[geeks] suggestions for a PC game box

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 07:57:26PM +0100, William S. wrote:

> Does anyone have an opinion of what would be
> a good choice of hardware:
> 
> CPU
> graphics card
> motherboard
> sound board
> Case (power supply, tower? desktop (I love my old
>      Palo Alto desktop case that my old P166MMX
>      Micron came in. Too bad they were acquired
>      by Flextronics.)
> 
> I don't want to get into an overkill situation
> where I will need to deal with overclocking
> nor excessive heat issues.
> 
> How much should I expect to spend?

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.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd