Building My Own

[Kwisatz]

Hi guys. These are the components I need to
Build my new PC:

Motherboard
Processor
Memory
Case/power supply
Vid Card.
Having trouble making up my mind.. Not sure
if I should go K-6 or Pentium. Want a good
system, but don't wanu spend over $600.
What's worth it? what's not.. Read too many
reviews.. lot's of Bull.. Please help me out!




[This message has been edited by Kwisatz (edited 04-25-99).]

[izzzy12k]

Well, first off, what do you plan to primarily plan to use the system for? Gaming, Work, or Graphics(rendering)?

Either way I think a celeron is the cheap way to go. You get more bang for your buck. But I would put in a BX motherboard using the 370 to slot 1 adapter.(if you need it)

of course more memory, the better
but at least 64 PC100
izzzy12k

[This message has been edited by izzzy12k (edited 04-26-99).]

[Kwisatz]

Thanks for the Input Izzy... Basically I use my computer for everything... And have pleanty of experience inside the intel realm. However, after reading how people are over clocking the K-6's and the sock7 stuff.. For the price it makes me think the AMD is the way to go minus some compatibilities. I obviously need a lot of help to do this considering I know Jack about the AMD and other.. Check out this same post in General Disc.... Thanks again!

[Jeff]

Go with a Celeron, they are faster, cheaper, more overclockable, er, that about covers everything. My k6-2 300 (when it works) is vastly outperformed by my celeron 366 (about 120 percent faster in non 3dnow programs) in games, and you cant tell the difference in windows performance at all. For a motherboard, go Asus, they are the absolute best there it, a TNT2 would make a great video card, and more ram is always better, get what you can afford, but prioritize to 128MB if you won't be doing heavy graphics work, or 256MB if you will be.