all right.. spent a few hours yesterday to build my new computer.. so far so good!!

Athlon 1.2 266
Asus a7m266 mobo
Crucial 256 DDRRam
IBM 40 G 7600 rpm
onboard sound card
Thermaltake copper mini ORB
cheap-azz friend's AGP card
cheap-azz $35 case
old 44X cd-rom
Windows 2000 Professional.


i am still adjusting from my old Pentium I 166 computer.. hahah...

 

Goncrats...

...but my thought always was if you going to buy a computer get top of the line because 6 month later its obsolete... and yours was obsolete 6 month ago...

 

I'd rather get a 2nd-top of the line because it's usually just less than the top of the line ones and cheaper too.

 

don't forget i can overclock mine to 1.5 gig but i will need a better heatsink and other stuff as well...

 

Whoever buys top of the line computer dosen't really have the brain to think clearly...

Not trying to start a flame war, but...

Most people won't be able to push their computer to the extreme all da time except video/audio/graphic pros and gamers. If you are a pro, then sure why not if you got the money. But for gamers, they will always need faster and faster comptuers. By not buying the top of the line comptuer, will allow them to upgrade their system 6 month later. While with the same budget you top of the line computer is junk after 6 month.

Well if you got the cash to blow then fine with me... I won't mind buying top of the line monitor or things that will less longer. For example, my P-3 600 with 256mb of ram cost about a grand when I brought it. Sure I feel the need for speed, now. But I got two (yes 2) viewsonic 19' flat CRTs and run on a dual monitor setup.

My friends gives me the WOW everytime still.......

 

You can probably get your 1.2 to overclock to 1.4 stabily. 1.5 is really pushing the limits even if you have a fatty Swiftech HSF.