My new barebones DDR system. Good?

[dcpsoguy]

Athlon 1GHZ
128 NON-ECC PC2100
MWave 6606/3
SOYO K7ADA

Comes to 396 bucks, not including shipping. Good price to value ratio? IS this a good system for games?? I plan to get a ATI Radeon 64mb VIVO,and 20GB 7200 rpm drive.

 

[mastaki11a]

Bump the ram to 256...it's a must get these days..

 

[LXi]

I would get something other than the ALi chipset. And I'd get Crucial's PC2100 256MB, only $75.

 

[dcpsoguy]

Yeah,once I get this system from MWAVE, I will get 256mb ram from Crucial.

Why not the ALI chipset?

 

[LXi]

Because they perform kinda bad, in some cases its even slower than KT133A, if you really want to go cheap I think KT133A is the best option. Or get AMD760 or KT266 for DDR.

 

[dcpsoguy]

How about the EPOX 8K7A??? The mobo you listed is a little out of my price range.

 

[LXi]

I didnt list any mobos, AMD760 and KT266 are chipsets. That Epox you mentioned is good.

 

[WildeBeast]

the AD11 is only 110, and has all the oc stuff you could want, and it is on the AMD760 chipset. It is older but supports good stuff: here is the link: AD11 and a review: review

 

[WildeBeast]

yeah, that EPOX board is great, butthere are two problems. The plus version is much better, but I can't find it. Second, I can't find a review