I hope this is on-topic for the General Hardware forum.
my apologies for the length.
I am shopping around for parts to upgrade my system into the next
generation. My plan is to get a case, mboard and CPU - and move the
rest of the parts from my current system onto the newer board.
I am looking for the best deal for these parts:
Case: In win Q500N
Motherboard: ABIT KT7-RAID
CPU: AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) 900Mhz
HSF: ??? Looking for recommendations (Best to fit KT7-RAID)
(Yes, I am currently reading the <a target=new href="http:// http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1361 ">Anandtech Socket-A & Socket-370
Cooler Roundup - November 2000</a>)
This will be to upgrade a K6-III-450 on a FIC VA-503+ to better accomodate
my new ATI AIW Radeon card. The use will be general computing,
Video capture/editing, software/hardware evaluation, and some gaming.
I do not need to get all the parts from the same vendor, but I would prefer
to keep shipping costs to a minimum as well. I am setting an upper ceiling
of $500 for this, which I think I can easily meet.
Also, the shopping method I am using includes checking the vendors rep against
www.resellerratings.com both to cover my assets, and hopefully to reward companies
that provide good customer support. I would also like to know any warnings
/recommendations from the Anandtech bunch.
So far, the results I am coming up with as of 12-05-2000 are listed:
(note, this is not an endorsement, these are just the first few companies
I hit off of pricewatch)
http://www.microbarn.com rating 6.7
Case: 90
MBoard: 138
CPU: 196
FAN: 7
Shipping: 45 (Ground)
Total: 476
http://www.allstarshop.com rating 6.1
Case: 75.95 (Note, this is the Q500A not the Q500N case)
MBoard: 152
CPU: 210
FAN: 9.50
Shipping: 28.23 (UPS Ground) 61.17 (Fedex Eco)
Total: 475.68 or 508.62
http://www.icompz.com rating 5.6
Case: N/A (the case I want is not listed)
MBoard: 146
CPU: 189
FAN: ???
Shipping: 30.65 (Fedex 2day)
Total: 365.65
I'm still gathering prices, but I wanted to know if any of these sound like good
deals to you.
my apologies for the length.
I am shopping around for parts to upgrade my system into the next
generation. My plan is to get a case, mboard and CPU - and move the
rest of the parts from my current system onto the newer board.
I am looking for the best deal for these parts:
Case: In win Q500N
Motherboard: ABIT KT7-RAID
CPU: AMD Athlon (Thunderbird) 900Mhz
HSF: ??? Looking for recommendations (Best to fit KT7-RAID)
(Yes, I am currently reading the <a target=new href="http:// http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1361 ">Anandtech Socket-A & Socket-370
Cooler Roundup - November 2000</a>)
This will be to upgrade a K6-III-450 on a FIC VA-503+ to better accomodate
my new ATI AIW Radeon card. The use will be general computing,
Video capture/editing, software/hardware evaluation, and some gaming.
I do not need to get all the parts from the same vendor, but I would prefer
to keep shipping costs to a minimum as well. I am setting an upper ceiling
of $500 for this, which I think I can easily meet.
Also, the shopping method I am using includes checking the vendors rep against
www.resellerratings.com both to cover my assets, and hopefully to reward companies
that provide good customer support. I would also like to know any warnings
/recommendations from the Anandtech bunch.
So far, the results I am coming up with as of 12-05-2000 are listed:
(note, this is not an endorsement, these are just the first few companies
I hit off of pricewatch)
http://www.microbarn.com rating 6.7
Case: 90
MBoard: 138
CPU: 196
FAN: 7
Shipping: 45 (Ground)
Total: 476
http://www.allstarshop.com rating 6.1
Case: 75.95 (Note, this is the Q500A not the Q500N case)
MBoard: 152
CPU: 210
FAN: 9.50
Shipping: 28.23 (UPS Ground) 61.17 (Fedex Eco)
Total: 475.68 or 508.62
http://www.icompz.com rating 5.6
Case: N/A (the case I want is not listed)
MBoard: 146
CPU: 189
FAN: ???
Shipping: 30.65 (Fedex 2day)
Total: 365.65
I'm still gathering prices, but I wanted to know if any of these sound like good
deals to you.
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