help for building a budget pc

External Since: Aug 07, 2004 Posts: 2

Hi you all!

I would be very grateful if someone here will help me with some suggestions
on bulding my new computer. Here's what I'm preparing to build:

case: AOpen QF 50C (Windowed)

motherboard: GA-7VM400AMF

Athlon XP 2500+ (AMD Processor
in a Box (PIB))

Kingston 512 MB DDR 184 Pins PC2700
- KVR333X64C25/512 = CL 2,5

Seagate Barracuda ST3160023AS
7200.7 160Gb 7200rpm 8Mb cache S-ATA (maybe adding one more seagate in raid
config).

NEC ND2510A White 8x DVD
Double Layer bulk 8.5GB

I can build this in Denmark for about 616 USD.

I'm mainly interested in good performance in multitasking like running Adobe
InDesign + Illustrator + internet explorer + Matlab at the same time (I
somehow realize that Pentium with HT would be better for this but I cannot
figure out a system at the same price tag - any suggestions greatly
appreciated).

Beeing stucked with amd barton 2500 because of the price tag I'm not so sure
wheater dual channel ram is more important than sata drives for system
performance (the motherboard I've choosed has sata but no dual channel ddr -
please make some suggestions in this regard also).

I would also choose aria case for this microATX motherboard but I'm not sure
about the thermal implications of such a pursuit (beside the price).

I'd also like to be able to make dv capture from a sony dv camera. Please
advise if the motherboard build in firewire is good enough for this or I
should buy some other specialized cards (whichone? -maybe you gurus could
suggest some newsgroups where I should ask?).

Yours gratefully,

Roger

External Since: Jan 25, 2004 Posts: 70

for just the items you mention (case,mb,cpu,ram & drives) i was able to put
together a nice setup for under $600 US.

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"roger eroom" <guru DeleteThis @gmx.net> wrote in message
news:4114d2e8$0$240$edfadb0f@dread12.news.tele.dk...
> Hi you all!
>
> I would be very grateful if someone here will help me with some
suggestions
> on bulding my new computer. Here's what I'm preparing to build:
>
> case: AOpen QF 50C (Windowed)
>
> motherboard: GA-7VM400AMF
>
> Athlon XP 2500+ (AMD Processor
> in a Box (PIB))
>
> Kingston 512 MB DDR 184 Pins PC2700
> - KVR333X64C25/512 = CL 2,5
>
> Seagate Barracuda ST3160023AS
> 7200.7 160Gb 7200rpm 8Mb cache S-ATA (maybe adding one more seagate in
raid
> config).
>
> NEC ND2510A White 8x DVD
> Double Layer bulk 8.5GB
>
> I can build this in Denmark for about 616 USD.
>
> I'm mainly interested in good performance in multitasking like running
Adobe
> InDesign + Illustrator + internet explorer + Matlab at the same time (I
> somehow realize that Pentium with HT would be better for this but I cannot
> figure out a system at the same price tag - any suggestions greatly
> appreciated).
>
> Beeing stucked with amd barton 2500 because of the price tag I'm not so
sure
> wheater dual channel ram is more important than sata drives for system
> performance (the motherboard I've choosed has sata but no dual channel
ddr -
> please make some suggestions in this regard also).
>
> I would also choose aria case for this microATX motherboard but I'm not
sure
> about the thermal implications of such a pursuit (beside the price).
>
> I'd also like to be able to make dv capture from a sony dv camera. Please
> advise if the motherboard build in firewire is good enough for this or I
> should buy some other specialized cards (whichone? -maybe you gurus could
> suggest some newsgroups where I should ask?).
>
> Yours gratefully,
>
> Roger
>
>