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[annathyst]

Abit KT7-RAID: $146
AMD Athlon Thunderbird 800: $156
256MB PC100 SDRAM: $168
SBLive! X-Gamer: $0, yoinked from aether
WinTV card: $0, yoinked from aether
LeadTek GeForce 2 GTS card: $238
30G ATA-66 HD: $104
Plextor Plexwriter 12x/10x/32x: $0, gift from grandmother
CD-ROM drive: $0, yoinked from aether
Cooler for Tbird: $18
Antec KS-188 Case and 300W power supply: $104
3 case fans: $24

Total: $958, subject to change if and when I get parents to agree to pay for parts
Comments and suggestions welcome

Comments

[axiem.livejournal.com]

The pleasure of telling all your friends that your computer is better than all of theirs: Priceless.

Re:

[merisa.livejournal.com]

Better... except for mine.

But I thought...

[codetoad.livejournal.com]

I thought the quality of a computer was directly proportional to the amount of brainfuck code found on the hard drive..

*grins*

Not bad.

[techpimp.livejournal.com]

Can the KT7 clock the memory separately from the processor bus? If so then you should invest in PC133.

If using a GeForce 2 on a VIA chipset remember that you should DISABLE fast writes from what I've heard.

What brand hard drive is that? Maxtor & IBM's stuff is significantly faster than everybody else. You didn't specify RPM, so I'm assuming 5400. You should consider looking for a faster drive. Or two.

Remember that the Athlons seemed to have terrible power problems. I don't know if this is still present on the newer stuff. There is an 'approved' list of power supplies on AMD's site.

Also remember that AMD/NVIDIA is the worst platform in the world (except for really old stuff) for all Unreal based games. Unreal, UT, Deus Ex.

But those are good prices. Looks alright.