Is This a Good Setup for my Dad.

[jcovercash]

Ok I am building my Dad a computer to do some cad design. i was wondering If this would be a good setup for him. He will mainly be doing 2D cad design maybe 3D. Let me kinwo if I should change anything. If you can find the bulk of this cheaper anywhere let me know, I am trying to order from one place to save shipping.
Here is what i am going with: FROM NEWEGG.com

Motherboard Gigabyte GA-7ZMM Micro ATX Motherboard - $80
Processor AMD Duron 850MHz Socket A PGA Processor - $48
Heatsink/Fan Thermaltake MINI COPPER ORB Heatsink + Ball bearing Fan $15
Hard Drive Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 20GB 60 Ultra DMA 100 $77
NIC Linksys EtherFast 10/100 LAN Card Model LNE100TX $17
Guillemot Hercules 3D Prophet Kyro 4000 XT 32MB SDRAM No TV Out $50
Memory-FROM CRUCIAL 2x 256 MB SDRAM - $90

Let Me know if i have left anything out, I will be adding my own case, I also will get a CD-Rom and Floppy, plus keyboard mouse, etc. Also if you see any conflicts let me knwo. It will most likely be runnign windows 2k or ME.

 

[huanaku]

That looks good to me. I've built a system with the gigabyte board and a duron 650, and it has been extremely stable. That should work great for him. Nice thing is that in a few months/year when it gets a little slow for him, he can just pop in a tbird

 

[jcovercash]

Yea that is what i was thinging about, Any other comments

 

[eLiu]

If he does only 2D stuff...get a Matrox G400 or G450 card. Matrox=best 2D on the planet. However, they're a bit weak in the 3D department.

If you want a balance of 2D and 3D...ATI Radeon--get the LE version (and flash it to full) if you wanna save some $$.

uhhh...Orbs are baaaddd...they're hard as heck to install, performance is pretty bad...I would look into another HSF. If you dont overclock, a FOP 32-1, or a Taisol CGK742092 would come to mind first...

and...get...Arctic Silver cant live w/o it

Also...I would highly recommend Windows 2000. It's heaploads better than anything else MS has ever created, imo.

-eric

 

[TripleJ]

I do a lot of CAD. One important part you have left out is the monitor. What are you planning? I've got a FD Trinitron monitor. A good monitor is worth it for CAD work. My rig performs very nicely.

 

[jcovercash]

We already have a moniter he is goign to get a better one later on.

As for eLiu suggestions
I am going for this vid card for price reasons.
I am actually goignto replace my FOP 38 and I could install that HS/F
I already have some artic silver.

Thansk, Anymore>

 

[mchammer187]

go Radeon LE (80 from newegg) instead of kyro I you wont be disappointed

kyro I is not even an mx level card

also get a volcano II instead of the orb volcano just as cheap or cheaper the mino orbs are just suck.

 

[TripleJ]

Are you putting a removable storage device on it?

Just saying this so you don't put a ATAPI/IDE 100MB Zip drive on your mobo. If the mobo has a VIA 686B southbridge on it, you're gonna have probs. I'm not sure about other VIA southbridge chips, but that's my experience anyway. They don't like each other.


edit: And get Win 2000. I can't wait to get it myself.

 

[jcovercash]

Nope no zippy.