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January 13th, 2003, 09:18 PM
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Hello all,
I am going to build my first computer !!
I already own PSU, Case, Monitor, Floppy drive and hard drive.
Help me build my computer. I have picked out these hardware, now im looking for comments.
Please anything... (hurry i might order tomorrow)
Asus Motherboard for AMD Athlon/XP/Duron Processors, Model# A7N8X Deluxe Retail - $158.00
ATI OEM RADEON 9500 128MB DDR BULK - $160.00
AMD ATHLON XP 2100+/266 FSB PALOMINO PROCESSOR CPU - OEM 2100+/ 1.736GHz, AX2100DMT3C. - $94.00
CRUCIAL MICRON 512MB 64x64 PC 2700 DDR RAM - OEM - $145.00
LITE-ON LTD-166S 16X DVD ROM Drive 48X CD-ROM- Retail - $40.99
Arctic Silver's NEW Premium Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound: - $6.00
Thermaltake VOLCANO 7+. (With Fan Speed H.M.L RPM Setting Cable) Variable Fan Speed Control. TINY FIN TECHNOLOGY. High Ratio (36 fins). All Copper Material. 3-Pin with 4-Pin adaptor. Retail. - $28.00
Motherboard has onboard lan and Audio, and im on a budget so i figured i can always upgrade the cpu later so im getting a 2100. What do you think? | 
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January 13th, 2003, 09:24 PM
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looks like a kick @ss system | |
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January 13th, 2003, 09:25 PM
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Holy cow, I hope that is a fantastic motherboard for $158! I just bought a new Soyo Dragon Kt400 Ultra Black Edition for $110.
Oh yea, it had onboard 6.1 Audio and 10/100 Lan.
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January 13th, 2003, 11:51 PM
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Dragon KT400 Ultra Black is a pretty decent motherboard. I have the KT333 Platinum. Anyway, when it comes to Athlon XP processors, I've found that the Soyo and MSI boards provide best performance. This is also what I've read!  | |
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January 13th, 2003, 11:59 PM
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I'm getting an epox... should i get soyo instead? | |
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January 14th, 2003, 12:04 AM
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Only thing I'll suggest is to go for the 9500Pro video card over the 9500, newegg has it for 197, but it's just marginally slower then a GF4 4600, and is DX9 compliant. The 9500 has 1/2 the pixel pipelines of the pro model.
Other then that it looks like a nice setup.
Also my Epox 8KHA+ was beating the soyo board with KT266A. (I believe that was the Dragon Plus) | |
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January 14th, 2003, 06:31 PM
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I'm getting an epox... should i get soyo instead?
| nahh....in my opinion, soyo is overpriced, and its not like your getting that much more. Which epox are you gonna get? | |
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January 14th, 2003, 06:55 PM
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Don't get anything OEM and ATI. There are problems with w/OEM 9500s (they are underclocked). IF you are on a budget and don't wanna splurge, get a Radeon 8500 or a Geforce Ti 4400. The Ti 4200 is also good, but you'll have to choose whether or not you want slow 128mb RAM or fast 64mb RAM. | |
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