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Anonymous   04-15-2002 at 01:02:47 AM

Hey guys, I’m building a new system and I wanted to see if anybody any suggestions on where and what to buy. Here’s the specs…

Either this case http://www.buyaib.com/al300watneon.html or this case http://www.buyaib.com/blacktowercase.html

16x+ DVD drive

400W+ power supply

Maxtor ATA133 60GB+ hard drive

This mother board http://www.essencompu.com/nupplysingar.asp?ID=1801

An AMD processor at least at 1900+ Mhz

512 MB of PC2700 (333 Mhz) RAM

Creative audigy sound card

Geforce 3 or 4 or ATI 8500 w/TV out

Which heatsink/fan, video card, ect. do you think I should use?

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Rob423   04-15-2002 at 01:27:36 AM
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first off, when you post in this forum again, either Write the Part name down, don't just give us a site that we have to copy and paste, atleast you could of made it into a link!, all you had to say is GIGABYTE Kt333... This is why nobody is helping you...it's annoying to stop to give information to somebody when you have to go searching websites, anyway


your not getting a CD-RW ?
which Video Card, there are tons of difference between those 3 cards...
and HSF depends on the CPU and if your over clocking.. If you are not overclocking then get the Retail setup. go with the XP 2100+ CPU
everything else looks decent to me...I would get that First case instead of that Black tower case, that case is tremendous..

i like VisionTek cards, if you don't need top of the line, i would get the VisionTEK Xtasy 6964 which is the GeForce 3 ti500.

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Chuck232   04-15-2002 at 02:04:42 AM
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Hey take it easy on the guy. He's only a noob. Also a point to Excel guy, don't post your thread everywhere. That just gets annoying. Ok, first off, I'd suggest the Ti4200 or a Radeon8500 128MB reatil in about 1 month. Then the Ti4200 will be out pushing down the R8500's price. The Ti500 card is kinda expensive ($250US). You'd be better off getting a GF4 Ti4400 for the same price. The XP 2100+ isn't as cost effective as a XP2000+. There really isn't that much difference to warrant a $50 increase. Yeah a, average HSF will be more that adequate for non-o/cing. If you are going to be doing some overclocking, ThermalTake Volcano7+ aren't bad at all. Yeah a CD-RW would be quite useful for burning audio cds or copying stuff onto. Don't know anything about cases so not going to comment on that...

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Rob423   04-15-2002 at 02:25:38 AM
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Yeah, Sorry about that Excell.....im in kinda a bad mood...Somebody just Pissed me off and i was just getting alittle crazy when i had to copy and past your info...

Sorry Excell!

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Rob423   04-15-2002 at 02:27:43 AM
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another thing, about that Volcano 7.. if your not overclocking just get the retail, it would be quieter and smaller.... and if you are, find out about the volcano and your mother board, make sure it fits, cause it is a bit Huge!

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AMD_Man   04-15-2002 at 02:31:03 AM
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Hmm, the Volcano 7+ at low speed should sound quieter than the retail fan. Also, the V7+ isn't that big. The V7 is bigger. The V7 can also get noisy in a very warm room while you can manually adjust the speed of the V7+. I have a V7, and it's quiet and a greater cooler but it's not without its caveats. The V7+ fixes some of them.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

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Rob423   04-15-2002 at 02:32:20 AM
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Oh MY bad, i didn't see that + .....i thought he was talking about the VC7

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Chuck232   04-15-2002 at 02:32:37 AM
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They're a bit on the expensive side if you ask me. $30 for a HSF? Whoah.....

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AMD_Man   04-15-2002 at 02:49:22 AM
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Don't forget that it's one of the most advanced HSFs available. It works on both Intel and AMD systems and it allows you to manually control fan speed.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

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Rob423   04-15-2002 at 04:20:23 AM
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good point by both....it is a bit expensive, but it is one great Fan!!

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