Building new system and need help

[biggo78]

This is my plan:

Motherboard: Asus CUSL2
CPU: Pentium III 650 MHz 133 bus
RAM: 128MB PC133 cas2/6 layer
Video Card: Vodoo 3 3000(PCI)
Sound Card: SBLive 5.1 w/ Live Drive
CD/DVD: Hitachi 12x DVD, 40x CD-ROM read
CDRW: HP CD-writer Plus 9100
OS: Windows 2000 Pro

My question:
1) I don't plan to overclock, i want stability, will this be a stable system under win2k?
2) If there are any installation problems with this system, what are they?
3) And Please please give suggestions so I can make this a very stable system.

Please help a first timer, thanks.

 

[Bartman39]

Seems everything you have listed is on a good upgrade path as well except for the V3 3K PCI it will hinder the rest of the system but can be upgraded easy enough... Win2K should like all you have...


One question is memory the CUSL2 is kinda picky I would invest in some good memory my former CUSL2 ran a P3 700e at 1Ghz 1.65 with 2 128meg Mosel Vitalic Rev.3 ram modules (143fsb Cas2). There are good choices availible rightnow and cheap too...

 

[biggo78]

Bartman39 thanks for the feedback. what do u recommend for a video card? will the onboard video give me any problems if i get an AGP video card?

 

[Bcomp]

The only thing that I can see wrong is where are you going to get a PIII 650 that runs at 133 FSB??????

No such chip.

I also don't think that V3 is a good choice.
Ron

 

[biggo78]

hmmm...good question. the specs on the chips sometimes indicate an "E" or "EB." like Pentium III 600MHz(E) or 600MHz(EB). i thought E indicates it's 100 MHz bus and EB indicates 133 MHz bus. if you know what these mean it will help. thanks

 

[Bcomp]

Not all PIII chips have a designation code letter assigned to them.
PIII 650E is designated with an E because it runs at 6.5 x 100 fsb.
Chips that can run at 100 or 133 like the PIII 800 need the different codes to represent which one they are. 800E runs at 8 x 100, while 800EB runs at 6 x 133.


Ron