When it comes to GET a new computer, you gotta right one here I assembled two computers in the past two month for my home lab. Let me tell you the biggest bang for your buck first. CPU: AMD XP 2100+ Thoroughbred AXDA2100DUT3C --- $88 OEM or $95 Retail DDR SDRAM: PC2700 333MHZ 512MB KINGSTON KVR333X64C25 --- $65 Motherboard: (1) ASUS A7N266-VM NVIDIA nFORCE 220 Chipset with integrated GForce2 MX graphics chipset, 4xAGP, dolby digital 5.1, 10/100 ethernet, USB 1.1 --- $70 or (2) LEADTEK K7NCR18G-PRO nForce2 IGP + nForce2 MCP-T chipset with integrated GForce4 MX, 8xAGP, 333MHZ front size bus, 400MHZ DDR, dolby digital 5.1, 10/100 Ethernet, USB 2.0 --- $125 Hard Drive: 80GB 7200RPM ATA100 --- $88 DVD, CD-RW, Floppy, Case, Speakers, Keyboard, Mouse, etc. can be bought good and cheap online or from the Fry's. You can have a sweetspot desktop for around $600. And you can buy a good 17" LCD panel for $400 from the SAM's. If you are interested in building your own computer, I will tell you where to buy. Just do me a favor. Don't buy Intel Now I tell you my most recent two computers. (1) AMD Athlon XP1700+ Thoroughbred ASUS A7N266-VM NVIDIA nFORCE 512MB PC2100 DDR 266MHZ 80GB 7200rpm ATA100 Hard Drive x 2 DVD 16x CD-RW 48/16/48 Dual boot: XP Pro and Red Hat 8.0 (2) AMD Athlon XP1700+ Thoroughbred overclocked at 2 GHZ ASUS A7N266-VM NVIDIA nFORCE modified for overclock 512MB PC2100 DDR 266MHZ 10GB and 5GB Hard Drives DVD 2x CD-RW 48/12/48 Dual Boot: XP Pro and Red Hat 8.0 If want a killer machine with best cost/performance, let me know and I will not let you down
