ACI Generation X DDR 1956
* ECS L7VTA-Raid Socket A DDR Retail Box
* AMD Athlon™ XP 2400 1.93GHz 266FSB OEM
* Thermaltake Dragon Orb3 7000rpm Socket A Fan
* 512MB DDR266 PC2100 Non-ECC Samsung
* 1.44Mb 3.5 Mitsumi Floppy Drive OEM
* 80Gb ATA133 Maxtor 7200rpm
* AGP Visiontek GeForce4 MX420 64Mb TV-Out Retail Box
* 52 X Samsung CD-Rom IDE OEM
* Samsung 40x12x40 CDRW IDE OEM
* 32AW SRS Sound
* PCI 56K V.92 Voice Fax Modem Retail Box
* 10/100Base T Network Card
* ATX Deluxe MidTower 400W P.S. w/2 Front USB
* PS2 Windows Keyboard
* PS2 Scroll Mouse
* Altec Lansing AVS300 Subwoofer Speakers
* No Operating System (Choose)

Yuo think this is a good PC COnfig? for $842 bucks?

or what would you guys recommend me, thanks!

That sounds pretty good for the price :D

u think the proc athlon is good? i mean the one in the config above.

or what would you suggest?

What will the system be used for?

I came up with something along these lines without really digging around and checking prices. I think you can do better.

Soyo P4VSA ATX Socket 478
P4 2.0Ghz 400mhz fsb-512k cache
Spreeze Pent. fan and heatsink
Corsair 512MB memory
1.44 floppy
80Gb WD 7200rpm Seagate
Artex 56X cd-rom
DVD/CD-RW combo 32x10x40
3pc. Amplified Speakers set w/Sub
PCI 56k V.90 Data/Fax modem
10/100 NIC
GeForce4 MX440 64MB DDR TV out
10bay Clear side Tower Case 400Watt P.S.
Wireless keyboard
Wireless mouse

around $925.00

Don't go with an ECS motherboard they're crap... I baught three in a row and all three had issues, and wouldn't work. Maybe it's just my look but there generic so I don't exactly blame the store that they are crap.

* Thermaltake Dragon Orb3 7000rpm Socket A Fan


Orb heatsink/fans are underpowered and weak. For maximum performance, I would recommend purchasing the: ThermalTake AX-7.

For an XP, a top of the range Swifttech cooler. They're noisy as hell, but they do their job very well. Keeps my XP 1800+ at sub 40 degrees Celsius temperatures with ease, even at prolonged high CPU loads the temperature rarely goes over 41.

Also, get a quality motherboard: Abit, Asus, MSI, Soyo, it's all good...

Also, for God's sake, don't buy a Maxtor HDD. IBM and WD are doing very well in hardware tests at the moment, with the WD JB 8mb cache series taking most of the glory.

P.S. Why can't we get that kind of pricing in Europe, I just payed $700 for a Duron 1300 mhz system, and that didn't even have any harddrives included...

Okey I like to contradict two of the opinions here. I have 3 systems on ECS mobos and they have all worked prefectly for a very good price - around $50 each. I also have a Thermaltake Dragon Orb3 7000rpm Socket A Fan which is very powerful and good. It is extremely loud tho and annoys the hell out of me. :stickout:

Thanks for all the comments!!!!!

it cleared some of my questions out!

THANKS!