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New Computer Specs..

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methodman-

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Canadian Prices:

ANTEC SLK3700BQE Black Quiet Super Mid Tower w/350W $125.00
INTEL Pentium IV-3.2EGhz 800FSB 1M HT (box) $405.00
ASUS P4C800E-DX i875P 800FSB Dual Channel DDR400@800fsb Intel GbLan SATA&IDE RAID 1394 Audio $239.00
KINGSTON HyperX KHX4000K2/1G 2x512M PC4000 (3-4-4-8-1) $459.00
ASUS Radeon9800 PRO 256M TVO DVI $459.00
CREATIVE Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS (box) $115.00
WD Caviar 160G 7200rpm U100 8M (3 years Manufacturer Warranty) $149.00
LITE-ON LDW-851S DVDRW 8X4X/4X2X Beige/Black $149.00
LOGITECH Cordless MX Duo (KB & MX700 Mouse) $105.00
LOGITECH Z640 5.1 6-piece $79.00

SUB-TOTAL: $2284.00
TOTAL: $2626.60

Anything I should change?

Do you suggest I wait until DDR2, PCI Express, or the newer Prescott's come out?

I'm using this atm, since my better computer broke down a while ago:
(CPU) 1-Intel Pentium II, 267MHz, 512KB
(RAM) 384MB SDRAM
(GFX) ATI Technologies, Inc. 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X

Thanks,
methodman
 
you should prolly go with the Northwood core instead for the cpu.

Also, people are telling me either the Abit A17 or C17.

Is that hard drive of yours SATA?
 
Nice system, I'd probably build the exact same thing if I had the money, heh. Don't bother waiting for DDR2, it'll be pointlesss in it's initial incarnation.
 
PCI Express, god damn it. PCI-X is something else.
 
If I were building your system and set on a P4, I'd do it:

1) Northwood 2.6C or 2.8C (might want to wait for Socket T if you're set on Prescott)
2) Low-latency DDR433 (2.6C) or DDR400 (2.8C), both run 4:5 (gain more performance with better timing than lost from losing 1:1)
3) Abit IC7-Max3
4) RAID 0 w/two 36Gig Raptors (Spend a little more for much-improved performance and SCSI-level build quality)
5) Radeon 9800 Pro 128Mb (Unless you're running really high resolution, 256Mb doesn't help at all. And in that case the 9800XT isn't that far off in price.)
 
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