Building a computer (Minus Monitor and other things) what would you get? Need Advice!

[home skillet]

Originally posted by EnderAndrewWiggin:

so get a duron 900, keep the asus a7v, get another hard drive and do a RAID, a kyro 2 and call it a day. spend the excess on something useful, like a new screename. really.

whats this "upgrade" from a T-Bird 800 to a Duron 900? thats an inferior processor and will probably be slower or the same as his tbird.

also i dont think it is worth it to get another hdd and a controller card for RAID on a gaming machine.

i dont think u need to upgrade yet. get a new vid card and more ram and that will last u well into the end of this year when palomino and northwood will be out.

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Antec SX830 Workstation Midtower
Intel Pentium III 1GHz
Abit VH6-II (Via Apollo Pro 133A)
384 MB Generic PC133 CAS3
Voodoo 3 2000 AGP (i know...) OC'd to 175 MHz
Quantum 27 Gig 5400 RPM UDMA 66
SBLive! Value
52x CDROM, 2x2x6 Memorex CD-RW (ghetto)
Viewsonic E790 19"
Windows Me / Progeny Debian

[Nutdotnet]

Hey all, Thanks for all the great advice, but I think some of you did not read my second post that I had made so I am going to say it again in big bold letters. Not to be rude, just want you guys to see it.

The reason why I am getting of most of my components of my system (T-Bird 800, A7V Mobo, Case Etc, etc...) is because I am giving the components to my brother so he can build a computer, he has some parts from older systems already so I am giving him the parts that I currently have the he needs to buying new parts for myslef.

Since I have the money now I want to get what is going to last the longest because I don't know when I am going to have this kind of money again. Sorry, no P4.

Thanks again!

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Yes.....I am a Hippie

[Ashpool]

Originally posted by Uzona:
A7V does not support DDR platform so you can't get PC21OO unless you swap out your board.

Thank you Uzona for correcting me

[ME]

Originally posted by Nutdotnet:
Hey all, Thanks for all the great advice, but I think some of you did not read my second post that I had made so I am going to say it again in big bold letters. Not to be rude, just want you guys to see it.

The reason why I am getting of most of my components of my system (T-Bird 800, A7V Mobo, Case Etc, etc...) is because I am giving the components to my brother so he can build a computer, he has some parts from older systems already so I am giving him the parts that I currently have the he needs to buying new parts for myslef.

Since I have the money now I want to get what is going to last the longest because I don't know when I am going to have this kind of money again. Sorry, no P4.

Thanks again!

Ok if you dont want a PIV then try this:

AMD T-bird 1.33 (266) $200
A7M ..... $170
Crucial 2100 256 $100 (maybe x2 )
IBM 60gxp 40GB $135 (or $220 for 60GB)
and a Santa Cruz for $70

Or keep your board:
AMD T-bird 1.3
more pc133 256MB
IBM 60gxp (maybe 2in raid)
and a santa

ME

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p.s. ME=I not the &^@!!% OS I WAS using

[Nutdotnet]

I really don't know what the heck I am going to do, lol.

This is what I have right now to build my new system.
A7V133 Mobo
256mb PC133 RAM
v5 5500 (I know, it "sux" but it works for now)
SBLive! (Going to sell it and get a Santa Cruz)
Network Card, CD-Writer, Monitor, etc.


So what I need is a casem hard drive and CPU. Although like I stated in one of my earlier posts if DDR is really the way to go I can sell the A7V133 and the 256mb chip and go DDR. But that does take time and effort. And I would be losing a little bit of money if I sold the A7V133 and the 256mb chip even though they are both pretty much new.



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Yes.....I am a Hippie