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ATI 9700 Pro - $172.28 Is this for real? Look at the feedback. Last few have been cr@p! Then a good one. Let me know what you gusy think and if anybody does get one from there, let me know how it is. If this is for real, then this is RED HOT!

Nice info again Optimistic - much appreciated. After reading that, I have decided to build the following: -Chenming Case AX-01 - $103 -ASUS A7N8X Deluxe - $133 -AMD Athlon XP2400+ - $116 -Thermalright SLK-800a Heatsink - $42 -Sunon Fan - FASU8038BA34 - $11 -Seagate - ST3120023AS - 120gb - 7200...

Back to the Hard Drive, what if I went with this one: Seagate 80GB 7200rpm SERIAL ATA Hard Drive Barracuda V ST380023AS Since the Asus Board I am using (A7N8X) - would it be wise to utilize the serial ATA for the hard drive? I had chose the Maxtor Drive originally (120 gb - 7200 RPM -...

Wow - Thanks for all the responses and help and pointing out a few important things I missed out on. Here we go for any questions that were asked and here is what I am going to build so far: EPOX 8RDA+ - $71 shipped I think I am going to get the ASUS A7N8x Deluxe. I did compare it to the...

I should have read first - I see that the Corsair Memory is designed to be one of the fastest DDR chips geared towards gaming. I will see if my budget will allow it. I will go ahead and downgrade my sound card to the audigy 2 (no platinum) and upgrade the video card. I found a place that has the...

Thanks :) One question about the memory, I had listed Samsung 512mb PC3200 - is Corsair worth double the money than the Samsung? If so, why? Thanks again. Regarding the 9700 Pro - both of the 2 cards listed are suppose to be able to be overclocked to the 9700 Pro. I was just looking on...

Yes, I have looked at the Intel chips and I see that newegg has the P4 2.4 for $162 and then the 2.53 is $189. The 1.8 chip you are talking about is only $133 there, but I have not looked into overclocking an Intel chip and would be clueless. I also read that the AMD chips are better for...

Hello, This is my first post and my first attempt to build a PC from scratch. I am a gamer and I play with movies and mp3's along with home building and architect programs. I am looking to build the follwing system and I just wanted a few opinions on 1 - What is better for me 2 - Is there a...