Building an Athlon XP System

[20_MuleTeam_Borax]

I don't know much about current hardware, but it's time for to build myself a new machine. Here is what I've picked out.

one of the Athlon XP 's - i'm not sure which one yet, but the 1600 seems the best bang for the buck.
EPoX EP-8KHA+
Western Digital WD1000BB Special Edition
some aluminum Lian Li case

I'm confused as to which DDR ram to get. Do I want PC1600, PC2100, PC2400, PC2700, etc? What do you think of my other hardware choices?

 

[Didou]

<< some aluminum Lian Li case

I'm confused as to which DDR ram to get. Do I want PC1600, PC2100, PC2400, PC2700, etc? What do you think of my other hardware choices? >>



That case is far from being Best Bang For The Buck but you have to look at it all day contrary to the parts inside your PC.😉

The memory you should use depends on if you'll overclock or not. With the Epox MB you can put some aggressive memory timings so even if you run it @ 133 (266 DDR) it would be better to take the PC2400 at least.

 

[Athlon4all]

I'd get Crucial PC2100 DDR. They're the best. The mobo looks good

 

[Inglix]

Isn't a lot of PC2400 memory just PC2100 memory that will run faster as there is no official spec for pc2400? Crucials memory does that just fine 🙂

Next week Wednesday my Western Digital WD1000BB-SE will be here so I'll finish my new system. Athlon XP 1600, Epox 8kha+, 2x 256mb Crucial PC2100, and an Antec 1030b w/ 300w Antec psu. If you like I'll post Sandra and hdtach scores when I get it all together.

Buy.com has the retail 1600 for 124.95 shipped. Search pricewatch.com for 100gb Western Digital, pclink2000.com has it for $219 + S&H.