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I just built Asus A7V with AMD 1.2 and 266fsb with 512 of PC133 RAM the
latter being overkill for W98SE but hell why not. Memory is cheap but you
need a MS knowledge base fix to run 512 and 756 is out. I had to remove the
Athlon fan which is far far too noisy and go Coolfan copper. The 75GB IBMS
7200 rpm Deskstar has glass platters, is quiet, quick seek and excellent.
Once you are up to about 10gig extra GB costs only a quid a gig so hy stop
at 40 when you are spending the thick end of a thousand? Unless yoyu are
into serious games-to-come why 64 of graphics memory when 32 is ample and
cheaper. I chose the Asus card to go with their A7V board and it is OK and
midrange price. The Asus has onboard sound which is pretty good and can be
externally disabled if you want a sound card. I used an external usb modem
which is so good compared with an internal (Diamond Supra Max 56K); once you
have used an external you won't go back to an internal. Give yourself a good
screen; I have a 19inch Taxan CRT and nothing one watt less than 300 for the
PSU. That help? Bruce +++


"JNIK" <Shaw57@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:9odi59$98b$1@plutonium.btinternet.com...
> I have been scanning these newgroups for ages for information on the
system
> i wanted to compile.  This is my first homebuild so i am taking alot of
care
> over what components i select.  Below is what i think i want, but i would
> really appreciate anyones advice on any alternatives to products in my
> setup.  Also, will all of the components i wanna buy be compatible? thanks
> very much for any help you can offer, very much appreciated
>
> AMD Athlon Socket A 1.2GHZ (�83.44)
> Asus A7M266 (�129.94)
> IBM Deskstar 41.1 GB (�90.64)
> Creative GeForce 2 Pro 64MB (�152.75)
> Creative Blaster 52x CD rom (�28.20)
> Suntek Vision ATX 300 psu (�62.27)
> Crucial 256MB DDR RAM (�30.59)
> Creative SoundBlaster PCI 512 (�37.99)
>
> That's it! does anyone think there is anything else i might need? i
already
> have a floppy drive, monitor, keyboard and mouse.
> thanks for your help
> JNIK
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