Recommend to me a good MB/CPU/RAM combo for $200 or less (1 Viewer)

[BrianShort]

Re: my other thread... since the new power supply didnt solve anything, I figure it has to be the motherboard. The local shop here charges a minimum of $100 to crack open a computer to diagnose it, so I'm not going to bother with them, given the price of hardware that isn't quite on the bleeding edge of newness.

I figure I'll just get a new motherboard/CPU/RAM combo, so I'm looking for some recommendations for quality hardware that doesnt cost over $200 for everything. Something is the 1ghz range is just fine with me.

Brian

 

[John_Berger]

I just got an e-mail yesterday morning from TigerDirect. AMD Athlon XP 1.8 GHz plus Shuttle AK32A (I believe) for $129. It uses both DDR and SDRAM, so any memory that you currently have should work in it, assuming that you don't use RAMBUS.

 

[BrianShort]

Thanks... I actually looked at new egg a bit right after I posted the first message, and ordered some stuff.MB ASUS

NFORCE A7N266-VM/LAN/AA RT (Qty=1,Price=71.99)
Asus A7N266-VM AA (AMD Assured Version) NVIDIA nFORCE 220 Chipset 266/200MHz FSB Motherboard Micro ATX- Retail
Socket A AMD Duron, Athlon, and Athlon XP up to 2600+
nForce 220D: NVIDIA IGP-64 north bridge and NVIDIA MCP-D south bridge
FSB:266/200 MHz
2 DIMM sockets support max. 1GB unbuffered PC2100/1600 non-ECC RAM
Slots:3x PCI 1xAGP PRO 4x
Onboard LAN:10/100 Mbps
Integrated AC97and Dolby Digital 5.1 (AC-3) Encoder Audio
Integrated Nvidia Nforce GeFORCE2 Video.

CPU AMD|1700+ 1.4 ATHLONXP TBRED RT (Qty=1,Price=65.00)
DDRAM 256MB|32X64 PC-2100C2.5 CRL% (Qty=1,Price=48.00)