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I'm looking into buying a bare bones PC at Mwave. I already have a CD
drive, hard disk, Windows -- just about everything except case, RAM,
motherboard, psu, and CPU -- so it's a good match. I have a Creative
Audigy 2 sound card, a run of the mill WD 40 GB hard disk, a Sony
multiformat drive, and a Hercules 64 MB video card already, plus
mouse/keyboard, FDD, etc.
I'm wondering, of the various cases and motherboards, which ones
would you recommend for a tight budget? I'd love to spend less than
$300 on the whole thing. I figure I'd get the 2.6 CPU, and 512 RAM
from Mwave. I know I want the 800 MHz FSB. Their link is here:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/ProdBBONE-INTEL.hmx?updepts=bbone.hmx&dname=Barebone-Systems
Pricing ranges from $35 up to $135 for the cases. They have Antec,
Enermax, etc. Asus, Chaintec, Gigabyte etc.
Let me know what you think,
- JB
jbrandon@hotmail.com
I'm looking into buying a bare bones PC at Mwave. I already have a CD
drive, hard disk, Windows -- just about everything except case, RAM,
motherboard, psu, and CPU -- so it's a good match. I have a Creative
Audigy 2 sound card, a run of the mill WD 40 GB hard disk, a Sony
multiformat drive, and a Hercules 64 MB video card already, plus
mouse/keyboard, FDD, etc.
I'm wondering, of the various cases and motherboards, which ones
would you recommend for a tight budget? I'd love to spend less than
$300 on the whole thing. I figure I'd get the 2.6 CPU, and 512 RAM
from Mwave. I know I want the 800 MHz FSB. Their link is here:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/ProdBBONE-INTEL.hmx?updepts=bbone.hmx&dname=Barebone-Systems
Pricing ranges from $35 up to $135 for the cases. They have Antec,
Enermax, etc. Asus, Chaintec, Gigabyte etc.
Let me know what you think,
- JB
jbrandon@hotmail.com