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Mon 15/12/03 at 19:59
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It has been a long time coming but the day is finally near. I'm going to order and build from scratch a new PC. I've decided on most of it so far. but not keeping up with PC hardware like I used to, I wanted a second (in some cases first) opinion.

AMD Athlon 3000XP 400MHz FSB version
Coolermaster Jet 7 fan
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 128Mb graphics card
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 160gb Serial ATA150 7200rpm 8mb Cache
512Mb x2 chips of DDR 400 MHz RAM. Any recommendations on brands?

Nforce 2 based motherboard. Struggling to make up my mind on this, last time I checked the two to get were Asus and Abit boards. Do I go for an A7N8X-X or A7N8X Deluxe or A7N8X-VM from Asus, or NF7 Crush or NF7-S Crush from Abit? What about Gigabyte or MSI boards?

I'd like a 19" CRT monitor, been looking at Iiyama's. Anyone got one?

The DVD drive will likely be a Pioneer.

Can't think of much else. Mainly advice on the motherboard I was after. Thanks folks.
Mon 15/12/03 at 20:09
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Im thinking of going for a DFI Lanparty motherboard.
Mon 15/12/03 at 19:59
"I love yo... lamp."
Posts: 19,577
It has been a long time coming but the day is finally near. I'm going to order and build from scratch a new PC. I've decided on most of it so far. but not keeping up with PC hardware like I used to, I wanted a second (in some cases first) opinion.

AMD Athlon 3000XP 400MHz FSB version
Coolermaster Jet 7 fan
Sapphire Radeon 9600XT 128Mb graphics card
Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 9 160gb Serial ATA150 7200rpm 8mb Cache
512Mb x2 chips of DDR 400 MHz RAM. Any recommendations on brands?

Nforce 2 based motherboard. Struggling to make up my mind on this, last time I checked the two to get were Asus and Abit boards. Do I go for an A7N8X-X or A7N8X Deluxe or A7N8X-VM from Asus, or NF7 Crush or NF7-S Crush from Abit? What about Gigabyte or MSI boards?

I'd like a 19" CRT monitor, been looking at Iiyama's. Anyone got one?

The DVD drive will likely be a Pioneer.

Can't think of much else. Mainly advice on the motherboard I was after. Thanks folks.

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