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To: trendmastr who wrote (13031)	12/7/2001 10:00:48 PM
From: Lancer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

TM, these are current popular components for an AMD system: CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1900+ (Retail Box; 3yr wty, heatsink, fan). Newegg.com: $290 Alt CPU: AMD Athlon XP 1800+ (Retail Box) Newegg: $225 CPU Shim: Thermaltake Copper A1215 Newegg: $5 Upgrade Heatsink/Fan: Swiftech MCX370-0A Newegg: $38 Even Better HSF (copper base): Swiftech MCXC370 $48 Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver II Newegg: $6 DDR Memory: Crucial 256 MB DDR, Non-ECC Newegg: $53 (get two) Motherboard: Lots of options here; choice depends on features needed. Popular KT266A chipset boards are Epox 8KHA+ $105, MSI K7T266 Pro2 $104, Asus A7V266-E $161, SOYO SY-K7V Dragon+ $146, Gigabyte GA-7VTXE $99, ABIT KG7 (UDMA 133) $161. Video Card (dual-monitor capable): Matrox G550 Mwave.com: $119 Sound Card: Creative Soundblaster Audigy MP3+ Newegg: $85 Ethernet NIC: Intel Pro 100S Newegg: $28 Hard Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X 40GB Newegg: $87 Hard Drive Cooler: Vantec Ultimate Hard Drive Cooler Mwave: $19 Removable Drive (for C: backup, drive image, etc.): Maxtor DiamondMax Plus D740X 40GB: Newegg: $87 Removable Drive Bay (remove and keep backup drive in safe): Lian-Li RH-600 Newegg: $49 CD R/W: Lite-On LTR-24102B Newegg: $96 DVD/CD: Lite-On LTD-163 Newegg: $50 Floppy Drive: Sony or Teac Newegg: $9 Tower Case: A-Top AT900 (2-fans; No power supply) PCCase.com: $59 Case Fan Filter: Generic 80mm Filter Newegg: $3 (get two) Power Supply: Antec PP412X Buy.com: $74.95 Keyboard/Mouse: Logitech Freedom Pro Mwave.com: $76 Keypad (for scalpers): X-Keys Pro USB (58-key) Xkeys.com: $150 Alt Keypad: X-Keys Desktop USB (20-key) Xkeys.com: $100 Speakers (high-end): Klipsch Promedia 4.1 Newegg: $295 Alt Speakers (good): Altec Lansing ACS-48 About $90 Operating System: Windows 2000 Pro (Full;OEM) Newegg: $140 Monitor: Lots of choices. Peripherals: Hardware Firewall: SonicWALL SOHO2 /10 Buy.com: $412 UPS: Tripp-Lite OmniSmart 1050 Buy.com: $326 You can definitely spend a lot more, but this is a good set of components for the money. Lancer