Looking for a Kick Ass system

[inquiring]

I have $300. I have a PS and an ATX case and WD HDD. Where can I buy a name brand mobo, DDRam, and AMD CPU to access the web using Mandrake Linux? I also need a CDROM burner/player and am not picky on video will even except an onboard Nforce type GPU. I am easy. Thanks.

 

[Johanthegnarler]

I say invest in a good mobo like a nf7-s and good memory. Then cheap duron or something. Those duron's can oc like a mad man if you decide to get a bit crazy. 300 you can do it if you skimp 30 bucks on the board and get value ram which is good as well and save even more.
It's very possible, just since i enjoy oc'ing it would be a tad hard.

www.newegg.com go there and price a bit.. they have great prices.

<A HREF="http://arc.aquamark3.com/arc/arc_view.php?run=1752623717" target="_new">http://arc.aquamark3.com/arc/arc_view.php?run=1752623717</A>
45.5k mark? 85 dollars went a long way. So did that extra 15 dollars for cooling my video card.

 

[B_Man]

Abit - ABIT NF7-S nForce2 Ultra chipset AMD Socket A 200/266/333/400 FSB 8X AGP SATA 150 ATX mboard
Details:
-NF7-S V2 nVidia nForce2 Ultra 400 ABIT NF7S, 5PCI 1AGP 4DIMM SATA150 8X AGP,LAN,Audio,Firewire
Part - N82E16813127166 Updated - 3/9, 3:36 PM $102.00


Mushkin 184 Pin 256MB DDR PC-3200 Basic Green - Retail
Specification
Manufacturer: Mushkin
Speed: DDR400(PC3200)
Type: 184 Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2.5-4-4
Support Voltage: 2.5V
Bandwidth: 3.2GB/s
Organization: 32M x 64 -Bit

Model#: 991092
Item#: N82E16820146220 $41.00



AMD - - AMD Athlon XP 2500+ BARTON 512K W/ QUANTISPEED ARCHITECHTURE OPERATING 1.83GHZ. Part# AXDA2500DKV4D
Details:
-AXDA2500DKV4D XP-2500 333 MHz OEM CPU - Includes 30Days Warranty
Part - N82E16819103378
Updated - 3/1, 1:26 PM $75.00


This is what I bought minus the cpu at NewEgg.com.Those are also the prices I paid in US $$ ,I only list the store as I have made past purchases and never had a problem . As for the cd burner/rom Sorry I haven't purchased one lately..:<)
Also you may whant to check prices just incase they have changed and I would also ask somebody that has experiance with Mandrake as to how much memory to use as I would reccomend at least 512 Mb memory but thats with win2000.