This will be my first project, I choose all the parts of my computer but was very scared about buying them. I have so far this. Coolermaster CAC-T05 Centurion 5 silver/black case USB mic audio, firewire NO PSU Abit IP-95 P4M890, Skt 775, 1066FSB ,DDR2 533 + DDR 400, PCI-e, SATA, 10/100 LAN, 6ch Audio, USB2, O/B VGA, mATX Motherboard 550W Titan Silent Neon PSU PFC 12cm SATA ATX 24Pin w/ detachable 4 pin section Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 2.13GHz 1066FSB LGA775 2MB cache Retail BFG GeForce 7600GS OC 256MB DDR2 PCI-E, DVI OCZ® Value Pro 1GB DDR2 PC5400 667Mhz Dual Channel Kit with Copper Heatspreader 250 GB Western Digital Caviar 8MB Cache 7200rpm ATA100 Fluid Bearings Hard Drive Terratec Aureon 5.1 PCI 6 Chan. Digital in/out soundcard Pioneer DVR-111 Black 16X DVD RAM +/-R/RW 8x +/-DL IDE OEM I have some questions if you would be so kind to answer them. 1.) The motherboard says it is mATX (I think that means micro ATX) will that work OK? 2.) Will the optical drive play CD's as well as DVD's? And if you could reasure me that the system will be OK or what you would advise I should change it would be appreciated. Thank you.
Everything looks well chosen except for the motherboard. While it will work OK, you'd be much better off choosing a board which officially supports DDR2 667 memory and isn't dual compatible with DDR400. Anything with the new Intel P965 chipset will work fine. For full size ATX boards, the Asus P5B and Abit AB9 are good choices. For Micro ATX boards, the Asus P5B-VM is also a good choice among others. I'm no PSU expert, but what you've chosen doesn't seem too good. It has good amperage on the important 12v rail but doesn't seem sturdy quality wise. Some good manufacturers are Antec, OCZ, Seasonic, Silverstone, PC Power & Cooling and Fortron.
