I am going to build a system in the next month to replace my PII 350. I think I have settled on a KT133A based board because of comments in this and other forums, my question now is which board. I like the A Open board, AK73-1394(A) because of the on board firewire will eliminate the need for another purchase. Question on this is does anyone have this board and do they like it, or suggestions of other boards that I would just add firewire? I also cant seem to find a place to purchase the “A” version of this board I do find the KT133 version but not the A. The AMD I am looking at getting for this board is the retail 1 or 1.1 GHZ Tbird. Does the fan that comes with the retail work well enough for moderate overclocking?
The case I am looking at is the Enlight tower case.
Memory, Crucial 256mg PC133 SDRAM CA-2.
I have a question on the DVD portion. I had seen in a configuration elsewhere that there is a combo DVD CD-RW available. Has anyone used this setup, it intrigues me to have the RW and the DVD in one bay or would I be better off buying the DVD and CD-RW separately. Also the video card I am looking at is the ATI 32MB or 64MB DDR Radeon, the thing I am most worried about is to make sure the DVD, Video card, Motherboard will work together.
Another question is what is the sound quality of the onboard sound that some of these boards come with. I’m not an audiophile but I would like to have decent stereo sound with subwoofer support.
I’m primarily going to be using this computer for low end home video editing, flight simulation, other gaming like Links Golf, and productivity software. The above configuration was actually fairly inexpensive so I am not against spending more cash if it would make for a better system, any suggestions that you may have would be greatly appreciated.
The case I am looking at is the Enlight tower case.
Memory, Crucial 256mg PC133 SDRAM CA-2.
I have a question on the DVD portion. I had seen in a configuration elsewhere that there is a combo DVD CD-RW available. Has anyone used this setup, it intrigues me to have the RW and the DVD in one bay or would I be better off buying the DVD and CD-RW separately. Also the video card I am looking at is the ATI 32MB or 64MB DDR Radeon, the thing I am most worried about is to make sure the DVD, Video card, Motherboard will work together.
Another question is what is the sound quality of the onboard sound that some of these boards come with. I’m not an audiophile but I would like to have decent stereo sound with subwoofer support.
I’m primarily going to be using this computer for low end home video editing, flight simulation, other gaming like Links Golf, and productivity software. The above configuration was actually fairly inexpensive so I am not against spending more cash if it would make for a better system, any suggestions that you may have would be greatly appreciated.
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