What do you think of this new system...

[CtK]

i want to buy
is there anything you would change

mid tower ALUMINUM case like Lian Li PC-60
AMD XP 1800
CPU Fan and Case Fans
Soyo K7V Dragon+
512 PC2100 either one stick or two 256megs
Audigy X-Gamer 5.1
GF3 Ti200 or Ti500
Plextor 16/10/40
IBM 60g 60GXP

the total from various sites is about $1350 w/Ti500
$1200 w/Ti200

thanks for the info

 

[aka1nas]

That's not bad, but I would ditch the IBM hard drive and get something a little less prone to failure, like a Maxtor. Both of my 60GXPs died after 2 months, within 7 days of each other.

 

[Burnt]

Looks nice. Yeah, ditch the 60gxp, and get a WD or Maxtor. Make sure you get a good HSF combo.

 

[thedarkwolf]

I would ditch the 16x plextor and get a 24x lite-on.

 

[Scifione]

Cool Rig!

Just put an Athlon XP/ Gforce3 Ti200 sistom together for someone.
Very Fast

 

[ChrisIsBored]

I would skip the Athlon XP 1800+ and go for the 1700+... the difference in price is about $50, but the difference in going from 1.47Ghz to 1.53Ghz will NOT be noticable.

 

[SCUBA]

ya chrisisbored is right unless you dunno where to burn ya monay

 

[Migroo]

agreed.

the top end of hardware always commands a price difference that is not worth its performance advantage.

 

[Rickten]

what speed is the 1900+

 

[ChrisIsBored]

The XP 1900+ is rated at 1.6Ghz

 

[NTguru]

I say ditch the Audigy X-Gamer 5.1 and go with a Philips Accoustic Edge or Hercules Fortissimo 2 (or Game Theater XP). SB = crap for driver support under win2k or winxp.

 

[NelsonMuntz]

<< i want to buy
is there anything you would change

mid tower ALUMINUM case like Lian Li PC-60
AMD XP 1800
CPU Fan and Case Fans
Soyo K7V Dragon+
512 PC2100 either one stick or two 256megs
Audigy X-Gamer 5.1
GF3 Ti200 or Ti500
Plextor 16/10/40
IBM 60g 60GXP

the total from various sites is about $1350 w/Ti500
$1200 w/Ti200

thanks for the info >>


I would drop back to the 1700+ CPU because you save $50 and performance difference is small.
Thermalright SK-6 for CPU HSF
Hercules Game Theater XP - OEM for $99 shipped at Newegg.com
Get the GF3 Ti200 for the less $$$
Get Lite-On 24X instead of Plextor 16X
Get Seagate 60GB instead of IBM.
Just my $0.02