I have a friend that wants to buy a new computer soon. He wanted my advice on good places to buy a new computer. I built my last computer and I mainly look for good places to buy hardware so I can upgrade my computer. So I haven't really haven't been paying attention to companies that sell new systems. I told him that Dell, Gateway would be a good place to start looking, but they are overpriced I think. Do you know of any places that allow you to customize and build your computer without being too high in cost.
I'm still considering building him a computer with the hardware he wants. My only reservation is I've only built one computer which I'm currently using. I'm pretty sure I could successfully build him a new computer. But I haven't payed that much attention lately to all the new chipsets etc.
I was thinking in the not to distant future of upgrading to that ECS K7S5A SiS® 735 SOCKET A MOTHERBOARD with a 1.4 Athlon. Would that be a good board and cpu without major compatabilty problems. If I did build him one I would try building with this motherboard and cpu. I thought I might as well just list what parts I would put in his system and you can critique them.
ECS K7S5A- $70 shipped from newegg.com
Athlon 1.4- around $110 shipped newegg
256 or 512MB PC 2100 DDR Ram from crucial almost free lol $32 or $64
CARDEXPERT GEFORCE2 PRO/450 64MB GOLDEN SAMPLE W/ TV-OUT DDR 4.5ns - RETAIL 132 shipped newegg
IBM #IC35L040AVER07 40GB 7200RPM - OEM 99 shipped newegg
CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER LIVE! 5.1 - OEM $36 shipped newegg
Nic card unknown brand what do you recommend? $30
Modem hopefully non winmodem he doesn't have broadband yet but might get it soon $40-50
Antec SX 840 with 400 watt supply maybe around $100 shipped have to check
Toshiba 16X dvd rom about $75 shipped newegg
LITE-ON LTR-16102B 16x10x40 CD-RW - RETAIL 90 shipped newegg
Keyboard not sure about $20 locally
MS Intellimouse Optical- He already has one.
Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 950p 19" around $200-225 shipped.
He has some Altec Lansing 3 piece sub sat now, don't need.
Software- I was thinking OEM XP home upgrade about $99
Cables etc overlooked items $30
Total around $1191 if I added right.
Do you have any ideas on my proposed system or any good places that would allow him to build a similar system for a similar price. Thanks for your help. Doug
I'm still considering building him a computer with the hardware he wants. My only reservation is I've only built one computer which I'm currently using. I'm pretty sure I could successfully build him a new computer. But I haven't payed that much attention lately to all the new chipsets etc.
I was thinking in the not to distant future of upgrading to that ECS K7S5A SiS® 735 SOCKET A MOTHERBOARD with a 1.4 Athlon. Would that be a good board and cpu without major compatabilty problems. If I did build him one I would try building with this motherboard and cpu. I thought I might as well just list what parts I would put in his system and you can critique them.
ECS K7S5A- $70 shipped from newegg.com
Athlon 1.4- around $110 shipped newegg
256 or 512MB PC 2100 DDR Ram from crucial almost free lol $32 or $64
CARDEXPERT GEFORCE2 PRO/450 64MB GOLDEN SAMPLE W/ TV-OUT DDR 4.5ns - RETAIL 132 shipped newegg
IBM #IC35L040AVER07 40GB 7200RPM - OEM 99 shipped newegg
CREATIVE LABS SOUND BLASTER LIVE! 5.1 - OEM $36 shipped newegg
Nic card unknown brand what do you recommend? $30
Modem hopefully non winmodem he doesn't have broadband yet but might get it soon $40-50
Antec SX 840 with 400 watt supply maybe around $100 shipped have to check
Toshiba 16X dvd rom about $75 shipped newegg
LITE-ON LTR-16102B 16x10x40 CD-RW - RETAIL 90 shipped newegg
Keyboard not sure about $20 locally
MS Intellimouse Optical- He already has one.
Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 950p 19" around $200-225 shipped.
He has some Altec Lansing 3 piece sub sat now, don't need.
Software- I was thinking OEM XP home upgrade about $99
Cables etc overlooked items $30
Total around $1191 if I added right.
Do you have any ideas on my proposed system or any good places that would allow him to build a similar system for a similar price. Thanks for your help. Doug
