I suggest getting this hard drive instead Newegg link
it will save you about $40 its the one I have and ill tell you now that it is silent can barely hear it and I can move around 1.5 to 2 gigs of data around and not even get that waiting screen. It is fast drive just as long as you get a working one but new egg will take them back if they aren’t working and ship you a new one only takes about a week.
I would get another stick of 512 ddr it will really help if you play some of the newer games.
As for the vid card I am a ATI person and I have a ATI AIW 9800pro 128mb I love the card but if you aren’t going to use the TV function I would suggest getting the 9800pro 256mb card just don’t get the XT version they got a lower benchmark score last time I checked.
it will save you about $40 its the one I have and ill tell you now that it is silent can barely hear it and I can move around 1.5 to 2 gigs of data around and not even get that waiting screen. It is fast drive just as long as you get a working one but new egg will take them back if they aren’t working and ship you a new one only takes about a week.
I would get another stick of 512 ddr it will really help if you play some of the newer games.
As for the vid card I am a ATI person and I have a ATI AIW 9800pro 128mb I love the card but if you aren’t going to use the TV function I would suggest getting the 9800pro 256mb card just don’t get the XT version they got a lower benchmark score last time I checked.