new computer, which parts?

  • Thread starter Thread starter jim a
  • Start date Start date
J

jim a

I'm ready to order my motherboard, memory, and processor. I have been
reading this newsgroup for some time, and checking out a lot of websites.
Believe I am going to go with the Asus boards, and want a gig of memory,
with the intel 3.0 or 3.06 processor. My question is this:

If you were ordering your parts and building your computer again, would you
buy higher speed components for a high top end computer, even though it will
be passed over eventually as more sophisticated components come on the
market.

I don't think I need to worry about Sata or Raid, two hard drives at 7200
speed have always been fast enough, most sophisticated think I run probably
is Halflife or Medal of Honor type games.

But there isn't a big jump in price on the motherboards between these
features. Do you think the pnp800 deluxe would be a good board to build on?

Thanks for any suggestions, and please don't be offended if you are a fan of
abit, or intel or something I haven't spoken favorably about.

Jim
 
I failed to mention that I did go with the Antec 10 bay case, with the 430
watt power supply. Very nice case with lots of room and cooling fans.

Jim
 
Abit IC7 mobo, P4 2.6C CPU, good DDR PC3200, FSB 250, 5:4 ratio, will give
you 3.25GHz.

Dashi
 
Back
Top