Is this a good pc build?
I am going to build my first pc.
will this set up work and is it any good.
XION Solaris Black (Blue LED) Mid Tower Case
Sumvision 500W 20+4pin SATA 2x 80mm Fan PSU
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H 780G mATX Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000 3.1GHz
Kingston 2GB KIT (2X1GB) DDR2 667MH
Sapphire HD 3650 512MB DDR2 Dual DVI TV Out PCI-E GraphicsCard
Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB Hard Drive
Optiarc AD-7201S 20X DVD±RW
LG Electronics Blu-Ray & HD-DVD-Rom Combo
Newlink 5 Port USB 2.0 PCI Card
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
GNR TS902W TFT 19″ Monitor
All the components are good purchases. However, it is of vital importance all of your components are compatible with the motherboard and each other. You especially need to ensure the RAM is compatible and installed properly.
You should delay buying the graphic card because these days the graphics and sound onboard the motherboard is much improved over how it once was. Once is was poor at best and so people always installed additional add-on cards for these system needs. If you do go with the video card be sure to enter the bios and disable the onboard video if there is any.
Also, please remember to create your thumb drive with the Sata drivers required for the advanced Sata features. You need to install these drivers while you are installing the OS. You can easily create the thumb drive by adding a folder named according to the directions in the motherboard manual or Sata hard disk manual, then when you reach a screen that asks if you have additional drivers to install, click yes, and when prompted plug the thumb drive into an available USB Port. The OS installation process will load the drivers. Be sure to leave the thumb drive in until installation is finished.
Just be sure all of your components are compatible. Double check each one. Set your options in the bios before installing the OS, and load your Sata drivers during OS installation.
I have a lot of fun building my systems, but my first 2 times I learned a great deal. I forgot to load the Sata drivers during the OS installation and so I installed all my updates, set my personalized settings, loaded my preferred programs, installed my network, etc, and then realized my Sata was set as an IDE, so I had to reinstall the OS. lol
My Home Theater System