Tell me what I need to buy ! Athlon, Mobo, Ram

[LAMFDTK]

I have to build a system for a co-worker.
Just tell me what to buy and I will ! I do not have the time to search for components that work.

YOU GUY's will tell me OK? I know you know
I need:
Athlon: 600,650,700 ??
Case/PS
Ram-128
Motherboard.
Soundcard
I'm puttin' in my G400 S/H Oem

Thanks ! now I can sleep!

[LAMFDTK]

Hey wheres the help here?

[Thundrchez]

What I've got working for me is:

Athlon 700
Asus K7M mobo with 1209 beta bios
Enlight 7237 case w/ 300W P/S
Corsair Micro 2 * 128MB DIMMs with Micron chips
SB-Live X-Gamer, but a SB-Live Value is probably good enough for most people...only the features and bundle are different.

Asus is releasing a new bios for the K7M it seems like every 3rd day. And then they force you to have to do a "load optimal settings" or "load default settings" after a bios flash with the more recent bioses. ugh. I'm not the happiest camper with that. Also, the K7M requires you to do a registry hack of forceagp2x.reg to work with a G400.

Sometimes I wish that I had gotten another athlon mobo. For now, it is working really nicely with the old 1209 bios for me.

[Jorden]

LAMFDTK, at least give him a G400 and a keyboard that spews out more lines than the one or 2 liners you've given us over the past couple of weeks ...

I'd try to contact Greebe to give your co-worker an OC'ed Athlon on an MSI-6167.

And Greebe will know what to do with the rest of the casing !! (i.e: what works best with the Athlon)

Jord.

[DentyCracker]

Well, I'm setting up a machine for a client. Ordered the following parts from www.mwave.com .
AMD ATHLON K7 700MHZ 3D OEM W/O COOLING FAN (1 YEAR WARRANTY) $278.00
AMD RECOMMENDED COOLING FAN FOR ATHLON(K7) PROCESSOR W/3 PIN CONNECTOR (SUPPORT UP TO 850MHZ) $10.00
MSI MS-6195 AMD 756 CHIPSET AMD K7 ATX FORM FACTOR 1xAGP/5xPCI/2xISA/3xDIMM Detail Specs $125.00
IN-WIN Q500 FULL TOWER W/300W ATX POWER SUPPLY 5x51/4 1x31/2 6x31/2(INTERNAL) Detail Specs $74.00
MULTIWAVE 16X64 PC100 128MB SDRAM DIMM (LIFETIME WARRANTY) $97.00
3COM 56K V.90 INTERNAL ISA FAX MODEM W/JUMPERS Detail Specs $80.00
MAXTOR 20.4GB ST92041U4 EIDE ULTRA-DMA/66 9MS 5400RPM (Bare drive w/3-yr warranty) $139.00
HITACHI 8X DVD ROM, GD5000 INT. EIDE (Bare drive)*Limited 2pcs for each customer. $119.00
CYBERVISION C70 17" .27mm 1280X1024 MAX RES. 50-90HZ MPRII Detail Specs $194.00
MATROX MILLENNIUM G400 DUAL MAX 32MB AGP SGRAM (Retail) $198.00
CREATIVE LABS SOUNDBLASTER LIVE! X-GAMER PCI CT4760 DIGITAL OUTPUT Detail Specs $83.00

and some keyboard, mouse and floppy.

[Jorden]

Denty, how about getting the same keyboard?? your's seems to have its CAPS LOCK stuck

Jord.

[LAMFDTK]

Jorden: I will try to extend my venecular. I am in a rush at work and do not want to spiel with verbage. I have been guilty of "Hit and Runs" But all in good fun and for the betterment of the Murc and its quality of members. Love and Kisses

[Jorden]

LAMFDTK: WhatI said about getting an OC'ed Athlon from Greebe, I really meant

Sorry if I gave you a different view, but he really knows best about Athlons in accordance with G400's

Jord.

[HedsSpaz]

For the Mobo I'd recomend getting one of the new KX133 boards. Right now there are 3 options available. The Epox 7KXA(available now). The AOpen AK72 which supposedly started shipping to retailers yesterday. And the Tyan S2380 which is supposed to start shipping to retailers tommorow. Also the Asus K7V is supposed to start shipping mid April.

If you don't want to chance a KX133 board then the best options is probably the MSI 6195 rev. 110 (aka K7Pro).

As far as the chip iteself I think the best price/perf is probably the 650, although it might also be the 700. You really can't go wrong with either though, so if you have a little extra(and I do mean a little) then go ahead with the 700.


HedsSpaz

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System Specs
K6-2 350 @ 400
Asus P5A
256 MB PC133 SDRAM
Matrox Mill G200 AGP PD 5.41/5.30 hybrid
SBLive value LiveWare 3.0
13.6 GB 7200RPM UDMA33 IBM HD
8.4 GB 5400RPM UDMA33 WD HD (Dead, still trying to rescusitate)
45X Acer CD-ROM
Win98 se
Red Hat 6.1
Win2000 (to be added soon)
Soon to be
Athlon 650 (got it! YEA!!)
128 mb PC133 SDRAM (got it! YEA!!)
Tyan S3280 (pre ordered, ETA, 3/20! WEEEE!!!)

"Any sufficiently advanced technology will be indistinguishable from magic." --Arthur C. Clarke

[DentyCracker]

Jorden,
I was at work and just cut and paste from the online order.
Can't wait to start setting up that sucker, methinks this machine is going to need a loooonnnnggg burn in period hehehehe HEHEHEHEHEHEHEHE MUAHAHAHAHA
/DentyCracker drools copiously and unabashedly at the thought of a Max and Athlon 700 in the same machine

[LAMFDTK]

This is it ?
Geeze
I'll ask on Rivazone now and compare responses...

[DentyCracker]

LAMFDTK,
email Greebe at epc@netdirect.net . He will give you a list of components that work.

All the components in my order except the MS-6195 and the Max are known by me to work. I built a system identical to this except it was a 600 Athlon and I used a MS-6167 and Marvel G400. It was the stablest system I ever saw (still is)

[RoGuE]

I would avoid the MSI K7Pro. I've come accross far too many duds (mine included ).

[Greebe]

IceStorm, the reason for all the BIOS updates is because of all the problems thay've had!

[RoGuE]

It's a shame MSI can't come up with a BIOS update that actually makes USB function properly.