What's the best barebone you can get for ~700 these days?

[AntMan]

By barebone I mean:
Case
Motherboard
Cpu
Memory
and cooling if needed


Thanks for the help.

Ohh please list a site that you believe you could get those prices at...



Ant_Man
jhurd@austin.rr.com

 

[AntMan]

some more info:
Going to be running lots of high quality apz, photoshop etc, and games aswell.


Will be putting in a SB Live Gamer and a GE Force DDR from old system.

Will be using win2k pro, or adv server, havent decided yet.

 

[MadRat]

Mid-tower case, Duron 600, Asus A7V, 50X CDROM, 3.5"f/d, 20gig/5400rpm, SBLive! value, Voodoo3/2000, and 64mb PC133. Add tax and you should be close.

Edit: Okay, remove the SBLive!, 64mb RAM, and V3; replace with 256mb RAM.

"Click!" here to see where I gathered guess-timates for your prices.

 

[AntMan]

Thx Madrat, can anyone explain the main difference between duron and T-bird, and if money doesnt matter witch is better in witch situations?

 

[MadRat]

Duron: 128k L1, 64k L2 = 192k useable
Thunderbird: 128k L1, 256k L2 = 384k useable

Thunderbird would be the better choice in a graphics workstation. I personally see very little difference between them in raw performance until you have heavy fpu loads. Even though they have nearly identical cores, the Thunderbird can handle heavy 3D and raw data-crunching slightly better.

 

[Tripleshot]

If you are thinking of AMD solution,remember that the mobos for Duron/Tbird are more expensive than an Intel bx mobo. I happen to favor the AMD solution at present as long as the cost of the newer mobo is acceptable.It is also more sensitive to heat,therefor I stress higher end cooling for AMD doron or Tbird.
Any Intel BX or 815(815 mobo's are also new and more expensive0 with a 600 mghz PIII coppermine or higher will do everything you want to do in terms of applications and gaming.

Good luck

 

[MadRat]

A Duron600/A7V is cheaper than a 600E/815 combo. The Duron will likely overclock equally if not better than the P!!!, too. The 815 motherboard may not have any room to upgrade inside of a year whereas the Socket-A board should be good for more than a year.

 

[jpprod]

It is also more sensitive to heat

Actually P3 Coppermine is more sensitive to heat, but Duron puts out more heat

See processor electrical specifications.