What computer for $1600-$2000

[TheNemesis]

My friend wants to build his first system, and I'm telling him AMD. He has $1600-$2000 to spend, And wants a complete system (Monitor, everything)


Here's what he says:
256ram
tha purdy geforce2 64mb
35-54gb hd (7200)
1gb+ cpu


yea, that stuff + monitor, speakers, sound, mouse, dvd drive... ill just use this keyboard and ill take the floppy drive from my 166mhz comp, lol



Please recommend a good system for that price, Thanks.

 

[shiznut123]

a 1 gb cpu. dont you mean 1ghz?
1.2 ghz athlon- 300 bucks
abit kt7-125 bucks
256 pc133 ram-180 bucks
annihilator 2 ultra-500 bucks
sound blaster live!value-50 bucks
keyb+mouse- 50 bucks
kds 19' monitor- 300 bucks
cambridge speakers(i dunno the model)- 50 bucks
8x dvd-60 bucks

 

[dave127]

i would say the same as shiznut but switch out the abit board for the msi k7t pro2a. he laso forgot a hdd. I would recommend the ibm desktar 45gxp ( i think thats what it is). very fast

*EDIT* you could also add a plextor 12x10x32x cdrw drive for about 200 more if he needs that, still keeping him under 2000

 

[LXi]

I would too switch the Abit mobo to the MSI K7T Pro2A. I recommend waiting for Maxtor, Seagate or IBM's 20GB platter drives to arrive.

 

[Windogg]

I built a similar system for a co-worker so I'm gonna adapt it.

Following from MWave
1.1Ghz AMD Athlon Retail - $258
MSI K7T PRO-2A Mobo - $104
45GB IBM 75GXP Hard Drive OEM - $155
48X Sony CD-ROM - $36
12x/10x/32x Plextor CD-RW - $205
64MB Asus V7700 Pure GeForce2 GTS- $315
SoundBlaster Live! Value OEM - $48
Altec Lansing ACS-54 (5 piece + sunwoofer) - $54
10/100 Netgear FA311TX Ethernet - $17
Microsoft Internet Keyboard - $20
Microsoft Intellimouse - $15
Windows 2000 Pro OEM - $159
19" KDS VS-19SN Monitor - $315
Shipping - $67

Total = ~~~ $1798

From Crucial
256MB PC133 SDRAM (1 DIMM) - $141 Shipped

From CompuCheap
Enlight 7237 w/ Enermax 351W PowerSupply - ~~~ $115 (Shipped?)
80MM Case fan $ 8

Mwave + Crucial + Compucheap = $2,062.00 (Shipped w/ legal copy of Windows 2000)

Windogg

EDIT: WHHOOPPPSS.... forgot the monitor . Lemme update
EDIT2: Revised but still over budget
Edit3: Killed the floppy

 

[cmaMath13]

Windogg,

Do you have any benches on you overclocked P4? I would like to see, please.

 

[shiznut123]

whoops, i forgot to add a hdrive. my bad