Please Critique This System...

[GTaudiophile]

I am recommending these parts to my cousin for his college computer:

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FROM WWW.NEWEGG.COM

Enlight EN-72370X3 ATX w/ 300W power supply
cost: $50.00
shipping: $15

MOTHERBOARD:
MSI K7 Master w/ AMD761 chipset (Retail)
cost: $140
shipping: $10

CPU:
AMD Thunderbird 1.2Ghz w/ 266Mhz bus (Retail)
cost: $126
shipping: $10

HARDDRIVE:
IBM Deskstar 60GXP 60GB 7200rpm ATA100 (OEM)
cost: $155
shipping: $10

DVD-ROM:
Toshiba 16x IDE DVD-ROM (Model SD-M1502, OEM)
cost: $56
shipping: $9

FLOPPY:
Mitsumi 1.44MB 3.5" Floppy drive (OEM)
cost: $9
shipping $6.00

VIDEO:
MSI StarForce 820 GeForce2 Pro 32MB DDR (Retail)
cost: $112
shipping: $10

SOUND:
Creative Labs SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer (Retail)
cost: $80
shipping: $10

Total (Newegg): $728 + $80 S&H + 7.5% Tax = $862.60

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FROM WWW.MWAVE.COM

CD-RW:
Plextor 12/10/32A IDE CD-RW (Retail)
cost: $151

NETWORK:
3Com 10/100 Fast Etherlink XL 3C905B PCI (OEM)
cost: $39

Total (Mwave): $190 + $12.17 S&H + 7.5% Tax = $217.34

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FROM WWW.CRUCIAL.COM

RAM:
Crucial 256MB PC2100 DDR RAM
cost: $49.95
shipping: free
sales tax: $3.75 (7.5%)

Total (Crucial): $53.70

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TOTAL: $1133.64

 

[ksallen]

don't want to spend 30 more dollars for 64 MB version of that MSI card?

 

[GTaudiophile]

It's not available at the moment. Otherwise, yes. I'll probably recommend it anyway.

 

[ksallen]

Microbarn has it for 141 not including shipping. similar to newegg

 

[LilScoooters]

Looks good...but why ru spending $10,$15.00 etc.. per part from newwegg ????

can't they just give you one price for all those parts...?:Q

 

[Thawk]

I also like the system. I agree with Lilscooters that the $80 S&H is excessive. It will cost them around $20 to ship it.

 

[Prince of Persia]

I think your shipping is off, because they do combine it so the cost goes down.


As for the plextor your getting, you might want to go for 16/10/40x plextor at newegg for 170 (just a thought)

Also, that Toshiba 16x DVD has poor DAE, everyone recommends getting the Aopen 16xDVD slot loading but it is LOUD.

As for sound, ppl recommend the TurtleBeach Santa Cruz which can be had at mwave as well for 76 dollars shipped.

And I believe the 64mb Pro is back in stock. Go get it quick!

 

[GTaudiophile]

I did the shipping the way I did, because those prices per part are listed. In order to get the total shipping, I'd have to go through Check Out and everything, and I am not a newegg customer (though I will be at some point). I usually buy from mwave. My cousin lives in CA, hence the sales tax. I'm also trying to stick to Retail parts.

 

[LuciferHaze]

An awesome system. The shipping's the only thing that killing ya.