About to buy parts! Comments/Suggestions Please!

[abu]

I'll be purchasing the following parts for my friends system. the Budget is $1000 (CANADIAN)
System specs:

Asus A7V-E (ATX) $128
AMD Athlon (T-Bird) 900 MHz OEM $109
Thermaltake Volcano III $18
256MB PC-133 SDRAM Infineon $53
ATX Mid Tower 4H42 300W $39
20gb DiamondMax Plus - 7200 rpm, 2MB buffer, and Ultra ATA-100 $133
GeForce2 MX-200 32MB Retail Box $83
Pioneer 16X DVD Slot OEM $92
AOpen 12x10x32 CD-RW w/ JustLink Retail Box $140
Sound Blaster PCI-128 Value OEM $32
Motorola 56K PCI Modem $23

TOTAL w/tax = 977.50

Any Comments or Suggestions?

Thanks

 

[abu]

Damn... forgot the floppy! (+15)

 

[gopunk]

looks good to me, nice choice with the pioneer and aopen

 

[TunaBoo]

Sure ya like Asus?

 

[Derik]

I just got one of those Pioneer slot DVD's - will never go back to tray again. You might want to consider a Kyro video card, I pick one up for $20 less than the Geforce MX from @ newegg.com

 

[abu]

That Geforce 2mx is made by ABIT...

any comments on this?

 

[abu]

Anyone have an ABIT GeForce2 MX-200 32MB ? do you like/dislike it?

 

[NelsonMuntz]

I agree with Derik, if you can get the KyroII for cheaper, it is a better card than that MX 200. That seems like an awful lot for a CPU that old. I would think you could find a 1 GHz T-bird for about that price since they are available for $80 US. I mean a 950 MHz T-bird is only $62 US. I don't really like that fan much either, but for that speed processor it should be okay. Maybe I'll just shutup now because I was about to suggest that a lot of the prices were too high, but maybe that's because they are all from a local shop? Any way, I think the price could be better, but other than that, the pieces look pretty good.

 

[Electric Amish]

Yeah, KyroII is way better than the Geforce MX. You can get a KyroII for $95 USD at www.newegg.com.

amish

 

[abu]

Yep, i understand the prices can be abit cheaper, but I will be going to a local computer shop with my friend, and picking this stuff up for cash. He doesn't have a credit card... and wants to keep this quick and simple.