How much do you think this will run me...

[nateholtrop]

p3- fcpga 933mhz
soyo 7vca
256MB pc 133ram mushkin/kingston
40Gb Western digital hard drive
Voodoo 5 5500 PCI
3com Ehternet Adapter
Plextor 12/10/32A
Floppy
golden orb
Case--already ordered
sound Blaster Live 5.1
Decent Soundworks or Klipsch?? is that how you spell it

and what could be improved upon and is the 933 a good oc'er??

Nate
thanks

 

[anton]

Go to PriceWatch , find your product, all the prices up , for each product add $10 shipping (medium) , and then add $0-$40 , because you won't buy them for the prices that you found on pricewatch ... and don't worry, this operation won't take you very long

 

[PCResources]

Is this a completely new system? then i would like to suggest the following.

Get the T-bird 1Ghz instead of the PIII 933, it is faster and cheaper, it's a win-win suggestion.

Of course, you would need another motherboard, and i recommend the MSI K7T PRO2.

The ram i'd be using for this setup would be neither mushkin nor kingston, i would use Crucial, because it is usually cheaper and just as good.

I wouldn't get a WD drive, i have had too many problems with these drives, i recommend a Seagate, Maxtor or Quantum drive instead.

As for the Video card, well, an AGP card would be a better choice, and an even better one is the RADEON or the GeForce 2 MX.

The rest of the setup sounds fine to me, these are just recommendations based on my experience, but these parts are what i use for my customers and i have found them stable and reliable.

Of course, what it really comes down to is what you would be using the computer for and what kind of budget you have.

Patrick Palm

Am speaking for PC Resources

 

[nateholtrop]

AMD IS NOT AN OPTION


NATE

 

[fir3wir3]

ya man hell w/ amd!

p3- fcpga 933mhz ---
soyo 7vca
256MB pc 133ram mushkin/kingston
40Gb Western digital hard drive
Voodoo 5 5500 PCI
3com Ehternet Adapter
Plextor 12/10/32A
Floppy
golden orb
Case--already ordered
sound Blaster Live 5.1
Decent Soundworks or Klipsch?? is that how you spell it

You're looking at about 450-500 for the chip and board.

-Definatly keep the ram...get mushkin!

- WD Hard Drive not bad...but if you're buying off the internet...you can sometimes find an ibm for the same price.

- As far as the video card goes...WHY ARE you getting PCI? I would definatly reccomend a gefore gts2 card for you

-- Everything else looks good...you know you might want to go to the buyer/seller forum and ask some people if they have any of this stuff...For instance, a floppy, ram, and perhaps the sound card would be just as good to buy on the forum

 

[Origen]

-CPU looks good, if possible try to get a cC0 stepping over a cB0
-Dunno much about the mobo listed.
-I'd take Mushkin over Kingston
-WD Harddrives for awhile have just been "rebadged" IBMs, I'd prolly wait for a Deskstar 60GXP 40GB which should be out in December.
-Unless you have some pressing need not to use an AGP card, I'd ditch the PCI Voodoo for an AGP Voodoo, Radeon or GF2.
-Prolly be better to go with something like a GlobalWin FOP32-1 or SuperOrb instead of a GOrb.
-Speakers really come down to preference in what features you want, personally I like the Klipsch 4.1 setup.

The 933 is running at 7.0 x 133, so it isn't going to be that huge of an overclocker I'd guess on average you'd be able to push 5-10 more mhz into the FSB maybe more if you get a real good chip. If you wanna OC a 750, 800 or 850 with 100fsb would prolly be a better choice but then you're not gaurenteed a minimum of 133fsb.