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Are These The Best Prices? (Trying to Finalize System)

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CPU - Athlon XP 1800 OEM, 124 @ Newegg.com
MOBO - Soyo Dragon + Retail, 142 @ Newegg.com
CASE - Lian-Li PC-7USB, 110 @ Newegg.com
HS/FAN for CPU - Thermaltake VOLCANO 7+, 49 @ Newegg.com
VIDEO CARD - Radeon 8500, Already Have 🙂
VIDEO CARD COOLING - Already Have Crystal Orb, going to buy Tweakmonster Ramsinks and Arctic Silver Alumina right?
DDR RAM - (2) DIMMS CRUCIAL PC2100 DDR 256MB = 512MB, 178 @ Newegg.com
HD - (1) Maxtor Quiet Drive 7200RPM 80GB w/ Liquid Bearings, 137 @ Newegg.com
DVD - Lite-On 16x / 48x CD-ROM, 52 @ Newegg.com
CD-RW - Lite-On 40x12x48 Retail, 112 @ Newegg.com

I need a PSU Idea, Thermaltake Memory Coolers for DDR Ram.
The board comes with OnBoard sound, so I feel I dont need a sound card.

Is this it? Did I miss something. Also can you please fill in my gaps, give me comments, better prices + deals elsewhere.

THANKS!
 


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<< why not an alpha 8045? >>



WHats that? >>


a heatsink, i dont know much about the volcano 7, but the alpha is one of the best (great bang for the buck), and thermaltake is pretty much frowned upon.
 
The volcano 7 is a loud mofo. Just a precaution. The retail 1800+ is only $6 more from newegg. Why not go with that, especially if not overclocking. Even if you are overclocking, the 3 year warranty is by far worth the extra $6. You probably wouldn't want to overclock with the stock heatsink though, its not a Northwood you know 😉
 
www.PriceWatch.com will give you lower prices, as well as worries about whether the place you buy from will even bother delivering what you ordered 🙂 So NewEgg it is.

Do some research before buying a cooler... And a GF4-4600 would be a better choice for the ultimate gaming system... So would be an XP 2100+. Also, onboard sound is never as good as a stand-alone high-quality soundcard...
 


<< Just wondering...
why aren't people getting the via kt333 Chipset mothed boards? such as the A7V333 ? >>



kt333 cost more and gives little to no real world performance gain (3-5% on a good day) from all the reviews ive seen. so why not save a few bucks and deal with the
unoticable performance gap, or better yet do some very minor OC and get the same perfomance.

to me its not worth the extra 30-100 extra from the MB and DDR333

im going KT266A/PC2100
 
NEWEGG
CPU - Athlon XP 1800 OEM, 124 + 7 = 131
MOBO - Soyo Dragon + Retail, 142 + 5 = 147
CASE - Lian-Li PC-7USB, 110 + 12 = 122
HS/FAN for CPU - Thermaltake VOLCANO 7+, 49 +7 = 56
DDR RAM - (2) DIMMS CRUCIAL PC2100 DDR 256MB = 512MB, 178 +12 = 200
HD - (1) Maxtor Quiet Drive 7200RPM 80GB w/ Liquid Bearings, 137 + 7 = 144
DVD - Lite-On 16x / 48x CD-ROM, 52 + 8 = 60
CD-RW - Lite-On 40x12x48 Retail, 112 + 6 = 118
Total = 978

TCWO
CPU - Athlon XP 1800 OEM, 125
MOBO - Soyo Dragon + Retail, 142
CASE - Lian-Li PC-7USB, 110 not available from TCWO 122 from Newegg
HS/FAN for CPU - Thermaltake VOLCANO 7+, not available from TCWO 56 from Newegg
DDR RAM - (2) DIMMS CRUCIAL PC2100 DDR 256MB = 512MB, not available from TCWO 182 from Crucial.com
HD - (1) Maxtor Quiet Drive 7200RPM 80GB w/ Liquid Bearings, 142
DVD - Lite-On 16x / 48x CD-ROM, 49
CD-RW - Lite-On 40x12x48 Retail, not available from TCWO 118 from Newegg
Shipping 7
Total = 943


Might be able to save a few more dollars if you aren't dead set on the Case or CPU fan.
 
lastig21, I have no doubt the Volcano 7 is loud, but w/ the Volcano 7+ you get a fan speed control switch that allows three settings. Shouldn't the mid speed setting quiet down the fan noise? I'm going to buy a P4-1.8A GHz cpu retail, but I don't want to use the Intel supplied board bender! Is the Volcano 7+ overkill for me? Would I be better off w/ the Dragon 478 w/ speed control?
 
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