Help me with my mobile Athlon build please (opinions)

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"joD" <jod@cannot.com> wrote in message news:cadlk9058e@news4.newsguy.com...
> I am looking for other peoples opinions on my next upgrade. I am trying to
> keep the price under $350 and reach 3000+ or better speeds w/1GB ram.
>
> I am thinking of taking advantage of the over clocking capabilities of the
> mobile Athlons. Memory seems to be coming down a little and I want to buy
> before the back to school rush jacks the price again. I've been building
my
> own systems since the P166 and have never had a problem putting a stable
> system together, but I have never messed with over clocking.
>
> Does anyone see a problem getting these parts to 3000+ speeds or better?
> Any better ideas? I am willing to move a little on cost but I'm trying to
> keep it low as possible.

I was able to get within six bucks of your budget without overclocking, with
a very good name-brand motherboard and good name-brand (and very stable)
RAM. Check out the following bundle from www.mwave.com

AMD ATHLON XP 3000+ 333MHZ OEM BUNDLE W/ Details (BIOSTAR M7NCD-400; MWAVE
COPPER PLATE FAN; KINGSTON 1GB DDR333(512MB X 2); NO TESTING
$356

That tells me you should be able to do this for less than $350 without
overclocking, if you look around a bit. I'd just fork out the extra bucks
and order it all from mwave though, if I was doing this. -Dave