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I have nothing else but a bit advise on your choice of video card. Geforce3
is not a good value, since you are going to wait until end of May to collect
all bits. Consider a Geforce4 Ti4200, it is much much faster (more feature
as well), at similar price. unless you see a good Geforce3 Ti200 at real
good price, I wouldn't buy it at all. If you really want a G3, only buy the
Ti200, then overclock it to Ti500, only so, G3 can compare with G4 on value
per dollar.
Jun Qian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Warasila" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:48 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] DIY Athlon
> Well I'm committed I ordered a case and power supply from pcpower &
> cooling - $121. From the Build It article it sounded better than the
Antec
> which with tax would have cost me $87 + a 40 mile round trip.
>
> Next decision a MB and CPU. I'm leaning towards the Soltek SL-75DRV4 which
> has gotten a top review on Tom's and seems to be cheaper than either the
> SOYO or ABIT. I've had great difficulty downloading the pertinent pdf
pages
> from all their web sites. Has anyone had any success as how to speed
things
> up? I first tried my home connection (56k) which was impossible then
tried
> my work connection (part of a large network) at a late hour (low local
> usage). This was better but I still couldn't get the whole file to load
in
> a reasonable time (15 minutes).
>
> I'm planning on using the onboard audio, buying a GetForce3 card, 512 MB
of
> DDR and an 80 GB HD (WD?) I have an old (5 yrs) floppy drive will that be
> useable? And buying a Plextor CD-RW. The 40x12x40 is on sale locally for
> $160 + tax but I'll look on the web also.
>
> I hope to have all the bits & pieces collected by the end of May and will
> begin the serious assembly then.
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