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Buy a whole new system or buy computer parts?

by NightCrawler Nov 7, 2004 3:05AM PST

Hi there,

First of all i display what i have:

Case: Full Tower ATX with 2x3.5 slots and 5x5.5 slots
Monitor: 17inch CRT
CPU: Intel 1.7
Mainboard: Intel 400Mhz(onboard LAN)
Mem: Rimms 2x128
Diskdrive: LS120
HD SCSI: Quantum Atlas IV 18,2GB
HD IDE: Maxtor 133 60GB with Partitions with NTFS.
AGP: Hercules 9000 128MB of rams
PCI: Creative 528 EAX soundcard
PCI: USB 2x2.0 card

Bought Extra devices:
* Adaptec 4xUSB 2.0 HUB
* Logitech MX900 bluetooth mouse
* External 120GB Maxtor USB 2.0 HD
Those new devices i can use that for my new system..

My new system that i have in my mind is:
Intel 3.6Mhz or 3.4Mhz processor 800Mhz + mainboard, i dont know why i see on many computer sites that 533/800 and so many computer are setted at 533? with a P4 HT CPU???
I always go for 800 NFS

So i can use my old ATX Case hopefully the new mainboard will fit in my old Case..

Or buying a new complete system with case and monitor(will be 15 or 17inch flat), and go for the PCI express GPX card 800X with 256 of GPX mem and 1GB system memories, SATA HD like 73GB of Raptor and 120GB SATA Maxor, remember i still have 120GB USB HD.

But the thing is, most shops dont do 100% costumize computers... thats the bad thing...

What should you do?

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Even the case is not a good idea. Here's why.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 7, 2004 3:10AM PST

You'll be upping the number of Watts you need to eject and that case design didn't have that in mind. The power supply is unlikely to be usable and the list goes on and on.

You can move the usual CD/DVD/HardDisks, but not much else.

Bob