Thor
04-27-2004, 12:28 PM
Since I'm probably going to build my girfriend a new computer from scratch next month or so, I wonder wich board to take.
Funds are limited as always:D
It is going to be a socket A AMD machine...
It is supposed to be fast without a big need for overclocking etc... altough I was thinking about saving some money and take a XP2500 and overclock it...
What I need is stability, good speed with normal parts and some USB 2.0 ports, onboard lan & maybe onboard sound. I don't want to take any cheap stuff (she deserves better:D )
But i don't know which board to take !!! I locked into the Abit NF-7 and I liked pretty much...any other ideas?
all in all I can use about 1000€ and I need to get everything...
My plan:
Board(?)
AMD XP 2800 (or overclocked 2500)
2 x 256 MB RAM (DDR400)
ATI 9600 pro or 9700 vid card
Samsung 120GB HD
some DVD-ROM
and maybe a NEC 2500 DVD writer (or does anybody have a better tip?)
a Midi-Tower case
a quality Power Supply (maybe antec)
an 19" CRT Screen (not shure what to take eiter, I like Samtron/Samsung though)
and a printer....
Any other /better ideas?
It hast to be quite fast and very reliable...
Thanks in advance
Thor
Funds are limited as always:D
It is going to be a socket A AMD machine...
It is supposed to be fast without a big need for overclocking etc... altough I was thinking about saving some money and take a XP2500 and overclock it...
What I need is stability, good speed with normal parts and some USB 2.0 ports, onboard lan & maybe onboard sound. I don't want to take any cheap stuff (she deserves better:D )
But i don't know which board to take !!! I locked into the Abit NF-7 and I liked pretty much...any other ideas?
all in all I can use about 1000€ and I need to get everything...
My plan:
Board(?)
AMD XP 2800 (or overclocked 2500)
2 x 256 MB RAM (DDR400)
ATI 9600 pro or 9700 vid card
Samsung 120GB HD
some DVD-ROM
and maybe a NEC 2500 DVD writer (or does anybody have a better tip?)
a Midi-Tower case
a quality Power Supply (maybe antec)
an 19" CRT Screen (not shure what to take eiter, I like Samtron/Samsung though)
and a printer....
Any other /better ideas?
It hast to be quite fast and very reliable...
Thanks in advance
Thor