- Jan 9, 2001
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hi all,
im about to be building my 1st system, pretty confident that ill be able to do it with no hitches... hopefully... anyway, here is a list i've put together of stuff im gonna throw in it, please comment on my choices:
MOTHERBOARD: IWill KA-266-R RAID $165.00
from Newegg.com
CD-R/RW: Plextor 16x/10x/40x Internal EIDE $215.00
from Newegg.com
HARD DRIVE(S): (3) Maxtor EIDE 40 GB 7200 rps $405.00
from Newegg.com
SOUND CARD: SB Live 5.1 Platinum Box $170.00
from Newegg.com
CPU: AMD 1.2 T-Bird 266 fsb
$ 233.00
from Atacom.com
DVD/CD-ROM: Pioneer 16x DVD $73.00
from Essencom.com
VIDEO CARD: Elsa Gladiac GEForce 2 Ultra w/ 64 Megs DDR $395.00
from Essencom.com
MEMORY: (2) 256 MB sticks of DDR 1600 RAM $218.00
from Essencom.com
MONITOR: Samsung 900NF 19" Monitor $369.00
from Emscomputing.com
thats all i have so far... i also need a case.. can anyone recommend the best case possible? main importances being lots of room for expansion and easy to get into.... besides that, will i need anything else? screws? i haerd i need thermal grease or something to put on the cpu? any help is much appreciated, thanks
im about to be building my 1st system, pretty confident that ill be able to do it with no hitches... hopefully... anyway, here is a list i've put together of stuff im gonna throw in it, please comment on my choices:
MOTHERBOARD: IWill KA-266-R RAID $165.00
from Newegg.com
CD-R/RW: Plextor 16x/10x/40x Internal EIDE $215.00
from Newegg.com
HARD DRIVE(S): (3) Maxtor EIDE 40 GB 7200 rps $405.00
from Newegg.com
SOUND CARD: SB Live 5.1 Platinum Box $170.00
from Newegg.com
CPU: AMD 1.2 T-Bird 266 fsb
$ 233.00
from Atacom.com
DVD/CD-ROM: Pioneer 16x DVD $73.00
from Essencom.com
VIDEO CARD: Elsa Gladiac GEForce 2 Ultra w/ 64 Megs DDR $395.00
from Essencom.com
MEMORY: (2) 256 MB sticks of DDR 1600 RAM $218.00
from Essencom.com
MONITOR: Samsung 900NF 19" Monitor $369.00
from Emscomputing.com
thats all i have so far... i also need a case.. can anyone recommend the best case possible? main importances being lots of room for expansion and easy to get into.... besides that, will i need anything else? screws? i haerd i need thermal grease or something to put on the cpu? any help is much appreciated, thanks