New comp time for my pal

[AuraEdge]

My friends sick of running on his HP p133. Hes got 500 bucks. He doesnt need a new monitor or harddrive. Any recommends?
Im told him to get 64ram, some class of celeron chip, Abit BH6 or Bx6-2 (20-30 bucks can be a huge diff when u got little money to work with) and a vanilla ATX case, with a v3 2000 AGP (cuz the suckers nice n cheap), and a SB AWE64 or someother not-top-line-but-good soundcard.
Is a OEM 16MB TNT2 better than a V3 2000?
Lemme put that all together
64ram -------------------$70?
BH6----------------------$90
Case---------------------$50
V3 2000 or 16MB TNT2-----$120
SB AWE64--------Guessin ~$50
Celeron xxx -------------however much is left ($120 as of now)
Id go for 300a like any decent overclocker probably if i could get it

[Roy]

I'd do it like this -

MicroStar MS-6163 -- $92
64MB CL2 SDRAM ---- $39
Case ---------------- $40
Shark Mako 64 sound -$14

After tax and/or shipping, that leaves almost $300 for Vid Card and Processor. I'm just getting ready to study the reviews on the new vids, before they came out, the Asus TNT was my choice. Now? I don't yet know. Both TNT2 and VooDoo3 are very promising. A lot depends on how they are implemented by the card manufacturers.

A C300a certainly is a sensible way to get started.

I like to shop at www.pricewatch.com (http://www.pricewatch.com) There's a review of the MS-6163 at www.thetechzone.com (http://www.thetechzone.com)

[This message has been edited by Roy (edited 05-29-99).]

[Bleeding Edge]

Roy's suggested recommendation sure is a money saver. As mentioned, it leaves enough for where it counts. I would be slightly weary of the sound card's overall driver compatibility with games. If that's something your friend has a passion for. As I said, going with the rest of Roy's suggestion will leave room for a better sound card. Such as CL's 4-channel PCI512 can be found for $45 and Diamond's MX300 for $52. That still leaves little over $280 for the CPU and vidcard.

[spdsk8r]

Abit BX6-2 ~ $100
or
Asus P2B-F ~ $115
C366 ~ $75
128MB PC100 RAM ~ $80
Voodoo 3 2000 AGP ~ $95
ATX Case ~ $30

Total ~ $400

--All these prices are from www.pricewatch.com

With the C366 you're almost guarenteed to get 458Mhz. possibly 550 with extra cooling. Make sure you get the retail version if you want a chance at 550...


[This message has been edited by spdsk8r (edited 05-30-99).]

[AuraEdge]

Hey.....he just told me hed rather not overclock....I wouldnt really feel comfortable clockin it and leavin and him tellin me two days later it wont boot up or sumthin anyways......So i guess i gotta shoot for at least a cel 400 now...
as for sound cards...where in the world are u gettin a diamond MX300 for sub 80 let alone 58 bucks!??
I mean what i configured in my first comp isnt really any different that what u put in all of yours..just the price for yours are way cheaper....
for example i put 64 ram as 70 bucks and Roy put it as 39....
And last time I got a sub 35 dollar case I got a shoddy power supply....
And I got my SBLiveValue for 79 bucks after shopping around about 3 months ago...are sound cards really that cheap now?

[Bleeding Edge]

Yep.

MX300. But it at Buycomp http://www.buy.com/comp/product.asp?sku=10005592 for $51.

Check out PriceScan http://www.pricescan.com/0101.asp and PriceWatch http://www.pricewatch.com/


I spend at BuyComp. In your area, mine too, ground shipping usually arrives in one or two days.