Thoughts on these specs.
DogSoldier
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I'm not up on AMD systems but a friend of mine wanted an opinion on this system. Can anyone give me an opinion and I can then pass it off as my own thx!
AMD 2500 BARTON PROCESSOR
DFI NFORCE 2 MOTHERBOARD 8X AGP
USB 2.0 (6)
LAN
AC97 6 CHANNEL SOUND
80 GIG WD HARD DRIVE 8 MB CACHE
52 X24X52 CDR/16X DVD ROM
3.5 FLOPPY
256 MB DDR 333 MEMORY
350 WATT ATX CASE WITH LIGHTED CASE FAN AND WINDOW
WINDOWX XP HOME EDITION
1 YEAR WARRENTY PARTS AND LABOUR
QUOTE WAS 928.00 PLUS TAXES 1067.20 Canadian funds
AMD 2500 BARTON PROCESSOR
DFI NFORCE 2 MOTHERBOARD 8X AGP
USB 2.0 (6)
LAN
AC97 6 CHANNEL SOUND
80 GIG WD HARD DRIVE 8 MB CACHE
52 X24X52 CDR/16X DVD ROM
3.5 FLOPPY
256 MB DDR 333 MEMORY
350 WATT ATX CASE WITH LIGHTED CASE FAN AND WINDOW
WINDOWX XP HOME EDITION
1 YEAR WARRENTY PARTS AND LABOUR
QUOTE WAS 928.00 PLUS TAXES 1067.20 Canadian funds
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ASPIRE Turbo Case X-Dreamer Black Mid-Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "ATXB3KLW/350W"
Item# N82E16811144001 $45.00
CD Burner (RW Drives)
Aopen 52x32x52 CD-RW DRIVE, Model CRW5232 BLACK, OEM
Item# N82E16827106534 $30.00
Hard Drive
Western Digital 40GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD400BB, OEM Drive only
Item# N82E16822140118 $56.00
Memory
Mushkin Basic Green 184 Pin 2X256MB DDR PC-2700 - Retail
Item# N82E16820146214
$110.00
Modem
US Robotics 56K V.90 Internal PCI Modem, Model USR263090 - OEM
Item# N82E16825104141 $20.99
Motherboard - AMD
Shuttle nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "AN35N-Ultra" -RETAIL
Item# N82E16813150045
$57.00
Processor
AMD Athlon XP 2200+, 266 FSB, 256K Cache Processor - Retail
Item# N82E16819103334 $67.00
Video Card
SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9600PRO Video Card, 256MB DDR, 128-bit, DVI/TV Out, 8X AGP, Model "ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 PRO" -RETAIL
Item# N82E16814102353 $138.00
Total Shipped $543.99
I went with the 40Gig drive simply to shave some cash off the price as I'm attempting to compete with Wal-Mart in terms of overall price which means that after I add a monitor, mouse and keyboard and speakers I'll be looking at a very slim profit selling it at $900. I have a one up though, this thing will actually game.
if you want to Overclock it, I would personally go for the 2600+ thouroughbred (the 2.08GHz) as it cranks up really well (even though its only 256 L2 Cache)
as for ram well that board supports dual RAM so go for 2x256MB (and go for DDR400 if you want to OC)
as for sound well the NForce boards come with nvidia Soundstorm.. (isn't AC97 a standard not a make?)
Cant comment on your price as I dont know the Conversion rate atm...
Parax.
EDIT: Oh and the CMOS Reloaded is great if you do want to overclock, this feature lets you save Bios profiles which you can swap on boot by pressing a number key on powerup..
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Definitely agree on the ram issue though, 256mb is the bare minimum these days