AOpen N250A-FR AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 2x512MB Mushkin Level1 PC3500 Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB Abit AU-10 Home Theater Sound Card ATI TV Wonder VE Belkin F5D7000 Western Digital 1200JB 120GB IDE HDD Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB SATA HDD Lite-On 16x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM Raidmax RX-450YX120 450W PSU Chenming CMUI-600AEB-W (Chieftec Dragon) Cooling: Thermalright SI-97A Evercool SFF-9 92mm Fan Evercool SFF-8 80mm Fans (4)
because I have a MacBook Pro, and G5 sitting on my desk... I only have a windows based PC for playing WolfET on occassion
so the motherboard I was looking at is now sold out (at newegg anyway)... how are the Asus K8N boards? edit: ok i think the best question would be what's a decent socket 754 board with sata, agp8x, ddr400, onboard sound & lan for <$90?
and yet again the board i want is sold out (stupid newegg) anyway, changed some stuff around, upped what I was willing to spend. DFI Lanparty UT nF3 250GB AMD Athlon64 3000+ Venice 2x512MB Mushkin Level 1 PC3500 Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB Abit AU-10 Home Theater Belkin F5D7000 ATI TV Wonder VE Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB SATA Plextor 16x Dual Layer DVD+/- RW Lite-On 16x DVD-ROM Mitsumi 3.5" Floppy + 8 in 1 Card Reader Coolmax CX-550B 550W ATXv2.01 PSU Chenming CMUI-601AEB-W Anyone see any glaring issues? I know its not top of the line, but thats not what I'm going for.. all it has to do is play Wolf:ET and CS
Any particular reason why you've chosen a Plextor drive? If they sold the NEC 4550 or 4551, either of those would be top of the list, but they don't... so the Pioneer 110D is my next recommendation, for just $39. Alternatively... there's this Lite-on 165H6S with LightScribe (and support for DVD-RAM - if it matters) for $55? Everything else looks hunky dory though
I built a new system for my dad a little over a year ago that is an ASUS K8N and a 3000+. It's been rock solid for him and plays every game he wants to throw at it. He's got a 5900XT btw. I'd say that he'll need a video card upgrade in the future, but the rest of the system will still last him for a while yet. No to mention Newegg has the K8N for $65 including shipping.
i've had bad experiences with lite-on burners (two crapped out on me) and I might look into the NEC.... and i think the K8N is out of stock
