Looking For A New Computer.

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Originally posted by mogadishu@7 August 2003 - 00:07
A lot of sites advertise this at good prices, but they look as if they are run out of some college kid's basement. I want to get this barebones kit from a reliable store.

someone suggested looking on pricewatch.com. while i have bought a lot of things from pricewatch vendors, i have to say that many of them do appear really shady. i suspect that many of them are actually fronts for other shops... merely aliases created to lure in more customers after they've gained poor reputations under their original names. i've personally never been ripped off, but i've read a lot of horror stories.

if you want reasonably priced stuff from a "well known" shop, the only one i can think of that has both a great reputation, liberal return/exchange policies and good prices is newegg.com. i just built a new PC recently and ordered nearly everything from newegg because i didn't feel like sending my money off to some practically anonymous business run out of someone's closet, crossing my fingers and hoping my merchandise arrives (like i've usually done). everything arrived within about a week of my credit card being charged, and it all worked perfectly.

[lynx]

How about this from newegg.com:

Biostar M7NCD nForce2 mobo, up to 400 FSB, DDR400 dual channel, ATA133, 8xAGP, Lan, 6Channel Audio = $58
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Retail = $90.00
2 x GeIL Golden Dragon DDR 256MB 400MHz Model GD3200-256 Retail CAS Latency 2-3-3-6-T1 $55 each = $110.00

Note you need two sticks memory to get dual channel performance.
This leaves you with only a little to spare to get a case, so get a ps for your existing case, with a couple of extra fans.

Allied 400W Power Supply ATX400P4 w/ Two Fans ***AMD APPROVED*** UL, CSA, FCC Approved = $33.00
Speeze Cooling Fan FD08025S1M4 - DC 12V Sleeve Bearing Cooling Fan $2 each = $4.00

Total cost $295.00

This way you upgrade the things in your existing case and leave the other hardware undisturbed.