Building a system

[LXi]

I recommend this

CPU: AMD Thunderbird AXIA 1.33GHz Chip - $220 (newegg.com)

MB: MSI K7 Master AMD761 - $152 (newegg.com)
AMD761 board with multi/FSB adjustments in BIOS

RAM: 512MB Crucial DDR PC2100 CAS2.5 - $150 (crucial.com)
Cheap and reliable

Video: VisionTech GeForce3 - $345 (newegg.com)
Cheapest GF3 around form a great manufacturer

Sound: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz - $70 (mwave.com)
Great sound at a great price. Live is just old technology

HD: 60GB IBM 60GXP - $199 (newegg.com)
One of the fastest IDE HDD

Speakers: Boston BA4800 4.1 - $115 (emscomputing.com)
Best sound for the money. Clearer than ProMedias, although less boom

DVD: Toshiba SD-M1502 16x/48x Tray Load - $54 (jazztechnology.com)
48x is important, and its quiet

CDRW: Plextor 16/10/40A - $181 (newegg.com)
Fast burner, Plextor quality

Case: Lian-Li PC60 Aluminum ATX - $175 (newegg.com)
Best case around

PS: Enermax EG365P-VE 350Watt Whisper Dual Fans - $54 (bestbyte.net)
Very quiet PS, 350W

HSF: Swiftech MC462 Cooler - $80 (inflowdirect.com)
Best cooler you can buy

NIC: Netgear FA311 - $15 (newegg.com)
Reliable and compatible

KB: Microsoft Internet Keyboard - $25 (compusa BM)
Nice layout, useful shortcuts, great palm rest

Mouse: Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer - $37 (newegg.com)
Accurate optical mouse

FDD: Mitsumi D359M3 - $9 (newegg.com)
Its a floopy drive

Final Cost of System: $1883 w/o Shipping/Tax

Credit to kingz.

 

[nortexoid]

i recommend this:

FIC AD11 (AMD 761 DDR) $110 newegg
AMD T-Bird 1.33Ghz $220 newegg
Volcano II HSF $7 just about anywhere
Visiontek GF3 $345 newegg

etc.

teh crucial ram is a good buy, but u can find Micron modules for cheaper...they run relatively just as well (for o'cing)

 

[JasonVP]

Thanks for the great systems reccomdations...I will let you konw what i ended up with. Thanks again

 

[JasonVP]

What is the differance between:
AMD Athlon ThunderBird Socket A 1333Mhz ( 1.333 Ghz ) OEM 266Mhz AXIA Dye FSB CPU @ $215

vs.

AMD Athlon ThunderBird Socket A 1333Mhz ( 1.333 Ghz ) OEM 266Mhz FSB CPU @ $200

I am not sure what the AXIA Dye does. Thanks

 

[Resnik]

Is ACER-1640 DVD ROM is better than Toshiba?

 

[JasonVP]

I dont think so, my buddy had an acer cd-rom and that thing was junky. Toshiba makes some of th ebest drives from what I have read

 

[Rabadaf]

AXIAs are a batch of processors that have exceptional overclocking ability. I think (not positive) that all 1.33 gig tbirds are AXIA or better though, so you might not want to pay the extra money since they should both be AXIA (or AVIA, just as good).