Okay everybody I am alomost there. I got my Xtasy 6564 (GeFrce3 Ti200) and I ordered my ECS K7S5A for NewEgg.com the other day. All I need now is a new processor, HSF, and DDR RAM. Here are my options:

AMD Athlon 1.4GHz 266FSB OEM- $99.00
Coolermaster DP5 HSF- $16.00 (Adds a 1 year warranty to the CPU)
Shipping- $6.95
[B]Total- $121.95

AMD Athlon XP 1500+ 266FSB OEM- $119.00
Coolermaster DP5 HSF- $16.00 (Adds a 1 year warranty to the CPU)
Shipping- $6.95
[B]Total- $141.95

All the prices are from Thompson's Computer Warehouse (www.tcwo.com). I checked and they have a 6.0/7.0 on www.resellerratings.com. I was just wondering if the XP CPU provides the extra "pazaz" over the 1.4GHz T-Bird for the $20 more. I am on a tight budget so every dollar counts. I am prolly going to start out with 128MB PC2100 DDR RAM from Crucial and then buy another 128MB stick after I get more money. I was thnking about going with Windows 2000 Pro. Is there any compelling reason I should want Windows XP over 2000 Pro? Any and all suggestions are welcome.




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AMD K6-2 500MHZ
IN530 Motherboard
64MB PC-100 SDRAM
4.3GB ATA33 HD
VisionTek Xtasy 6564 (GeForce 3 Ti200)(not installed yet)
VEGA Mid-Tower
Dexxa Mouse
Generic Keyboard
VEGA 2 Speaker System
Delta 48x CD-ROM
Generic 56K Modem
Generic Floppy Drive
Windows 98 SE
Bexim 17" Monitor
Thrustmaster Joystick
ESS PCI 2 Chanel Sound
Rio 800 64MB DAP

Upgrade coming soon!
Please feel free to send money for upgrades

Hopeflly soon to be:
AMD Athlon 1.2GHz 266FSB
ECS K7S5A
128MB PC2100 DDR from Crucial
Windows 2000 Professional