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cyberdad

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I have only been into computers a little over two years. I am trying to get into FS, but have had problems with my CH analog stick and pedals. CH says game port too slow on my Micron millenia.
My soulution: I going to build a game system even though I am a novice. I've put a lot of research in my components, but I have some questions. I am basing on a T-Bird 1GB. I am considering a ABIT KT7 MoBo because it gives me an ISA slot. I want this slot so that I can run ACT Labs L4 Lightning game card. I know this is going to stir up some comments, but I plan on installing two Crucial/Micron 256MB SDRAMs.
I am leaning towards the ASUS AGP V7700 64MB GeForce2. I don't plan on OCing until I learn a little more about it, so what heatsink and fan should I use? And lastly, I want the Cool Max case which is as you know, is the Addtronics 6896-A with a lot of fans. Comments Guys - Come on Be Nice
 
Componenets look fine, I think you might want to edit 1GB to 1ghz... GB is a gigabyte for harddrives. Just let us known when you get the components and members will walk you through the building process. A retail T-Bird includes the heatsink and fan already, a decent Taisol, so you are covered in that area. As for fans, there are many paths to choose. High air flow, or low noise... go over to the Cases and Cooling forum and read up. In general, the Panaflos are highly recommended fans. You'll want larger fans because they move more air and produce less noise. Too bad I'm too lazy to mess with my SX1030, 4 80 mm fans produces a lot of noise... so I'm only running on two...
 
Sounds good except for the 512 MB of RAM, that's a LOT of RAM. Do you plan to do video editing, or any other kind of multimedia-type work? If you do, then that's not that excessive, but otherwise, stick with 256 or maybe 256 and a 128.

Also, what OS is going on it? I'd use Win2k.
 
At today's prices, why not 512? =) Of course, he should be using Win2K, unless he plans on playing some EA games...

Cyberdad, if you are planning to run an OS based on the 9x kernal, which I wouldn't since it'll eventually be phased out (WinXP) 256 is enough.
 
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