First Time Builder Seeking Help.

Originally Posted by Sir VG

My only real complaint is your HD choice. No, not the brand, the size. Given the price differences between something of that size and something about twice that, if your motherboard supports ATA/133, go for a bigger drive. You won't regret it.

I have to disagree with you there...the Seagate 7200.8 and 7200.9 don't seem to be very good drives. The 7200.8 was just terribly unreliable and kind of slow, and the 7200.9 doesn't seem to be a big improvement.

Actually, if you're looking for a sub-160GB hard drive, the old Seagate 7200.7 was quiet, fairly fast, and had bulletproof reliability. I don't know if you can buy them anymore, though, and they're an old design, so they might lose on speed and features.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The GeForce 7600 GT doesn't need an extra power connector, and I don't think that any current SATA hard drives need the special power connector yet. You shouldn't need to worry. ^^

There's nowhere I can't reach.