System Recommendations

randyc

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Yet another one of these threads, though they prove to be useful.

ENERMAX Silver ATX Mid Tower Case, Model "CSX656TA-S" -RETAIL
Item# N82E16811124100


Lite-On White 8X DVD+/-RW Drive, Model SOHW-812S, Retail
Item# N82E16827106933

Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD740GD, OEM Drive Only
Item# N82E16822144160

Logitech Cordless MX Duo USB/ PS/2 104keys -RETAIL
Item# N82E16823126124

Corsair XMS Extreme Memory Speed Series 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200C2PT - OEM
Item# N82E16820145420

DFI "LANPARTY NFII ULTRA B" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL
Item# N82E16813136138

Thermaltake Silent PurePower, 420W ATX power supply.UL, CSA, TUV, CE Approved. Intel Pentium 4 Compliant
Item# N82E16817153006

AMD Athlon XP 3200+ "Barton", 400MHz FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail
Item# N82E16819103390

ATI RADEON 9000 Video Card, 64MB DDR, TV-Out, 4X AGP, -OEM
Item# N82E16814102386

APOLLO PCI TV/FM Tuner Card, REMOTE, Model "GOOG-PC TV" -RETAIL
Item# N82E16815117001


All from NewEgg. He just wants something "Super speedy".

I figured that would be good, his budget was 1000, but we went over a little.
He said he will also be copying his sons VHS's to DVD and needs the right stuff for it.

All suggestions welcomed.

-randyc :cool:
 
Ditch the video card and tv tuner in favor of the 9000 All In Wonder. It come swith a breakout box that makes recording from VHS very easy. The software is pretty good, and it's probably cheaper than both cards together.
 
I went ahead and switched out the videocard/tuner.

I need a recommendation now on a different motherboard.

This guy wants to future proof himself a bit, ignoring all the new PCI/ATX/everything else standards and get whats fast for now.

3ghz please, amd or intel.
any suggestions?
 
if he wants to future-prrof himself more, go with the socket 754 athlon64 route. better clock for clock than an xp, and is ready for a 64 bit enviroment. ditch the Lite-On dvd recorder, get the NEC dual layer, its about 70 bucks, and very good. he doesnt need a raptor. a good 7200rpm drive will be fine, the performance gains with the raptor are minimal, and if hes doing video conversion, hes gonna need more space than 74 GB.
 
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