Spec'd my system. Comments welcome.

Dude what comments do you want? U did the research u found a good price for your system... Ooo i know quick lets all praise him and tell him he got a wicked system and i wish i had one. Go away, and stop using up board space.

"This message has been printed on 100% recycled Pixels, Keep your system Beautiful, Recycle"

redo the math on the price... if that's what the 771.08 is at the bottom.

Dude, you didn't even tell us your graphics card. Is that the Thunderbird-b or c?

- I don't write Tom's Hardware Guide, I just preach it"

oops, so right now I have an Elsa Gladiac Geforce2 GTS 32MB and a Soundblaster Live Value card. I could upgrade the video card now, but shouldn't I wait until the Geforce3 comes out?

I think C OEM, but I'm not sure. I probably want C non OEM eh?

what are you going to do for a video, sound card? or cdrom? cdburner?!!!

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If you want C non OEM you want a MSI K7 Master motherboard, and DDR ram (get 128 now for 165$..and buy more when price drops.) You'll also have to wait to like end of march for the processor and mobo.



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AHAHAHA, what a joke... you expect that to work?

check www.alienware.com and notice how they quit selling that AMD 1.2 w/A7V133 mobo.. I wonder why??

Sure every AMD lemming is gonna chime in FUGGER is wrong, blah blah blah, but take a min follow the threads in this form.

GL, buy more AMD (lemmings)

> Which 1.2 Ghz? B or C, retail or OEM? Make sure you know the difference.

Ok, I'll bite.
What is the difference between retail & OEM?
I'm guessing retail comes with a POS heatsink/fan that I'll throw out anyway. What else?
Thanks
Eric


In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.

Instead of just telling you it sucks, here is a link.
http://www.asusnetq.com.tw/English/forum/forums.html

Read a fe A7V problems and start puking.
This board is doomed!

WTF do I have to be the one to point these things out?
you AMD lemmings can keep spewing "what incompatabilities" but from all the posts from pissed off Asus A7V owners it sure looks very bad ATM for your arguement. WOOT VIA~! keep up the good work =)

I think you mean pricewatch. I still want to know if the only advantage of the copper core is that copper dissapates heat better than aluminum.

- I don't write Tom's Hardware Guide, I just preach it"

I ordered my MoBo, CPU, Heatsink, HDD, Video card, and 2 case fans from one vendor. Paid $18.something for shipping total. Checked out Pricescan and gotta say I like Pricewatch better. Anyway, take the top 10 prices on pricewatch and put them in Excel, format them a little nicer. Do so for all the major system components you are going to be getting. Then sort by retailer. Find someone who has all of the components you need, or most of them. Atacom is pretty good. Just avoid Dynasty Express. Also, check out Resellerratings.com before you commit to a vendor. And you can buy stuff locally and pay tax but pick it up to avoid shipping.
Also, with everything hitting the market (Athlon C, GeForce3) I would wait for a month or two to buy. Even if you don't buy a GeForce3, the price of the GTS and Ultra should drop significantly. You could save $100-150 on the CPU/GPU if you wait a month. Go with Crucial memory, free shipping! Also, if you can, ship it UPS and ask the company to get you a tracking #. Most will no problem. Any questions on my opinions?

What's a signature? Oh, those words that show up after all my comments? I don't need one of those!

strange, very strange...

"akuna mutata" braza...

I try to stay awar from the best deals on pricewatch based on prior expeirences. These companies are not as reputable. Also when ordering from that many companies you are almost assured that one of them is going to screw up and you will not be able to test the system until you get most of the parts. I suggest buying as many parts as possible from one vendor. You could get the motherboard, cpu, and hard drive from www.mwave.com for the same amount ($555) after you include the savings on shipping. Mwave does not have the best prices but they are relatively good. This way many of your parts will be shipped together and you can test them all at the same time, and complain to only one vendor if they screw up. I think it is good advice.
Oh yeah, the athlon at mwave is an athlon b so it may be different than the cpu you have listed since you don't know what it is(it is probably an athlon b as well).