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124330 2003-02-27 06:56:00 Hi

I wanna make a new computer to upgrade from my:

Intel 733mhz p3
Intel 815EEA motherboard
Creative Geforce 2 mx400 64mb
Creative SoundBlaster audigy through NAD power amp
512SDRAM
20gig Fujitsu ATA100

I want to upgrade to a

Athlon 2000XP+
Leadtech Geforce 4 Ti4600 128mb DDR
512Mb PC2700 DDR SDRAM

I have not decided on a motherboard.

Basically i want to get best bang for buck. Would a new hard drive improve preformace? What are good brands (no 'knock offs" please)? What are some good motherboards?

The man purpose for this computer is computer games. I think that my SB audigy should be sufficient for now.

Any help would be much appriciated. Thanks in advance

dylan
Dylan (800)
124331 2003-02-27 07:01:00 i'd look at Soltek
www.soltek.com.tw
i love mine, if you get there nwe yellow one it will last for ages
or look at www.tomshardware.com because may people are byes
also Soltec Purple ray is very nice for overclocking
sc0ut (2899)
124332 2003-02-27 07:03:00 oops dont forget you'll need a Soket A Mother board not Intell sc0ut (2899)
124333 2003-02-27 07:05:00 Yeah, socket A and the motherboard must also include AGP 8X to support the GF 4Ti. Dylan (800)
124334 2003-02-27 07:11:00 Your ATA HDD won't go any faster but you may need more storage
$200 for a 40 gig now and keep your 20 as a second drive
Warren (875)
124335 2003-02-27 07:29:00 the SL-75FRN Soltec Card has AGPx8 and ATA133 and Serial ATA
and DDR400
a gr8 choise
sc0ut (2899)
124336 2003-02-27 07:46:00 nup.. dont buy a Soltek there boards are no good now days. Either check out the Abit NFS-S or the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe and the GigaByte 7VAXP Ultra is also a good board. The ASUS board is a tad on the expensive side but offers the best preformance, the Abit is the cheapest and my personal prefernce with good o'c potential and great features. The Gigabyte board uses a different chipset but offers RAID. either of these board are good and offer a very upgradealbe base to any new build. Dont skimp on the mobo only buy quality and a board that does exaclty wot u want.

Abit NF7-S, NVIDIA nForce2 chipset, FSB 333MHz, Dual DDR400/333, AGP 8X, Serial ATA, IEEE1394, USB2.0

ASUS A7N8X Deluxe, NVIDIA nForce2 chipset , DDR400, AGP 8X, USB2, for AMD CPU

GigaByte 7VAXP Ultra, VIA KT400 chipset , DDR400, AGP 8X, USB2, for AMD CPU

check on http://www.pricespy.co.nz for the best prices in NZ
Pete O'Neil (250)
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