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Dittohead

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I posted a while back asking for hardware recommendations on a new computer. That just turned into a flame war. Well I still need help. Here goes...

1.) I need a good motherboard that will allow me to have 2 Celerons or 2 Durons, can anyone recommend one?

2.) Can anyone recommend a good make of 128 MB of RAM? I'll need SDRAM, right? (forgive my newbieness)

3.) CD-ROM, CD-RW, or DVD-ROM? DVD drives read CD's too, right? Is a DVD drive much more expensive than a CD drive? My video card happens to play DVDs well, so I'm thinking about DVD.

4.) How does a Seagate 15.3 GB hard drive sound?

5.) Is there a good online merchant to buy all of this stuff?

Thanks
 
<<1.) I need a good motherboard that will allow me to have 2 Celerons or 2 Durons, can anyone recommend one?>>

Currently there are no dual Duron/Tbird motherboards. Your only option right now is the MicroStar 694D Pro, supports dual P3/Celeron.


<<2.) Can anyone recommend a good make of 128 MB of RAM? I'll need SDRAM, right? (forgive my newbieness)>>

How does Kingmax PC150 128MB for $90 sound?


<<3.) CD-ROM, CD-RW, or DVD-ROM? DVD drives read CD's too, right? Is a DVD drive much more expensive than a CD drive? My video card happens to play DVDs well, so I'm thinking about DVD.>>

TEAC makes excellent CD-ROMs, so does Toshiba.


<<4.) How does a Seagate 15.3 GB hard drive sound?>>

Why not a Quantum or a Maxtor? You can get the Quantum Fireball Plus LM 30GB for as little as $90, buy.com has it for $150, minus $30 coupon, and $30 rebate.


<<5.) Is there a good online merchant to buy all of this stuff?>>

Buy.com, mwave.com, onvia.com, amazon.com, tcwo.com are all good places.
 
With the price of pentium iii's... ie in alot of places the p3 700 is cheaper than the Celery 700... I'd shell out a tad extra for the p3... i have had bad experience with Celery's and would never buy another one
 
Some suggestions:
Toshiba for DVD
Teac for CD-Rom
Crucial (Micron) memory...PC133 CAS2 (about $86 for 128MB)
PIII's over Celerons
IBM GXP75 ATA100 hard drives (use $20 or $30 off coupon from buy.com), fast, quiet, cool running.

I'm not up to speed on dual CPU MB's.

have fun
Super6
 
Dittohead:

I thought you wanted dual, anyway, if its 1 P3, then go with the MSI 815E Pro, yes better than CUSL2. If you go dual, get 694D Pro.
 
Alright, how about this:

Toshiba SD-M1402 DVD/CD-ROM (12X DVD-ROM 40X CDROM)
30GB EIDE ULTRA ATA/100 LP DESKSTAR 7200RPM 75GXP
INTEL CELERON 600MHZ FC-PGA X 2
KINGMAX 16X64 PC150 128MB CL3
MSI 694D PRO
 
Thanks! I really appreciate it.
One more thing, what's a good sound card?
What's the difference between SB Live! X-Gamer and MP3?
 
BTW you can not run dual Celeron II on any motherboard. The CPU are not SMP capable. Also Some P3 are not, it depends on the stepping.
 
if you want duelly setup the celeron 2 isnt an option youll have to go with p3's celeron 2 are not smp capable chips. just overclock a couple p3 600-700's and you should be more then satisfied with preformance, or you could make a smarter chice and go with a single 1.2 gig tbird for about the same price or maybe less the a duel p3 setup and you might find it gives even better preformance.
 
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