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Hi all:

I think I'm done with the selection of the components for my new system. Since I'm new in this hobbie, I would like to know what do you guys think about it. Any comment will be appreciated.

- ($69) CHIEFTEC Server Chasis (Workstation Tower) Model DX-01BD- IBM Black w/ Two Case Fans450W AMD Approved Power Supply, Powered by Foxconn (Austin) (2 fans included)

- ($193) Intel Pentium 4 2.4BGHz 512K 533MHz CPU Northwood P478 Processor Retail Box (heatsink and fan)

- ($94) Gigabyte GA-8SG667,SIS 648 chipset Socket 478 P4 ATX motherboard RETAIL

- ($94) ATI OEM RADEON 8500 LE 128MB DDR DVI/CRT/TV

- ($150) Samsung Original DDR333 PC-2700 512mb CAS2.5 - OEM Version

- ($11) MITSUMI D359M3 BLACK FDD 1.44MB 3.5INCH - OEM

- ($56) Lite On 48x24x48 CDRW Model LTR-4824S OEM

- ($45) LITE-ON LTD-166S16X DVD ROM Drive - Retail

- ($48) Creative Labs Inspire 4.1 4400 Speaker

- ($10) KEYBOARD-2000 BLACK KB/MS-OEM

- ($110) WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 80GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD800JB - OEM, DRIVE ONLY (8MB cache) (maybe i can get some cheaper from bestbuy this weekend)

Total:$922 (newegg, shipping included)
Plus monitor Mag 19'' from a near Bestbuy ($199)

Thanks in advance

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You have a great selection of parts!

The one thing I'd reccomend with what is obviously a high performance system is a better video card. A GeForce 4 Ti 4200 would far outperform that 8500LE.

Of course, if you don't care about graphics because you don't play games much, then sticking with the 8500LE would be fine.

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Yes, but the word that it would far outperform the 8500LE was a lie of course.

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I know you've already bought the card, but in response to some other remarks:

IMHO, I'd take the better image quality of the retail 8500LE over the small increase in speed the 4200 has. But then again I use it mostly for CAD work.

I've been using ATI cards since the original EGA wonder (1987 I believe it was) and have had three serious driver problems (VGA WonderXL/Win 3.11, Rage128/Win2000, Cat2.2/Win2000). That's just my experience.

*Dual PIII-800 @900 i440BX and Tualeron 1.2 @1.74 i815*

Depends what you mean by far. A Ti4200 will definitely outperform a R8500LE by ~10-15%. But the IQ of the R8500LE IMO is better.

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He made it sound like the difference was huge, but in reality it's not very large.

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Yeah, the way he said it it sounded like the R8500LE would be inadequate for gaming. Far from it.

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