Hardware I am buying, prices good?
 

If you know where I can get cheaper hardware or better hardware for about the same price, please let me know, this is the hardware I am looking at buying after I get a job with price.

Western Digital Caviar 40GB 7200rpm hard drive --- $75
Viking 512MB PC2700 DDR 333mhz --- $90
Gigabyte 7VAXP Socket A ATX Motherboard --- $115
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ --- $160
Famous Brand CLT40 5 Piece Speaker System --- $20
XFX Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128mb DDR TV Out Video Card --- $110

What ya think?

Look good but I could get the ram about $15 - 30 cheaper....

Check out on www.pricewatch.com.. You can do alot better...

eggheads are a good vendor, good prices and great support...


Western Digital
Info...

ONLINE ORDER ONLY -
IN STOCK, 40.0GB EIDE. 8.9ms 7200RPM ATA/100 2MB. (Also Compatible with 45.0GB). 40.0GB EIDE, 7200Rpm, 2MB BUFFER (OEM, WHITE LABEL , 9 Months Warranty). Same day shipping. Price: $53
Ship 1 : $5.74 UPS GROUND
Will Ship: Same - 1day
Updated:5/16, 5:17PM
$58.74


Gigabyte
Info...

ONLINE ORDER ONLY -
GA7VAXP VIA KT400/8235A, AGP8X, 5PCI, 3DDR400, ATA133 RAID, 6CH Audio, Lan, 1394 - ATX (Retail Box) 333FSB, Socket A for AMD Athlon XP upto 3000+, 6 USB2.0 w/Cable, Support AGP8X Video Card
(Part - GA-7VAXP)
Price: $ 94
Ship 1 : $5.00 Flat Rate Insured
Will Ship: Same - 1day
Updated:4/29, 11:11PM
$99 FTIComputer.com
Info...

866-384-2667
516-466-2460


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AMD
Info...

ONLINE ORDER ONLY -
AMD Athlon XP 2600 2.133GHz 3D NOW! (Socket-A) 266FSB Processor - CPU WITH QUANTISPEED ARCHITECHTURE OPERATING AT 2.133GHZ -Includes 20Day Dealer Warranty
(Part - AMD2600XPO)
Price: $138
Ship 1 : $4.99 FedEx Ground Insured
Updated:5/20, 7:31PM
$142.99 Computer Brain
Info...

888-288-7333
847-675-1111


IL

Thanks!!! I finally installed my 64ram vid card into this computer, glad I did to, it only had a 4mb vid card, LOL. Haven't tried the vid card out to much, about to go download the gizmozone screensaver, see how it goes. Thanks again, I will definatly get my hardware from egghead and/or pricewatch. I just need more ram now so I can work on my database again, this one only has a 64mb ram. Donations welcome! hehe, JK! :lol: Talk to yall later.

I just built a machine about a month ago. Some tips:

Mushkin has 512MB PC2700 DDR RAM on Sale for $59, even with their shipping that's pretty cheap for decent RAM.

http://www.mushkin.com

I second that it's hard to go wrong buying gear from egghead. Prices are a bit higher than some other places, but you always get reasonable shipping charges, and good service.

I'm not an overclocker, but I have to recommend picking up an OEM Athlon XP 2100+ from egghead. It will save you about $90, and you should be able to get 2600+ speeds out of it with a normal fan. I got a $30 zalmann fan that is very quite, and am running my 2100+ at ~2266 Mhz, which is faster than any AMD release. I bought the EPOX 8RDA+ board which makes the overclocking very easy.

You should be able to find plenty of info on setting it up by searching on google. I was looking at the 2600+ myself for quite awhile, but I kept seeing report after report of people doing this with no problems, so I had to try it. I'm a month into it stable and w/o problems, heck even if the CPU burns up in a year, I can just buy a 2800+ or 3000+ then for $90 and still come out ahead. :)



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oops! My brain seems to have failed me.

You want newegg, not egghead.

http://www.newegg.com

You probably were just propagating my mistake...

lol

www.pricewatch.com
 

1) Search ebay for auctions.
2) Check pricewatch.com

You'll save SO much $ doing that, lol.

GL.

Thanks guys :D I will head out and check them sites out quick. So far I am looking at a Dell with a reasonable monthly payment ($33/month for a $1100 computer). I will check them sites out before I buy though, just to be sure. :D