[geeks] suggestions for a PC game box

[William S.]

Looking at a pricelist now for a store here
in Amsterdam (prices in euro, Computerland):

CPU  Athlon XP 1533mHz  91
Board  Asus A7v266-c  94
RAM  SDRAM(?) 512MB 133MHZ  76
Video Geoforce 4 MX440se 64MB  84
Case  Aopen HQ48 Midtower 300w  85

Looks like 430 euro not including the cables
and HDD.

On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 02:16:50PM -0500, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 07:57:26PM +0100, William S. wrote:
> 
> 
> If you must do this, just find a place that will sell you a cheap Athlon
> system based on a name brand mobo.  Shouldn't cost more than $250-$300
> for case, CPU, mobo, ram, the basics.  Then toss in either a Geforce3 or
> Geforce4 depending on you level of dedication and funds.
> 
> Finally, if you are picky about sound, put in a cheap sound card.  And
> if you care, insert a scsi card and HD, otherwise go with IDE.  All
> told, you shouldn't spend more than $4-$500, and if you have enough
> spare parts, possibly less.
> 
> -- 

-- 
Bill
Amsterdam, NL