Need help on bulding a AMD K6-2 Computer

[Jyno]

This what I want to build
A AMD K6-2 400 MHz
64 Megs of RAM
8.4 Gig Hard Drive
A Riva TNT
Sound Blaster Live Value
If there is anything that anyone recomends it
would be helpful

[Jyno]

I forgot to add
40x CDROM

[augidog]

jyno-definitely bump it to 128M & make sure you use PC100 SDRAM...the cambridge 4-point speakers will be great with the sblive.
-pay close attention to the info you find here before you choose a mobo and, for that matter, a video card. i use a riva tnt & it's just fine, but i'm not a gamer...i understand there are much better cards out there for the money.

AugiDog

[Bud]

Jyno:
No need to post twice just go back to your orgional post and click on the notepad thingie, this will let you edit your post. If you edit it twice you can edit out the statement concerning the edit.
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif
Bud
Then your post will look like this.
Bud

[This message has been edited by Bud (edited 04-10-99).]

[CMonster]

Stay away from the FIC 503+ although it is agood motherboard, it can be tricky to configure and there are better boards out there.


A Riva TNT is a great all-around choice. And don't put anything in the PCI slot next to the AGP slot.


Get a PCI sound card - it can help with freeing up IRQs and you will get much better sound. Creative Ensonic Audio PCI is a great choice and not too expensive.


Finally check out Sysopt's building a PC guide: www.sysopt.com/buildpc (http://www.sysopt.com/buildpc)

[This message has been edited by CMonster (edited 04-10-99).]

[nimrod]

i've used quite a few boards but my favourite is the Aopen AX59PRO 1mb cache. its simple to install/setup, good manual, and the possiblities for o/c are good

[ENVY]

Hey,while the riva is a good card,there are some serious compatibility probs with it and super7 boards.There is also no 3dnow driver support for this card(very important for an amd user)As far as mother boards if you are on a budget I would reccommend the Epox mvp3g-m,this is a good solid board that supports up to 550 mhz and up to 133mhz fsb(great for overclocking)and runs around 70.00us.If you want all the bells and you have the money go for the IWILL xa100plus,this board is the bomb!As far as video cards I would reccommend going to www.anand.com or it may be anandtech.com and read his super7 video card roundup.Whatever you do make sure that the card you chose will support 3dnow!The v3 is supposed to be really compatible with super7 setups.

[This message has been edited by ENVY (edited 04-11-99).]