......... seriously, I want you to!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tell me what is wrong with my new computer im putting together, so I dont get another crappy comp like k7s5a (ok, it was good for a while, but now it sucks).. After a few months of bobbling back and forth and not knowing exactly what my next purchase would be, i've put together a basic system and it's ready to be mocked. My current system (listed in my signature) was bought in September, 2001 ..... so needless to say, it's time for a new one. Although my current system is ok, it's kind of slow and the k7s5a has never been really stable, it's always had troubles cold booting and stuff. You get what you pay for though. Anyways, here is my comp I want to put together. I'm buying all my stuff from newegg, of course!
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(Motherboard) - Asus A7N8X Deluxe
(Processor) - AMD Athlon XP 2100+ T-Bred (yes, Rev B)
(Video Card) - ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB DDR
(Memory) - Corsair XMS 512MB PC3500 (434mhz)
(Hard Drive 1) - Western Digital "SE" 120 GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache (RAID 1)
(Hard Drive 2) - Western Digital "SE" 120 GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache (RAID 1)
(DVD-Rom) - Lite-On 16x (Black)
(CD/RW) - Lite-On 52x24x52 (Black)
(Floppy) - Alps 3.5 Inch (Black)
(Speakers) - Logitech Z640 5.1 (Black)
(Mouse) - Microsoft Optical Wheel PS/2 (Black)
(Keyboard) - Ortek MCK-800 Multimedia PS/2 (Black)
(Monitor) - Viewsonic 19" Flat-Screen CRT
(Case) - AMS Gmono CF-2029 Mid-Tower (Black)
(Power Supply) - Antec 480W TRUE
(OS) - Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/ SP1
... and a "BLACK" DigitalDoc5 (didn't know what to call it!)
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All together, this system should come to under $1500. Eventually (a year down the road) i'd like to upgrade to one of the bartons, as well as go up to 2GB of DDR, but right now I can only afford the 2100+ and 512MB ram... the new barton's are way too expensive at the moment. The reason I chose the asus board is cause I feel it's the best out right now and it's really popular, which means asus will support it for a long time and release new bios for it, to cover the barton's. The video card, i'm going to search around for one of the "old" modifiable ones that let you mod it to 9700. If I can't find one, then I will just pay the extra $100 and get a real 9700. Hard drives.. they are expensive, but worth it. I'm going to be running them in RAID 1, as data protection is important to me. The rest of my stuff is pretty much self-explanitory. I think it's obvious that i'm building an entirely black system, heheh... oh and for those wondering, yes, obviously I am planning to overclock
- So please post opinions on my system, anything... you guys helped me pick my comp all the way back in 2001, so help me pick this one too! Do you think this will provide me with a solid upgrade path???
Thanks,
acid16
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(Motherboard) - Asus A7N8X Deluxe
(Processor) - AMD Athlon XP 2100+ T-Bred (yes, Rev B)
(Video Card) - ATI Radeon 9500 Pro 128MB DDR
(Memory) - Corsair XMS 512MB PC3500 (434mhz)
(Hard Drive 1) - Western Digital "SE" 120 GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache (RAID 1)
(Hard Drive 2) - Western Digital "SE" 120 GB 7200RPM w/ 8MB Cache (RAID 1)
(DVD-Rom) - Lite-On 16x (Black)
(CD/RW) - Lite-On 52x24x52 (Black)
(Floppy) - Alps 3.5 Inch (Black)
(Speakers) - Logitech Z640 5.1 (Black)
(Mouse) - Microsoft Optical Wheel PS/2 (Black)
(Keyboard) - Ortek MCK-800 Multimedia PS/2 (Black)
(Monitor) - Viewsonic 19" Flat-Screen CRT
(Case) - AMS Gmono CF-2029 Mid-Tower (Black)
(Power Supply) - Antec 480W TRUE
(OS) - Microsoft Windows XP Professional w/ SP1
... and a "BLACK" DigitalDoc5 (didn't know what to call it!)
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All together, this system should come to under $1500. Eventually (a year down the road) i'd like to upgrade to one of the bartons, as well as go up to 2GB of DDR, but right now I can only afford the 2100+ and 512MB ram... the new barton's are way too expensive at the moment. The reason I chose the asus board is cause I feel it's the best out right now and it's really popular, which means asus will support it for a long time and release new bios for it, to cover the barton's. The video card, i'm going to search around for one of the "old" modifiable ones that let you mod it to 9700. If I can't find one, then I will just pay the extra $100 and get a real 9700. Hard drives.. they are expensive, but worth it. I'm going to be running them in RAID 1, as data protection is important to me. The rest of my stuff is pretty much self-explanitory. I think it's obvious that i'm building an entirely black system, heheh... oh and for those wondering, yes, obviously I am planning to overclock
- So please post opinions on my system, anything... you guys helped me pick my comp all the way back in 2001, so help me pick this one too! Do you think this will provide me with a solid upgrade path???Thanks,
acid16
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