Why does he need a pent 4 versus an amd system? Does he want to overclock? Will he be gaming?
Newegg only carries the pent 4 1.7 or higher now, price starting at $124 just for the CPU alone and the XP1700 T-bred for $51 would safely OC much faster.
If he went AMD, he'd be able to get a much better vid card and an overall faster computer.
For around $600, he could get a XP 1700 on a nforce 2 MB, a 8 mb chached Hard drive and a really nice 9500 pro vid card. Also, with the nforce 2, there is no need for a extra sound card.
Just my 2 cents.
Something like this-
Qty Product Item # Unit Price Qty x Price
Cases (Computer Cases, ATX Form)
ENLIGHT Model# EN-72500AZ (BEIGE) ATX MID-TOWER CASE w/ 300Watt POWER SUPPLY - RETAIL
AMD Approved & Pentium 4 Ready One Year Warranty. Virtually screwless case assembly, universal I/O shields, more drive bay options than other cases on the market and more!
Specifications:
Material: 0.8 mm thick SECC rustproof & galvanized JIS steel
Drive Bays: External 4 X 5.25" - 2 X 3.5" Internal 1 X 3.5"
System Board: Full ATX 12" x 9.6"
Expansion Slot: 7 Slots
USB/IO: Dual USB on front
Standard Fan(s): 1 X 80mm Ball bearing fan (front)
Dimensions: 7.7" (W) X 16.7" (H) X 18.9" (D) more info>
* (Includes FedEx Saver Shipping) N82E16811116122 $59.00
$58/10 pcs*
$57/20 pcs*
$56/30 pcs*
$59.00
CPU Thermal Paste / Grease
Arctic Silver's NEW Premium Silver Polysynthetic Thermal Compound: Arctic Silver 3. 3-gram( 1 cc. ) tube. Artic Silver more info>
N82E16835100003 $6.00
$6.00
Fan - Case
Thermaltake SMART CASE FAN II. Variable Fan Speed Control, by temperature sensor. Fan Dimension: 80x80x25 mm. Two Ball Bearing. 3-Pin. FAN Speed Control Setting: 1300 rpm at 20°C~ . 4800 rpm at 55°C. Air Flow: 20.55 CFM at 1300rpm. 75.7 CFM at 4800rpm. more info>
N82E16835999111 $17.00
$17.00
Fan / Cooling Device - CPU
Thermalright SK-7 ( Heatsink ONLY ). All Copper heat spread. Dimension: 85 (L) x 65.5 (W) x 42 (H) mm (without fan). Can be used with 60MM, 70MM, or 80MM fans.Retail. Please see the image. more info>
N82E16835109006 $25.00
$25.00
Floppy Drives
Alps 3.5 Inch Floppy Disk Drive (Beige) - OEM
Specifications:
LED: green
Connector: Standard Floppy 34 Pin
Rotation speed (min-1 {rpm}) 300
Data transfer rate (bps) 500K/250K
Settling time (ms) 15
MTBF (POH) 80,000 more info>
N82E16821103301 $12.00
$12.00
Hard Drives
WD WESTERN DIGITAL 40GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD400JB - OEM, DRIVE ONLY
Specifications:
Size: 40 Gigabytes
Interface: IDE ULTRA ATA133
Seek time: 10.9 ms
RPM:7200
Cache 8MB
OEM(Drive alone) 3 Year Manufacturer Warranty more info>
N82E16822144126 $87.00
$87.00
Memory (System Memory)
(2) ►Hot Item! CRUCIAL MICRON 256MB 32x64 PC 2100 DDR RAM - OEM Offer Time Limit Will End Soon. 184-Pin, CL=2.5-Unbuffered 2.5V, 6-Layers CT3264Z265 Requires DDR supported Motherboard - Lifetime Warranty. OEM more info>
N82E16820145001 $55.00
$55.00
Motherboards - AMD
LEADTEK Motherboard K7NCR18D-PRO Nforce2-ST for AMD Socket A Retail
Specifications:
Supported CPU: for AMD XP and Duron CPU's
Chipset: Nforce2 SPP + Nforce2 MCP-T
FSB: 333 MHz
RAM: 3x 184-pin DIMM sockets for DDR-SDR
IDE: Dual IDE ATA-133/100/66/33 Channels, (up to 4 Devices)
Slots: 1x AGP(8X), 4x 32-bit PCI, 1x ACR
Ports: 2x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard, 1x RJ45, 2x USB(rear) *supports up to 6x USB, 1x LPT, 2x Serial, Audio ports
Onboard LAN: Built in 10/100 NVIDIA Ethernet
Onboard Audio: Built-in NVIDIA Soundstorm Audio with Dolby Digital 5.1 Encoding, SPDIF Digital Output and 6-channel speaker support.
ATX Form Factor more info>
N82E16813122106 $112.00
$112.00
Processors
►Hot Item! AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Thoroughbred /266 FSB Processor CPU 1700+/ 1.47GHz -OEM, AXDA1700DLT3C The Ultimate Digital Media Experience in an x86 Platform.Tailored for Microsoft® Windows® XP. Featuring QuantiSpeed Architecture for Rapid Execution of Applications. Tomorrow’s Technology Today.The Power of a Reliable Partner.
Specifications:
CPU: 1.47 GHz
Type: 1700 XP
Cache: 256K
BUS: 266MHz
Micron: .13
Socket A (PGA)
OEM - CPU Only more info>
N82E16819103351 $55.00
$55.00
Video Cards
ATI OEM RADEON 9500 PRO 128MB DDR DVI BULK
Specifications:
Chipset:ATI RADEON 9500 PRO
Memory:128MB DDR
Bus:AGP 8X 128-bit floating-point color precision allows for a greater range of colors and brightness
Memory Bandwidth: 2GB/Sec
Directx 9.0 Supported
Supports Modes SmartShader2.0 SmoothVision2.0 Truform 2.0 and much more
Ports:VGA + DVI + Svideo Out (s-video cable included)
OEM Bulk Kit, (see pictures) more info>
N82E16814102258 $180.00
$180.00
Subtotal » $608.00
Shipping and Handling Charge »
>How Newegg.com calculates shipping< $ 17.68
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Grand Total » $ 625.68
With this set-up, all he would really be missing is enough ram for newer games. The crucial 2100 should also be able to OC to 166 MHz. After a year or more, all he would really need is a cheap barton cpu (which will fit in this MB) and some faster ram (which will be much cheaper). Maybe some speakers too if he dosent have any, which are also dirt cheap for a nice set.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by vermis on 01/14/03 03:34 PM.</EM></FONT></P>