building new

[Mrfrog840]

im building a new computer since mine is almost a year old and all the technology is out of date already. im wondering if someone could post a meesage saying what else i need to get. so far im getting a overclockable duron i have a 45 gig hard drive and i have cooling for the mother board what else is there?

 

[bolomite]

My opinion: if you can stand to wait a few more months, the new DDR boards will be available soon. And DDR RAM will only be a little bit more expensive than regular PC133.

 

[nateholtrop]

Intel Celeron 533 FCPGA--clocked to 800mhz as of 10-10-2000

Soyo sy-7cva motherboard
128 MB of pc133 ram
15 GB Caviar Hard Drive
Lucent Tech NIC 10/100
Creative Labs Modem Blaster 56K Modem
Surfboard Cable Modem
Nvidia TNT2 Model 64 AGP Cards
Lucent Mouseman+ Mouse
Belkin 104 Keyboard
Soundworks FPS 1000 Speakers/Surround Sound
Alpha Cooling peltier.
Digital NIC
Linksys 5 port hub
Plextor 12/10/32A CD-RW
36X Cd-Rom
15 inch monitor---will upgrade this winter.

that is my system. you need the above. not the exact same stuff but you get the idea.

 

[Rado45]

Damn, your computer is only a year old and your upgrading already ??? :Q

My computer is over 4 years old and it has been adequate for surfing and playing "certain" games.

Only now am I gonna upgrade soon(tbird/asusA7V/45gb/radeon).

I'd wait for DDR or mustang equivalent of duron (I'll be out before christmas).
I'd wait too but I need a second computer immediatly.

 

[Mrfrog840]

do you think a dvd would add to it?

 

[Rado45]

DVD : depends on your budget and yourself.
I'm not gonna install a DVD drive for a long time probably, only when software comes out exclusively on the format, and I don't watch movies on my computer 😀 , so for me there no need.