help building a new AMD system.

[noxipoo]

can anyone recommend a puter under $600 from AMD? I'm thinking Duron and stuff, what ram, monitor, etc. I don't think i will be overclocking it until its needed, since it will be used for a SOHO.

 

[Stringy]

$600??? Ummm doubtful...
Case /w 300w PS is $79
PC133 128Mb Mem is $110
AMD Duron 600Mhz $65
Asus A7V $146
Elsa Vanta 16Mb $49
IBM 15Gb HDD $109
CDROM $36
Floppy $14
NIC $30

I'm already upto $600 and no cheapie monitor included... I doubt you'll get much, you might wanna concider a K6-2 or K6-3, or even a Celery as Intel makes better intergrated boards (i815)



Craig

 

[pdo]

I don't think you can do it that low with a monitor. Maybe you should check out one of those People's PC or an E-Machine or something.

 

[noxipoo]

dang, the only other monitor i have is from my old 386 and its really really crappy. what if i raised the price to $1000? e-machines? no way in hell...

 

[troubledshooter]

1000 and you're set.

Parts above, but you can prolly go a little better on the graphics board. A matrox 200 or 400 maybe for SOHO.

And for the 109 he listed for a HD you should be able to find a 7200 RPM 20gb or 30gb. Check out the hot deals forum for a bit.

gl

 

[pdo]

hehe I wasn't serious about those E-Machine, but definitely check out the ForSale and Hot Deal Forum. You might just barely make it.

 

[noxipoo]

i work as onsite tech support and i had to fix some emachines, it is a pain in the arse to even figure out whats wrong.

 

[Stringy]

BTW that $109 15Gb IBM HDD is a 75GXP, so it's just about the best drive on the market, Quiet, Fast, and IBM relieghable...
and as far as size, how big of a Word, Excel or even a PowerPoint Presentation do you think most SOHO machines will ever see?? 15Gb is volumous IMO...

and the video, I went with the TNT only because Matrox has "some" troubles with VIA chipsets, I think they are worked out, but wasn't exactly sure... I love my G200, and All Matrox cards, I'd definitely recomend it if someone's got experience with them in a KX133...
G200 is $59 (8Mb)
G400 is $109 (32Mb)
G400 DH is $145 (32Mb)
not the best prices, but average ones...



Craig