Austin Godber wrote:
> Josef Lowder wrote:
>
>> I am planning to build a new system and would appreciate having any
>> recommendations PLUG members would be willing to offer regarding the
>> most workable and cost-sensible hardware configuration (desktop).
>
>
> Hi,
> I have bought a few thousand dollars worth of components from
> http://www.mwave.com and never been disappointed. There is one thing I
> would emphasize is that don't go cheap on the motherboard, RAM, or
> powersupply.
>
> I am partial to Abit motherboards and have had good luck with Asus
> also. Others may have a good suggestion for RAM and powersupply.
>
I strongly second the vote for mwave. I've sent them over $700 just this month...
An Antec True-Power 330 is $50. An Asus A7N8X-X is $67 . An OEM (no fan)
Athlon XP2800+ is about $100. The really good Vantec copper heatsink/fan is
$27.50. A Seagate 7200 RPM 40GB HD is $54.
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