Rate my new system to be

[nV2a]

-Amd Thunderbird 1.4 Ghz/266 with Volcano 6CU+ Cooler (chip will be overclocked...how much, I dont know yet)

-Epox EP-8K7A ATX Amd DDR Mobo with 6 pci/1agp/2 ddram sockets

-Visiontek Geforce3 nFiniteFX GPU Oem (will be overclocked also...how much, not known yet)

-(2) Sticks of Crucial PC2100 DDR Sdram (512 megabytes total)

-IBM Deskstar 60GXP 60.0 Gigabyte Ultra ATA 100 7200 RPM Hdd

-Sony 1.44 mb 3.5" Floppy Disk Drive

-Soundblaster Live! MP3 5.1 Retail Box PCI Emu10k1 soundcard

-Toshiba 16X/48X DVD Rom Drive

-Inwin Q800 Full Tower ATX Case with 300 Watt Amd Approved Power Supply Unit

-Netgear FA310TX 10/100TX Network Interface Card (Nic)

-Microsoft Internet Keyboard PS2

-Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical USB

-Klipsch Promedia 2.1 THX Certified Speakers (200 Watt) [I have a small room]

-Using my current Viewsonic G790 19" ... will do for now...but I will be getting a new 19" or even a cheaper 21" soon after



So....what do yall think? How is this system? I'll pickup a cd burner soon after.

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

nV2a,

Looks pretty damn good to me. I would stay away from the IBM drives though. At first it was just the 75GXP's that were failing, but I've heard horror stories from the 60GXP's as well. I think you'd be better off with somebody like Maxtor. You might want to consider the Turtle beach sound card as well. I've heard a lot of praise for that card and its features. What OS will you be running?

 

[ku]

the IBM hard drive is really a hit or miss,,, some people have great experiences with the 60GXP, others have bad (most are good for the 6-GXP i believe)... I personally like Maxtor but I dont have the money for it. I just bought a seagate baracuda IV 80gb though... Anywyas, I would stick with that hard drive (I am getting a 60GXP coming in a feww weeks), and your system looks great.

 

[nV2a]

For now, just plain old Microsoft Windows98. From my testing, regular 98 is better for gaming than SE. I hate ME, I've not had the chance to test 2000, and I prolly wont get XP.


So IBM drives suck? :Q

Damn...

 

[Shu8]

i never had any problems with any of my ibm drives [75gxp and 60gxp]. your netgear card might have some problems because i heard for some reason it's incompatible the epox board...i dunno...NICs are cheap anyway [if your netgear fails to work on the epox]. also in place of the sblive...go with the turtle beach santa cruz. i traded away my sblive 5.1 platinum [and sold the live drive for 50 bucks] for it. but then again...you can get the sblive5.1 [oem] at newegg for about 32 bucks. if you're ona budget, go w/ the sblive since it's 30-40 bucks cheaper. also...don't buy a toshiba dvd drive...at least i know the 16x performs worse than the 12 [but i dunno how much]. i would suggest you to go with the 16x liteon ltd-163 [16x]. it's the fastest. unless go with the pioneer 116 [16x]. and the rest is very nice. good luck building it.

 

[rommel]

you should think of getting smaller drives and doing ide raid 0.....i like my ibms that are ide...i use seagate scsi though...but just cuz they are faster

 

[bex0rs]

I'd go with an Intel Pro/100+ NIC, a Pioneer Slot DVD, and not an SB Live.

~bex0rs

 

[nV2a]

Why all the anti SB live people now?

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<< Volcano 6CU+ Cooler (chip will be overclocked...how much, I dont know yet) >>


I'd get a Thermalright SK-6


<< -Epox EP-8K7A ATX Amd DDR Mobo with 6 pci/1agp/2 ddram sockets >>


Not the highest performing thing out anymore, but the best for overclocking that is currently available.


<< -Soundblaster Live! MP3 5.1 Retail Box PCI Emu10k1 soundcard >>


Okay, I guess, but I would get the Hercules Game Theater XP myself


<< -Toshiba 16X/48X DVD Rom Drive >>


I would get the Lite-On which doesn't have DVD RIP limitations of the Toshiba and can read more disks in Clone CD than the Pioneer


<< -Netgear FA310TX 10/100TX Network Interface Card (Nic) >>


Get any other brand of NIC.
Everything else looks okay.
Overall rating: 3 1/2 * (out of 5)
Just my opinion.