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[Commando223]

Here it is this is what I plan to build very soon. I wanna use it for GTA2, Age of Empeirs 2, Half-Life, Quake 3 and more

I am gonna run windowsME


Generic ATX case with 300watt PS
FIC AZ31 Socket A motherboard
950mhz Athlon -or- Duron
512mb Micron PC-133
15" HP Monitor
20gb MaXtor 7200 RPM Hard-Drive ATA-100
Promise ATA-100 PCI adapter
VooDoo3 3000 AGP -0R- Nvidia TNT2 Ultra

Well thats all I can think of for now Please give me advice or tell me what I should change!!

 

[minendo]

nice setup but id stay away from windows ME if i was you.

 

[datalink7]

Up the video card. Get a Geforce 2 MX at least.

 

[Yzzim]

First off, I'd put Win98 on it. WinME is suck.

Secondly, I'd upgrade the HP 15" monitor. Take out of Promise ATA-100 card and a stick of 256MB of memory and use it as an upgrade towards a 17" monitor if you're on a budget.
The performance leap seen by adding the card and the extra memory aren't going to be that great, especially if you're going to use Win98/ME.

 

[notfred]

Why you going to buy a old ass video card that isn't even made anymore?

 

[KeyserSoze]

PLEASE stay away from Windows ME. Trust me, this coming from someone who had to use it for months. I saw the Blue Screen of Death more than I saw my Desktop. And it froze alllllllll the time. Trust me.





KeyserSoze

 

[minendo]

hek, for the price of a hp monitor you can get yourself a nice 17" or 19" monitor. that last i remember seeing was hp 15" were like 249.99 at best buy, but that was a while back.

 

[Commando223]

I wish I could get a better monitor but I cant beat that 15" for $25 so I do gotta stay with that one

I was thinking about the MX video card but I hear bad things about the MX-200/400's

 

[minendo]

i wish i could find a decent monitor for $25.00

 

[dc]

heh, sorry, the system was doomed after only your first sentence.

I am gonna run windowsME

 

[Commando223]

Should I use windows 2000???

 

[Renob]

Dude go with a DDR setup you can find one for the same money...........

 

[minendo]

win2k is great. ive never had a problem with it except that time i ended up with code red someone, however i got rid of that with no problem

 

[Kelvrick]

Enligh 7237 - 50
keep the mobo
up it to 1ghz. The price jump isn't much compared to the performance jump.
256 ram is enough for what you're doing. Remember to buy from crucial.com though.
15 is ok, but you kinda need 17 nowadays.
the harddrive is good
take out the ata-100 pci adapter, it isn't worth it
get a geforce MX or a used radeon.

Remember, you can score some good deals in our for sale/trade forum.

 

[Commando223]

About the DDR upgrade,

I was thinking that too but the motherboards cost more I found this

FIC AZ31 for $38

 

[datalink7]

2K is sweet. Little bit more of a memory hog, but your system would be able to handle it.

I would seriously consider a better video card though. It doesn't matter how fast your processor is if there is a huge bottleneck at the video card. If you are worried about the MX, get a Radeon. Or if you can afford it, Geforce Pro's can be found for around $140 or so I think.

 

[TallBill]

<< Dude go with a DDR setup you can find one for the same money........... >>



did you see the games hes running? im sure sdram will run those games just fine.. you can get a geforce2 gts 32 meg for 60 bucks if you look around... and its definitly enough to run those games on that rig.. i'd also vote to at least get a 17" monitor... you'll thank yerself for it later..

 

[Commando223]

Thanks guys!!

I am reading all your comments and taking notes

I have low budget I wanted to get this baby running because I am missing too many LAN party's

 

[minendo]

i really dont want to ask what your budget is but i just threw together a computer for my sis. heres what its currently running.

Duron 750
256mb PC-100
13gig Maxtor
Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
Linksys 10/100
Onboard sound
Philips 17" monitor

I put that together for just under $300. the monitor was the killer on this one.

 

[Commando223]

yeah man Monitor is the major problem

I am happy with the 15" because it's easy to take to LAN party's and it looks good & bright plus $25

now that thats out of my way I can work on the system

I am dropping the Promise ATA-100 Card
and getting windows 2000
plus looking into MX video card

 

[minendo]

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