athlon?

MiCr0

lo ppl
are these ne good?
i'm about to get a new system
and a 650 ath is the same prise as a piii 600
are they worth it?

MiCr0

Hecate

Yes very much so.

You'll hear people telling you that they have problems with some games/apps, but these are few and far between.

Just make sure you have a 300W case.

MiCr0

A or B????

A/
Mouse: MS® IntelliMouse & Mouse pad
Keyboard: Windows 105-key Keyboard
External Ports: 1 Parallel, 2 Serial Ports, 2 USB ports
Bios Chip: AMI BIOS
Fax/Modem:
V.90 56K Data/Fax/Voice Modem with free gateway.net Internet Access
CD-ROM:
Toshiba DVD VI 12x DVD 48x CD Add: IR£50 (IR£60.5 incl. VAT)
Monitor Service Program:
One year Limited monitor Warranty
Application Software:
MS Works Suite 2000
Application Software:
Internet Explorer 5.0
Memory:
128MB 100MHz SDRAM (expandable to 768MB)
Chipset:
AMD 750 Chipset
Operating System:
MS Windows 2000 Add: IR£65 (IR£78.64 incl. VAT)
Monitor:
17" EV700 colour Monitor
Multimedia:
Creative 1373 Digital Sound Card
Graphics Accelerator:
nVIDIA RIVA TNT-2 32MB video card Add: IR£80 (IR£96.8 incl.
VAT)
Case:
200 Watt ATX Tower Case
Expansion Slots:
5 PCI, 1 AGP slot
Processor:
Athlon AMD 650MHz Processor
Hard Drive:
Quantum 10GB Ultra ATA 5400rpm Hard Drive
Floppy Drive:
1.44MB 3.5" Panasonic Diskette Drive

Speakers: Creative GCS200 Speakers
CD-RW: Philips 4X/4X/24X CD-RW Drive
Cache: 512K L2 Cache

price: IR£ 1244 excl. VAT, IR£ 1505.24 incl. VAT


B/
Mouse:
MS® IntelliMouse & Mouse pad
Keyboard:
Windows 105-key Keyboard
External Ports:
1 Parallel, 2 Serial Ports, 2 USB ports
Operating System:
MS Windows 2000 Add: IR£65 (IR£78.64 incl. VAT)
Monitor:
17" EV700 colour Monitor
Multimedia:
Creative 1373 Digital Sound Card & Creative GCS200 Speakers
Graphics Accelerator:
nVIDIA RIVA TNT-2 32MB video card Add: IR£40 (IR£48.4 incl.
VAT)
Bios Chip:
Phoenix BIOS
Fax/Modem:
V.90 56K Data/Fax/Voice Modem with free gateway.net Internet Access
CD-ROM:
Toshiba DVD VI 12x DVD 48x CD
Monitor Service Program:
One year Limited monitor Warranty
Application Software:
MS Works Suite 2000
Application Software:
Internet Explorer 5.0
Memory:
128MB 100MHz SDRAM (expandable to 768MB)
Chipset:
Intel 440BX AGPset
Expansion Slots:
4 PCI, 1 shared PCI/ISA slot + 1 AGP slot
Processor:
Intel 650MHz Pentium III Processor
Hard Drive:
20GB Western Digital 7200rpm IDE Hard Drive
Floppy Drive:
1.44MB 3.5" Panasonic Diskette Drive (Upgradeable to SuperDisk
LS120)
Service Program:
Three years Limited Warranty, one year onsite
Case:
200 Watt ATX Tower Case
Additionnal Software:
Norton Antivirus 5.0
Additionnal Software:
IBM VIA Voice Web Edition
Cache:
256K Full-Speed L2 Cache

price: R£ 1204 excl. VAT, IR£ 1456.84 incl. VAT

Gerry

If you must buy a gateway, buy B

MiCr0

any other ideas then?

madyoke

definetely buy A

go read all the hardware reviewers opinions if you're really stuck
www.anandtech.com www.tomshardware.com

to name but 2

really now, buy A

Gerry

No its not. Case with 300w psu will cost u
40 to 50 quid extra as will the motherboard. Get a p3 600e and clock it to 700-800. Just my humble opinion

MiCr0

right
thats one all
any 1 else?

MiCr0

SantaHoe

Just build your own system.
Hand-pick all the components yourself and build yourself a powerhouse.
If you want something done right, do it yourself.

Gerry

I agree with dead - o there. I said if u must buy a gateway buy b as its faster for games and graphics and its cheaper. I dont reccomend gateway at all though. I could probably beat their price

MiCr0

gerry i want to spend about £1500
600ish mhz
dvd
128mb
17" monitor
maybe a cd-rw
and a fast graphics card "geforce/viper"esque
what ya got?
mail me
dmeagher@eircom.net

[This message has been edited by MiCr0 (edited 14-03-2000).]

[This message has been edited by MiCr0 (edited 14-03-2000).]

amp

There's also the pride in a system well built and the learning factor.

[/me pats athlon based full tower with smug grin]

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MiCr0

i've done a ton of h/w updates to this old box and the one b4
i'm just fealing lazy

Kali

dont get EV700 get VX700 17" monitor
its well worth it.