Need Opinions On This System

[carmann]

I have an opportunity to buy this system new at an unbelievable price. Let me know what you think of it and any suggestions.

1ghz Pent III proc
20gb ultra ATA/100 hd OR 40 gb
64mb ram (I have ram already)
16mb ATI Rage 128 pro OR 32mb Nvidia GeForce 2 mx 4x AGP graphics w/tv out
48x cd-rom (I have the Iomega cd-rw)
Sound Blaster Live digital OR Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP
56k pci data/fax modem or 56k telephony modem
Harman Kardon OR Altec Lansing ACS 340 speakers
WinME or Win98se

I'm not looking for state of the art just something decent.

 

[InFecTed]

It's an OK system. But you do have one major problem. 64megs ram? No way, put at least 128, consider 256megs. And for help you choosimg:
1. GeForceMX is way faster than ATi rage pro
2. Santa Cruz better than Live
3. Altec speakers
4. Win98se, win2K. Stay away from ME->crap

 

[NelsonMuntz]

Looks pretty good. Since you already have RAM, I am not going to mention that. If you mean you already have 64 MB of RAM, then you definitely need to upgrade it to 128 or 256 MB of PC133 RAM. It's so cheap right now that there's no reason not to. Get the NVIDIA graphics card ant the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, the data fax modem, and Windows 98SE. As for the speakers, I guess either one of those would work.

 

[carmann]

Thanks for responding.

What I meant by "already have ram" is I have 3 sticks of 128mb Crucial that I can pull from my other computer. I don't want to pay their over inflated price for ram so I'm taking the least they offer.

So with the changes suggested do you think it's worth $300?

 

[MallowJr]

Pretty good system.

 

[EnoonEcalpon]

I've been doing a lot of price checking lately. I'd say $300 isn't a bad deal but it's not super either. You didn't mention if there's a mobo coming with the rest.

 

[carmann]

Yes, mobo included (815e chipset). The $300 price if for a full system without monitor, that is. I was looking for opinions on the hardware as I'm not very familiar with all of it.