My final plan

[Mavicator]

I'm ordering the parts I need to build this system tomorrow. Can anyone tell me if I'm headed for trouble or if it will be stable?

AMD 1.2ghz
Abit K7A 266
512mb Micron PC-133
Hercules Prophet II 32mb GeForce 2
2 WD 40gb 7200rpm drives
Kenwood 72x CD
Creative 5x DVD
Sound Blaster Live
Netgear FA312 net card
Lian-Li PC-20 case with 300w PSU

I can be my own worst enemy when I build these things without asking opinions. Thanks in advance!

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[Mavicator]

Oops! Typos.
Abit KT7A motherboard and Lian-Li PC-60 case.

Any thoughts on this? I'm really nervous about ordering the motherboard and processor! Thanks.

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[Booky]

My only suggestion is to go with a DDR set-up, now that DDR is cheaper than PC133. You can get PC2100 from Crucial for same or less than the PC133.

Crap, all the good ones are already taken.

 

[Mavicator]

I don't know anything about DDR honestly. Is there a paticular brand or type I should look into? And will I need to set up anything differently? Thanks for the tip!

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[upec]

You can just get the PC2100 DDR at Crucial.com. Their price is low and the RAM is very overclockable. You might also have to a bit on motherboard. I saw Asus A7V266 engineer simple in another site. So it should be availiable soon.

 

[Booky]

You will need a motherboard that supports DDR of course. There several good ones out right now, I would recommend searching for reviews of AMD760 chipset boards and the Via KT266 boards are starting to send out there engineer boards, so there close. I have the K7T266 which is a KT266 board but I wouldn't recommend it just yet for it does have its issues.

Crap, all the good ones are already taken.

 

[Mavicator]

Aw, nuts! I finally decided on a board. Now I have to start all over again! I just want a stable, proven system. Are there any proven DDR motherboards?

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[camieabz]

lol...same here.

Every time I decide on a system, something new comes out.

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[Guest]

Could you give me a link to the site with an Engineering sample? Thanks!

 

[Mavicator]

Ok, howabout this... Someone just give me the specs of their system running an Thunderbird 1.2 that actually works and I'll buy the same damn parts! Lol! I'm about to spend a lot of money and I want to be happy when it's done!

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[upec]

Here is the site with ASUS A7V266 engineering simple.

http://www.ocworkbench.com