These are the components: AMD Athlon II X3 445 3.1 GHz - Socket AM3 1.5 MB cache.. | Ebuyer.com Asus M4A88T-M 880G Socket AM3 Onboard Graphics 8.. | Ebuyer.com Corsair 430W CX PSU 4x SATA 1x PCI-E | Ebuyer.com Corsair 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz/PC3-12800 XMS3 i5.. | Ebuyer.com LiteOn IHAS124-19 24x DVD±RW DL & RAM SATA.. | Ebuyer.com Novatech Panther ATX Case Tenda Wireless-N300 PCI Adapter | Ebuyer.com Western Digital WD3200AAKS 320GB SATAII 7200rpm 16MB.. | Ebuyer.com I'm going to be using ubuntu for the time being but I may dual boot windows 7 in the future. I'm going to be using it for web development, so there isn't much power needed. Any suggestions for alternative or more reliable components are appreciated, thanks.
Your spec is sound, and should be fine for web development. I guess the most powerful software you're going to use is dreamweaver or fireworks and that system would run those applcation withoiut a hiccup. I would prefer to just use the onboard lan to hardjack the desktop machine into the router though. So could do without the wireless PCI card. reasoning is down to nostalgia about wifi connections beeping waves through the air, and the fact that wireless connections do not have wake on lan, or as fast connectivity as patch45 cables.