Final Notes

[cldrane]

Well, here is what I've decided to go with:

Board: ABIT 865PE
Processor: Intel P4/2.4C
Hard Drive: Western Digital Special Edition 120GB 7200RPM
Memory: Corsair 512MB DDR PC-3200
Video Card: Gigabyte ATI Radeon 9200
Case: Maxtop Signature Series Type I Tower Case

And a few other drives (CD/RW, 3.5, ...)

Any Last words/comments from you all?

Thanks.

 

[BillLeeLee]

Are you overclocking? Just wondering.

Anyways, you're not much of a gamer I hope because that card is lame. For general use it's okay.

It looks fine to me.

 

[Carnival Forces]

Originally posted by BillLeeLee
Are you overclocking? Just wondering.

Anyways, you're not much of a gamer I hope because that card is lame. For general use it's okay.

It looks fine to me.

that card's not lame, although i strongly advocatin moving to a 9500Pro at the least...

other than that, it looks great!

 

[xonik]

Consider:

Which ABIT motherboard were you planning to get? IS7? IS7-E? AI7?
More RAM? Another 512 MB module would be great if you can afford it.
A faster videocard? The ATi Radeon 9600SE starts at ~$70 and performs faster by a decent margin.

 

[MontyAC]

Like everyone else, I also recommend a better video card, get at least an Ati 9600 or nvidia ti4200.

 

[cldrane]

I'm not doing any gaming or overclocking. It is for processing work only. The board is the Abit AI7. Sound and graphics aren't very important. I thought I could add more memory later. The system is for someone else and I'm trying to keep the price reasonable.

Thanks for the comments.