Opinions on this setup, please.

[TommyPC]

Hi everyone.

First of all I'm relatively new to this forum and building computers and just wanted to say I've learned a lot here in the last several weeks.

I'm planning on building my second computer and am currently researching components. I'm not a heavy gamer, mainly stuff like Links 2001 and Combat Flight Simulator 2. Also will be used for web browsing, CD burning, CAD, Quicken, using TV-out for DVD, etc. I'm interested in a stable, fairly quick and reasonably priced computer. Not interesed in overclocking or going crazy about frame rates. These are the components I'm currently looking at:

DFI AK76-SN mobo
AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4Ghz retail
2 sticks Crucial 256MB RAM Unbuffered
IBM 40GB 7200RPM 60GXP HDD
Gainward Geforce2 Pro/450 64MB video card
Toshiba 16x DVD-ROM (SD-M1502)
Lite-On LTR 1610 2B CD-RW
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound
Case and Power Supply(350+) to be determined
Win2k

What do you think? Also, this will be my first time with Win2K so can anyone point me to info on installation tips/setup?

Thank you.

Tom

 

[NelsonMuntz]

Looks like a good setup. Don't know much about the DFI board, so I won't comment, except to say that the AMD 761 chipset that it has is a good one to get. Did you think about the SiS 735 one as well since the performance is better, the cost is less and it includes a built in NIC.
It looks like you might be shopping at Newegg which is a good idea. The Crucial RAM can probably be had direct from Crucial for cheaper than Newegg has it.
Also, you would have to go elsewhere to get the Lite-On DVD instead of the Toshiba, but I think it would be worth it because the Lite-On doesn't have the DVD rip speed limitation that the Toshiba has. Just some thoughts...

 

[compudog]

Looks good. There may be better choices on the mobo as NelsonMuntz suggested. My experience with DFI is not the best, but that goes back some time. My $.02