Karnevil9
06-17-2003, 02:49 AM
Everyone has been so helpful with your opinions and insight that I thought it would be rude to not keep you updated, and tell you what I bought.
Soltek SL-75MRN-L motherboard.
Athlon 2500+ Barton CPU
2 Kingston HyperX 256MB DDR333 memory chips
(I know many folks here are partial to Corsair, but Directron.com had a sale on the kingston for a few bucks cheaper. I still have another computer to do later, so if I don't like the Kingston I can switch to Corsair on the next.
Toshiba DVD player. Just their low end model for the present.
Total-$312.00
The rest of the parts I will use are upgrades that already exist on my present computer which I will cannabalize. I may have to add another hard drive to up the Maxtor 20GB hard drive I already have. I will let the Video Card wait unitl I see how the onboard ghraphics perform.
I think I will rebuild this computer next week, so you will know how it goes by how many problems I post here, LOL.
If all goes well, I will give my wallet a short break and then start on the next computer a little later this summer.
For those who may remember my name from another post that had the thread removed, I broke down and bought a Windows 2000 professional OS for $98.00 from Sales International. So that makes my total cost $410.00.
One more question for you all. What is/are good computer books to purchase for learning more about building PC's. I saw on another post that "Upgrading and Repairing PC's " by Scott Mueller was very recommended. Any other personnal favorites out there. I would need something written more for the average person then for the technician. Thanks.
Soltek SL-75MRN-L motherboard.
Athlon 2500+ Barton CPU
2 Kingston HyperX 256MB DDR333 memory chips
(I know many folks here are partial to Corsair, but Directron.com had a sale on the kingston for a few bucks cheaper. I still have another computer to do later, so if I don't like the Kingston I can switch to Corsair on the next.
Toshiba DVD player. Just their low end model for the present.
Total-$312.00
The rest of the parts I will use are upgrades that already exist on my present computer which I will cannabalize. I may have to add another hard drive to up the Maxtor 20GB hard drive I already have. I will let the Video Card wait unitl I see how the onboard ghraphics perform.
I think I will rebuild this computer next week, so you will know how it goes by how many problems I post here, LOL.
If all goes well, I will give my wallet a short break and then start on the next computer a little later this summer.
For those who may remember my name from another post that had the thread removed, I broke down and bought a Windows 2000 professional OS for $98.00 from Sales International. So that makes my total cost $410.00.
One more question for you all. What is/are good computer books to purchase for learning more about building PC's. I saw on another post that "Upgrading and Repairing PC's " by Scott Mueller was very recommended. Any other personnal favorites out there. I would need something written more for the average person then for the technician. Thanks.