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"sharront" <sharront@attcanada.ca> wrote in message
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> Here's what I want:
>
> Lian-Li PC-60 Mid-Tower
> http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_review.asp?review=lianlipc60&page=1
> Enermax Whisper 330W PSU
> http://www.enermax.com.tw/products/eg-351p-ve.htm
> Asus A7V Mainboard
> http://www.asus.com/products/motherboard/socketa/a7v/index.html

Get a KT133A board.  Asus offers the A7V133.  See
http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.html?i=1417 for a review.  Do some
research.  Not sure if Asus is the best of the KT133A, but it is a good one.
I love Abit, but their boards take a lot of tweaking to work properly.  Also
note that AMD recently took Abit off their recommended list.  Not sure what
the story is there.

> AMD Duron 750 (one day to be upgraded as far as the mobo will let me)
> http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/duron/index.html

An Athlon T-Bird 750 is about $15 more.  That would be my bet.  Very
overclockable.  Mine is running @ 1100.  YMMV.

> 128 MB PC-133 RAM
> (please recommend a brand)

Crucial is offering free shipping.  Their CAS2 parts are about the best.  I
use Mushkin, but Crucial has better prices and, IMHO, equal or better
quality at this time.

> A Geforce3 based video card
> http://www.nvidia.com/products/geforce3.nsf

$$$

> SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer
> http://www.soundblaster.com/products/sblivexgamer/
> Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 UDMA 100 5T020H2 20 GB HD
>
http://www.maxtor.com/products/DiamondMax/diamondmaxplus/QuickSpecs/42084.ht
> m

IBM 75GXP or wait to see what the 60GXP will offer.  See
www.storagereview.com leaderboard.

> RETAIL+ CD-RW 8X4X32  (I'm pretty sure it's a JVC)
> http://www.retailplus.com/retail/rpcdrw8432.htm

Plextor.  Can't go wrong.  Post this question anywhere and you're likely to
get the same answer.  Plextor owns the industry.

> Panasonic LS-120 Super disk LKM-F9341
> http://www.panasonic.ca/English/Office/storage/superdisk_details.htm

For compatibility?  With cdr prices, can't think of why else to get
removable storage, especially the little used LS-120s.

> Can't decide on Win98se or WinME...win98's getting old, but I have yet to
> see a stable system on winme...Win2k is out of the picture cuz I'm having
> real problems running alot of games...
>

Win98se.  WinME is still too new.  Needs a good service pack.

>
> I don't think I've forgotten anything relevent...just going to use my old
> mouse and kb, use the nic that the @home guys bring...
> I'm considering rounded ide cables and replacing the stock cooling fans
with
> something bigger and more quiet....also trying to decide for sure between
> Asus and Abit for the mobo...Please let me know what you think and give
any
> suggestions/reasons to go with something better....
>
>