My gaming PC shopping cart!!!

[JC]

Fong Kai FK-320 Super Mid-Tower ATX Computer Cases Athlon Approved, w/ 300W, Black $127.99

Black 3.5" 1.44MB Floppy Drives, OEM (TEAC is the brand shipping currently) $28.00

Black Toshiba 48X CD ROM Drives, Internal IDE XM6602B $69.00

Black Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer (Optical) w/ IntelliEye Technology, PS2/USB combo, OEM $59.00

AMD K7 Athlon 800/850 MHz Microprocessors, Slot A, OEM $374.00

Asus K7V Slot A KX133 Motherboards $169.00

PC133MHz 128MB 168-pin Computer System Memory Modules, SDRAM DIMM $162.00

Maxtor DiamondMax 15GB 7200RPM Hard Drive, OEM $120.00

Gigabyte GA-GF2560 Graphics Accelerator 32MB SDRAM, Ultimate and Professional 3D Graphics $179.00

Black Mitsuko Enhanced Keyboard With 6 Additional Hot Keys, PS2 $8.00

TSUNSMI PM/2500 3D Surround Sub Woofer Speaker System $19.00



*******Subtotal for Directron.com $1314.99


Aaaaaa, thats alot! Right now, the video, sound, and speakers are going to be replaced.... in a while. For now, the video will do right? I know its a GeForce 256, should I get the more expensive GeForce 2? The onboard sound will power the 19 dollar POS speaker system. How does that sound to you guys? Is my hard drive a newer one that will take advantage of my onboard ATA/66 controller? Is there a reason I should go for a cheaper case? What item should I remove to make it cheaper? I'm ordering on Thursday!!!! HELP!!!!
JC

[Ultima]

Well, ya could go for a slightly slower athlon, and buy a GFD.
And then clock it to the desired speed.

Also, 28 dollars for a floppy drive?? Come on, take a regular one, and paint it black.

And no, I don't think that ya should get the Gforce 2, for as far as I've heard it isn't worth the extra money over the regular gforce.
But ya could get a ddr ram version, they are a lot better then the sdram versions.

Hope this helps a little

Pim

[JC]

Heheeh, how much slower can I take. And what is a GFD? I don't really want to overclock and I want it to be stable. I want my pc to be good for a few years. I should upgrade lots though. I mainly play Half-Life right now, including its mods. I will probably continue playing Half-Life 2 and all its mods, like Counter Strike when it comes out. Is the black CD drive I listed a good price? I have an old AT P133 with a 4x CD and a Floppy. Can I just use my old CD drive and just get a CD-RW or DVD later? I will get the GeForce then! What else?
Thanks,
JC

[skywalker[TSG]]

a GFD is a gold finger device used to OC and athlon CPU


i would get a Athlon 700 and OC it to say 900mhz

use the old floppy and paint it black
get a new CD u just cant have a 4x drive
also get a Geforce256 with DDR memory

[JC]

Seriously, I really don't think I would be able to over clock. I don't want to screw up. I wouldn't be able to take the stress of laying my computer to rest. How does one go about painting a Floppy drive? Stick a floppy in and spray away? The only GeForce at Directron is a SDR, no DDR, should I still get it?
JC

[daveleau]

Also you can get a much better hdd for less money. You can get a Western Dig 15GB 7200 rpm starting at 91 at www.pricewatch.com/ (http://www.pricewatch.com/) I am a Maxtor hater basically. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif I also concur witht he above ideas.
Dave

[skywalker[TSG]]

do not get s SDR geforce


get the vid card somwhere else rather then to get a much slower card


to paint the floppy
cover all holes and places where paint can enter the drive and then sprat away

[Wiz]

those prices are excessively high for eveything. Have you thought about shipping yet? or is that already figured?

[JC]

The reason the prices are so high is because all the options that were added. I added the dual cooling fans/heatsink, thermal grease for the Athlon, case fans, IDE cables, mounting screws..... you know all the parts I need to get it running. Anyway, this is the only place I know that ships to Guam. The only 7200 rpm drive there was the Maxtor(rest are sold out) and the only GeForce there was a SDR.
JC

[SysOpt]

For todays games, you really don't need much more power than a K7-700 IMO, unless you want to run at super high 1600x1280 type resolutions.

[JC]

Should I go for PC100? I was looking in PC Gamers Trinity High End computer and they used PC100, should I do the same or take advantage of my bus speeds? Then, what else confused me is that they used 2 video cards. A GeForce 256 and a Vodoo, why did they do this? If I do go with the overclocking, what speed is the best one to get? Please list links to Athlon Overclocking Pages. Also, when I finish biulding it, how do I burn it in?
JC

[This message has been edited by JC (edited 07-01-2000).]

[JC]

Okay, I'm getting the AMD Athlon 750MHz for $216. Thats only 1 dollar more than the 700! Where do you get this GFD? And will it harm my CPU, is it reversible and can someone who doesn't know about o/c do it? I'm getting dual CPU cooling fans and thermal grease.
JC

[Warthog]

I know for a fact that there is a Geforce2 DDR 32mb. Go for it. I'm about to get one myself.

Warthog

[Wilan Wong]

Why don't you go for the Thunderbird for your CPU, and try to find a SocketA motherboard. The Thunderbird has better gaming performance than the Athlon. Because of its full-speed cache, note the Athlon 750 has a slower cache speed than the Athlon 700, but since it's 1 dollar more expensive, why not get it??

[JC]

Hu? the 750 has a slower cache? What does that mean and what will it do to my performance. How is the 700, 750,800 and 850? I think I will stick with Athlons. I first wanted to get an 850, should I still go for it or should I just get the 750?
JC

[Wilan Wong]

It really doesn't matter since it is only a few MHz lower than the 700 version. Because the cache divider in the 750 is 2/5 instead of the normal 1/2 (500 to 700). Doesn't really matter, but the T-birds are better as they have full-speed cache running at full speed. And they o/c better too...

[Emc2]

They used the voodoos because they're still powerful cards for glide apps, and some games, like unreal, do better on a voodoo PCI setup than on an AGP Geforce. Don't ask me why, probably the gaming engine.

-I'd stick with the Athlon 750.
-And get a 32x CD-ROM. Unless you sit at the computer while it copies files during an install, you won't notice a difference.
-Regular floppy, just as fast.
-Personally, I find Logitech's Wheel mouse just as fascinating as Microsoft Intellimouse, at nearly half the price.
-I'd go with 256mb of kingston memory for a strict gaming system. This could put you out of budget though. 128 is fine.

Just my two cents