I Need your opinion on my purchase of PC parts Please READ!

[Rcoops]

Hello.....

I am buying the following items from Spartan Technologies:

AMD266-1333OEM AMD ATHLON K7 SOCKET A THUNDERBIRD 1333MHZ (266Mhz BUS) 256K ON $309.00

ASA7M266 ASUS MBOARD SOCKET A K7-600-1000 (4)PCI (1)4XAGP (1)PCI/AMR UDMA/ $204.00

CM72SD256R-2100 DOUBLE DATA RATE (DDR) MEMORY PC2100(266MHZ BUS) 256MB ECC DDR 32X72 (184PIN) REG $284.00

Is the Memory I selected good and how do you feel about the prices?

Also WHat is a good Heatsink/Fan I should buy for the CPU I listed and Motherboard?

How about these:

VOLCANO II AMD SOCKET A STYLE CPU BALL BEARING FAN AND HEATSINK (FAN IS APPROVED BY AMD) 60X60X25MM $26.00

or

SUPER ORB AMD SOCKET A STYLE CPU DUAL BALL BEARING FAN AND HEATSINK (FAN IS APPROVED BY AMD) 50X50X25MM $29.00

Thanks in advance Guys and Gals!!

Rcoops

 

[ElFenix]

i'm thinking about buying a 1.2 gig athlon real soon... not too keen on the thermaltake products myself. looking at the taisol with the ys-tech fan, so it at least has a resemblence of quiet.

 

[AndyHui]

You don't need ECC DDR SDRAM. Just get the standard DDR SDRAM. It's cheaper as well.

 

[Rcoops]

Thanks how about I go for this memory:

MEMORY PC2100 (266MHZ BUS) 256MB DDR 32X64 (184PIN) UNBUFFERED CAS 2.5 USES 16MX8 DRAMS CORSAIR BRAND MEMORY $242.00

Does this sound good friend?

Rcoops

 

[jamison]

the prices arent too bad, they are making about $5-$15 on each product.

On the memory, dont get ECC, its generally slower, more expensive....

the FOP32 and FOP38 are great.....

 

[soulm4tter]

Price of DDR still seems a little high for my taste when compared to SDR. The 760 chipset isn't really robust. I'd wait to see how the VIA KT266 does or go with a KT133A board with good CAS2 PC133 SDRAM. Furthermore, the A7M266 doesn't allow multiplier adjustment according to firingsquad's review, so overclocking will be limited. If you're buying a 1.33GHz, then overclocking probably won't yield big dividends anyhow. As for the heatsink, i suggest Global Win FOP32 or FOP38.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

check pricewatch, see others' price, you've a lot of choices.

 

[Rcoops]

Thanks for the input. I will not be overclocking. How about the second DDR ram I suggested?

Rcoops