AndyVX
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Hey all,
After months and months of delay I'm finally going to be building my new computer either mid-December or very early January. I've pretty much nailed down what components I want, except for which motherboard (and processor which will be the Athlon 1600 or 1700 or 1800 depending on the price when I go to purchase it). Well, maybe I'll give all of you a list of the components and you can help me decide which motherboard would be best (value/performance/known issues).
Processor: AMD Athlon (1600/1700/1800)
Motherboard: MSI K7T-266A Pro2 or ECS(don't remember model number )
Memory: 512MB PC2100 DDR-SDRam
Videocard: MSI GeForce2 64MBDDR (This doesn't have to be MSI though...I just like the red PCB )
Case: Antec 1030SX(B)
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB ATA100
DVD: Pioneer DVD-116 16X (Tray)
CD-RW: Lite-On 24x/10x/40x
Soundcard: Hercules Game Theater XP
Monitor: Samsung 955DF
NIC: Intel or 3Com 10/100
OS: Either Windows 2000 or XP
(obviously a floppy drive, keyboard, and standard MS optical mouse(2 button + scroll wheel))
So, what motherboard should I choose, and if their are any other changes/recommendations people would make please let me know.
Thanks.
After months and months of delay I'm finally going to be building my new computer either mid-December or very early January. I've pretty much nailed down what components I want, except for which motherboard (and processor which will be the Athlon 1600 or 1700 or 1800 depending on the price when I go to purchase it). Well, maybe I'll give all of you a list of the components and you can help me decide which motherboard would be best (value/performance/known issues).
Processor: AMD Athlon (1600/1700/1800)
Motherboard: MSI K7T-266A Pro2 or ECS(don't remember model number )
Memory: 512MB PC2100 DDR-SDRam
Videocard: MSI GeForce2 64MBDDR (This doesn't have to be MSI though...I just like the red PCB )
Case: Antec 1030SX(B)
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB ATA100
DVD: Pioneer DVD-116 16X (Tray)
CD-RW: Lite-On 24x/10x/40x
Soundcard: Hercules Game Theater XP
Monitor: Samsung 955DF
NIC: Intel or 3Com 10/100
OS: Either Windows 2000 or XP
(obviously a floppy drive, keyboard, and standard MS optical mouse(2 button + scroll wheel))
So, what motherboard should I choose, and if their are any other changes/recommendations people would make please let me know.
Thanks.