I finally took the plunge!

[Stealth1024]

I took the plunge and ordered the parts for an AMD system based around standard PC133 CAS2 SDRAM. The benchmarks didn't show a marked improvement in DDR vs. SDR. Therefore, I chose not to wait.

UPS and FedEx should be delivering my system December 20, 21, and possibly 26. The specifications, when completed, are as follows.

All parts except floppy drive, and DVD drive are retail versions.

3COM 56K PCI Performance Pro Modem
Antec SX830 Case
Asus A7V Motherboard
AMD Thunderbird 1GHz
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR AGP graphics
Hitachi CM772 19" monitor
IBM 45GB 75GXP hard drive
Linksys Fast Ethernet PCI card
MS IntelliMouse Explorer
MS Internet Keyboard Pro
MS Sidewinder Precision 2
Mushkin 256MB PC133 Cas2 SDRAM
Pioneer 16X DVD Slot Drive
Plextor 12X CD-R/RW
SB Live! Platinum 5.1
(home theater used as speakers)
Teac 1.44MB Floppy Drive

Norton Personal Firewall 2001
Norton System Works 2001
MS Windows ME Upgrade

APC Network Surgearrest
Linksys Etherfast 8-Port Switch
300 feet CAT5 Network Cable


Toss in another $100-$200 dollars in audio cables, adapters, CDR's, mouse pad, DVD movie to enjoy, etc., the total cost with shipping was about $2900.

Now I cross my fingers, hope I didn't forget anything, hope it arrives on time for Christmas, and hope it works once assembled!

If anyone has any advice, feel free to Email me at webmaster@stealth.hypermart.net or post here.

 

[AmdEmAll]

NICE !!!

Where did you order that stuff? And where did you get the Hitachi monitor...im looking for one.

 

[Stealth1024]

I ordered components from Computers4Sure (tons of stuff here... including monitor, audio card, and video card), MWave (modem, DVD drive, CD-R/RW drive), Monarch Computer (Motherboard and AMD combo), Radio Shack (audio cables), Mushkin (Memory), Onvia (Case), and TechStore (Hard Drive).

 

[Pearman]

All I can say is...WOW. And that I need a job. 3k for a computer is a little excessive IMHO. What do you plan to use it for?

 

[Budman]

Is it too late to change the board to a MSI K7T Pro2-a ?

BTW nice system.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Yea I have both a A7V system and a KT7 raid one. The abit one is better. Don't dare install system works. Uggg. That thing can ah heck a system in no time flat

 

[Stealth1024]

I do a lot of programming with Visual Studio. Right now I am beta testing VS.net 7 which is a memory hog (what program from MS isn't?). The rest of the family wanted a gaming machine and DVD player. I am also a sound technician and do a lot of audio editing (hence the large hard drive and CD-R/RW drive...).

Three siblings, including myself, tossing in $500 each for the extras, the price was more or less normalized (around the price of a "normal computer&quot for the mother. hehe

The actual computer is only about $2300. Not bad really. Someone said it was a bit excessive? Really? With 1.6GHz P4's and 1.2GHz Thunderbirds with super expensive Sony flat faced monitors and 75GB hard drives with 1GB RAM, this seemed somewhat reasonable.

edit: I am only 17 and I hope I didn't talk the family into something they will regret 2 years from now...

Our primary system is a 6 year old Pentium 120 upgraded to a Pentium 200MMX. This new system should be the difference of night and day.