 

what do u think about it ???

ATX standard case
XP 3200 athlon 64bit 939
MSI mother board 939 socket
1 gig DDR ram
NVIDA 6600 PCI express video card
200gig HD
Duel Layer LG DVD burner
19 inch LG LCD screen

 

would i be better off gettin a pentium 4 3.0 or 3.2 than an amd??

 

I recommend getting two Sata HDDs. Two drives tend to increase system performance because each can be accessed simultaneously as long as they are on different channels. Make sure you look at your board specs and get the approprate SATA i.e. regular SATA or SATA-II (3.0 GB).

 

wats the diference between the SATA?? wats that all mean?

 

sata stands for serial ata transfer and is much faster than pata

and once again no do not go with an intel processor, amd if u wanna
gamer/multimedia machine

 

pata speeds are 33mbs/s to 133mbs/s i beleive
sata speeds are 150mb/s to 300mbs/s

 

so i need to get a SATA hard drive?

 

u dont need to but it would up your system performance and it wont cost much extra

 

ill get it then
UMMM do most cases have slots for extra hard drives these days if i wanna put anoter hard drive in like upgrade???

 

heres a decent system....

A455-2118 :: Asus A8N SLI Premium NVIDIA Socket 939 ATX Motherboard / Audio / PCI Express / Gigabit LAN / USB 2.0 & Firewire / Serial ATA / RAID (5 lbs)
In Stock $169.97

CP1-A64-32009 E AV :: AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2.0GHz / 512KB Cache / 2000 MHz FSB / Venice / Socket 939 / Processor with Fan (1 lbs)
In Stock $139.99

O261-4912 :: OCZ Value Dual Channel 2048MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB) (0.5 lbs)
In Stock $184.99

TSD-250KS :: Western Digital / Caviar SE 16 / 250GB / 7200 / 16MB / SATA-300 / OEM / Hard Drive (2 lbs)
In Stock $89.99

P450-7834 :: XFX GeForce 7600 GT XXX / 256MB GDDR3 / SLI / PCI Express / Dual DVI / HDTV / Video Card (1 lbs)
In Stock $189.99 for 2 cards its $379.98

TC3J-2145 :: Ultra Black Aluminus ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Front USB, Firewire and Audio Ports And Ultra X2 550-Watt Power Supply (18 lbs)
In Stock $129.99

L12-1090 :: Lite-on Super Allwrite SHM-165H6S / 16x8x16x DVD+RW / 16x6x16x DVD-RW / 5x DVD-RAM / 8x DVD+R DL / 4x DVD-R DL / 48x24x48x CD-RW / Black/Beige Faceplates / Internal / DVD Writer with LightScribe (3 lbs)
In Stock $49.99

it'll cost about 1200 usd which is near 1400 to 1600 aus

hey guys give me input on this system is it good? what should be upgraded or downgraded?

all these parts i chose from www.tigerdirect.com

 

most cases usually come with at least 3 internal hd bays but lots of cases will support up to 5 hdd's

unless its a small formfactor case

 

oops, that system doesnt include hdd cables and such...

plus u can always get an external hard drive

 

awsome

 

Vegeta66, SATAs can go as high as 3Gb/sec, way higher than what you say, I would advise against 2 HDs in RAID, unless you know what you are doing. 2Gig of RAM & a 3800AMD will sort you out with speed.

Here is a few quick SATA HDs;
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Seagate_SATA.html#ahd_2d078_2dse

Spend as much as you can on a graphics card, a 7900GT should do rather nicely.