Building a computer, am I overlooking anything vital?

[Jurollo]

Am I looking over anything for this?
-Barebones kit w/power supply, motherboard, CPU
-200GB HD
-DVD-RW & CD-RW
-1GB RAM
-256MB Video Card (AGP)
-Ethernet Card

Am I forgetting a glaring need here?
~Justin

[Nathan183]

Sound card?

[splashpot]

monitor if you don't already have one

[Wyers]

A tip:

Check out the wattage of the power supply. I recently had to replace mine (went with a 425W).

The new video cards (9800 PRO and up) suck up a lot of juice and some of the moderate powers supplies (300W) won't be able to run the more powerful cards.

[Jurollo]

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monitor if you don't already have one

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Adding a 2001FP or the 21" Philips or Viewsonic to this system.
The wattage is 300W, maybe I will go with the barebone system that include 425W instead.
~Justin

[BradleyT]

You're missing an AMD 64 X2.

[ZimbuTheMonkey]

I'm sure the mobo has onboard sound, nowadays the onboard sound on good mobos is getting pretty decent.

[krimson]

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You're missing an AMD 64 X2.

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Yes, and 2 SLI GeForce 6800 GT Ultra's.

[obsidian]

Most motherboards also have onboard ethernet. You might also want a floppy drive. 300W should be fine for your system.

[Wyers]

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Most motherboards also have onboard ethernet. You might also want a floppy drive. 300W should be fine for your system.

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300W will almost certainly not be sufficient if he upgrades his video card and other components ( I run 3 HDs in mine). I use my system for video editing and a small amount of gaming. I had to upgrade my PS in order to install the new video card.

Not to mention, if you go crazy and install an X800, it will require its own connector directly from the PS - the motherboard alone cannot supply this card.

Now, if your system is primarily for poker, surfing the net, and checking email and you don't run any graphics intensive apps or plan to upgrade, then yeah, 300W is more than enough juice.