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[plonq]

Here is my current shopping list (subject to tweaking here and there prior to purchase).


Sorry guys, no Mac for me this time around.  I'm open to ideas and suggestions if you've had good/bad experience with any of these, or think I'm setting off in the wrong direction.

Motherboard:
ASUS -- (A8V-E-DELUXE) (VIA K8T890) AMD SOCKET 939 / 8 CHANNEL AUDIO / DUAL CAHNNEL MEMORY / 10-1000MBPS GIGA LAN / 8X USB 2.0 / SATA / RAID 0,1 / IEEE 1394 / (3 PCI / 2 PCI-EX1 / 1 PCI-EX16 / 4 DDR 400 / MAX 4.0GB MEMORY)
CPU
AMD --  ATHLON 64 (3200+) SOCKET 939 (64 BIT) (RETAIL W/ COOLER) (3 YEARS MFG WARRANTY)
Memory
2 x Generic --  PC-3200 DDR (400MHZ) 512MB W/O ECC
Video
Sapphire --  (RADEON X800 PRO-VIVO) (RETAIL) 256MB DDR / PCI-Ex16 / TV-OUT / VIDEO-IN / DVI
Hard Drive
Seagate --  (BARRACUDA SERIAL ATA V) 200GB (8MB) / 7200 RPM (SATA) (5 YEARS MFG WARRANTY)

The two components I'm wavering on the most are the CPU (I'd save $60 going with the 3000+) and the video card (because there's a question of availability).  I'd love to go with an X850, but I'm not eager to part with big dollars when I'm pretty sure an X800 will meet my needs for a few years.

Comments

[kfops.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've heard good things about ABIT, too.

I just got a bit of a grump-o on for at one point I did an upgrade and my wholesaler was having trouble getting the ASUS board that I wanted. He recommended another brand... can't remember off the top of my head what it was now (and it's probably best not to mention anyways, lest the name sticks), but it was a rather well-known name.

No end of problems!

Once bitten, twice shy, I guess.

[plonq.livejournal.com]

Do the letters ECS come to mind?

[gedrean.livejournal.com]

*cackles* You got bitten too!

[plonq.livejournal.com]

Indirectly. I've been called upon more than once to help out friends whose ECS motherboards self-destructed on them in fairly short order. I don't know what their current fare is like, but their earlier boards were trash.