new A3000, what upgrades should I get???

[roguebeck]

Today I bought an A3000, it's not here yet but I wanted to see what upgrades I should start looking into.

This is what it currently has:
Kickstart 2.04
Workbench 2.04
2 megs of RAM
Amifast adaptor (maxed out:16 megs FAST and 2 megs CHIP RAM)
keyboard
mouse
all manuals

As soon as it gets here I will be adding a 1Gb scsi harddrive (that's all I have on hand right now), I also have a 4X scsi cdrom/burner if that will work too.

What do you guys recommend to make this a more useable machine? I have a slew of PCs and I want to use the amiga for as much as I can.

TIA.

[roguebeck]

Any certain Graphics card or type? How about CPU upgrades, do they come on a card, or do I need to pop out the cpu on the board? Sorry to sound like such a noob, but I haven't tinkered with Amigas too long.

B00tDisk wrote:
Graphics card, CPU upgrade, USB - go with those and you're halfway home.

[roguebeck]

 Can a cdrom only be connected externally due to space restrictions?

So I need to find myself some 3.1 Roms.... I am guessing they need to be A3000 specific.?.?

Also what do I look for, for USB in a 3000?

Lemmink wrote:
Have a look at here: www.amiga-hardware.com and look into the A3000 Accelerators and Graphics Cars (RTG) sections to get an idea.
If you want to use the Amiga seriously you need at first Kickstart 3.1 ROMs, so you can use the most recent OS Version 3.9.
A CD-ROM can only be connected externally to an A3000

[roguebeck]

Thanks all, I am sure with your help this Amiga will kick some major arse ;-)

Can anyone recommend some good shops in the US that I can look for these things? Accelerators, graphics cards. network cards?

TIA.

[roguebeck]

Will the 3000 work on a standard PC monitor or will I have to use my Commodore 1084S? How about PC keyboard/mouse? I've seen adapters but wasn't sure if they were needed with the 3000 series.

Thanks again