OK, how about this system...

Still trying to figure out a system, but I found this on the web and thought it looked pretty good. Comes with a one year parts and labor, three year parts warranty. What'cha think, price/quality, and specs wise? (ps. I'm reusing my Plextor 40x24x40 CD-R, NIC, and Altec Lansing speakers, the cheapies that come with this one are going in the garage, and the price includes shipping)

• INTEL PENTIUM4 2.43GHz 533MHz 512K L2 CPU
• 512MB DDR PC2700 333MHz 184 PINS
• ASUS P4B533 Intel 845E C/S 400/533MHz FSB MB
• 80GB 7200 RMP IDE HDD
• 1.44MB Floppy Driver
• 52X Max IDE CDROM
• 128MB DDR GeForce4 TI4600 AGP W/TV OUT
• 56K V.92 Full Duplex with Voice FAX MODEM
• ON BOARD 10/100 Fast Net Work Card
• SOUNDBLASTER AUDIGY Gamer
• CasEdge LX734AP4 300W UL Rock Solid tool less Case
• 160W Multimedia Amplifier Speaker
• Microsoft Windows XP Home CD and License
• 4 Port PCI To FIREWIRE IEEE 1394 Host adapter
• 4 Ports PCI USB 2.0 CARD

Our Price: $1428

Looks good overall except for 2 things:

There's no such thing as a 2.43 ghz P4 cpu.

And hopefully it doesn't come with propeitary parts and stuff or a crappy power supply so it hampers your trying to overclock it. The motherboard will allow it though but it depends on the power supply a bit as to how much it can take.

scrap the cd-rom and get a dvd-rom instead. newegg has a liteon for 42 shipped.

that P4 2.43 GHz had me scratching my head there. anyway, all looks good. the DVD ROM idea is a good one though.

P4B533 SUCKS!

P4S533 its so much better.

Get Asus P4S533 please...

and... Get an 2.26GHZ 533 Pentium IV ...

Indus, you said:

>There's no such thing as a 2.43 ghz P4 cpu.

I didn't catch that. It's a 2.4B CPU

>And hopefully it doesn't come with propeitary parts and stuff or a crappy power supply so it hampers your trying to overclock it.

Yep, it comes with a brand x 300W, but that's going in the can and a 400W is going in.

Redviper22 and cmdrvenom, you said (basically):

>scrap the cd-rom and get a dvd-rom instead. newegg has a liteon for 42 shipped.

My mistake again. I've got a 16X CD/DVD that I'm reusing. This was just to replace the 40X CD I've got now.

Liaon, you said:

>P4B533 SUCKS! P4S533 its so much better. Get Asus P4S533 please...
>and... Get an 2.26GHZ 533 Pentium IV ...

OK, this I need to understand. Why the 2.26 rather than a 2.4B? And what's better about the P4S than the P4B? Not arguing, just trying to learn here... Thanks again...