- Jan 26, 2000
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Hi. I'm wanting to put together a system myself -- haven't
really much in the way of experience...but, I can't see
how else I'm going to get it. (Besides, my computer now is
practically older than I am...*ugh* I can barely manage
to click through the forum.)
So...anyway, I'm here begging for any kind of helpful advice.
Below is kind of what I've come up with & priced out. ...I
got a little thrown off as far as the processors...For the
1GHz processors...Is the only real difference between the
two the fact that the retail box version comes with heatsink
and fan...and with the OEM version, I'd have to get
those separately? ...And would I more than likely be
better off paying the extra $$ and going with the retail
box version & just avoid making things more complicated,
or is it not that big of a deal?
Case: Antec SX1030B ($104.94)
Motherboard: EPoX EP-8K7A AMD 761 + VIA 686B ($132.00)
Processor: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1GHz 266MHz
Bus Socket A PGA Processor-OEM Version ($126.00)
-or-
AMD Thunderbird 1GHz 266MHz Bus
Socket A processor 256K cache
Retail Box Version with HeatSink and Fan ($162.00)
Memory: (2) 256 MB DDR PC2100 CL=2.5 ($118.78)
Video Card: ATI Radeon 32MB DDR LE (OEM) ( $78.00)
I already have on hand a Plextor CD-RW 12x10x32 drive and
I figure I can manage to make a decision on a hard drive,
floppy, modem, etc...
I appreciate any help! Thanks!
really much in the way of experience...but, I can't see
how else I'm going to get it. (Besides, my computer now is
practically older than I am...*ugh* I can barely manage
to click through the forum.)
So...anyway, I'm here begging for any kind of helpful advice.
Below is kind of what I've come up with & priced out. ...I
got a little thrown off as far as the processors...For the
1GHz processors...Is the only real difference between the
two the fact that the retail box version comes with heatsink
and fan...and with the OEM version, I'd have to get
those separately? ...And would I more than likely be
better off paying the extra $$ and going with the retail
box version & just avoid making things more complicated,
or is it not that big of a deal?
Case: Antec SX1030B ($104.94)
Motherboard: EPoX EP-8K7A AMD 761 + VIA 686B ($132.00)
Processor: AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1GHz 266MHz
Bus Socket A PGA Processor-OEM Version ($126.00)
-or-
AMD Thunderbird 1GHz 266MHz Bus
Socket A processor 256K cache
Retail Box Version with HeatSink and Fan ($162.00)
Memory: (2) 256 MB DDR PC2100 CL=2.5 ($118.78)
Video Card: ATI Radeon 32MB DDR LE (OEM) ( $78.00)
I already have on hand a Plextor CD-RW 12x10x32 drive and
I figure I can manage to make a decision on a hard drive,
floppy, modem, etc...
I appreciate any help! Thanks!