You have to do some homework. I just got thru looking at various
sales spots, and I figure that I can put together an Athlon 800MHz
machine with an Abit KA7-100 mobo, 128 MB PC133, and 15 GB IBM
ATA-100 hd, using presently available (that I have) monitor, sound
card, video card, mouse, CDR, and KB, for about $800. Now I'm trying to
work up the courage to do it! (I haven't looked at preassembled
systems, because they tend to bundle in more than I need. I'd rather
use my faithful IBM KB, and my trackball, most bundles include
a useless-to-Linux winmodem, and I've got a better monitor than any
bundle I've ever seen from anybody.)
At 10:25 PM 07/25/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi all,
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>I am planning to build a new system.
>What will be the approx price to assemble a 700+ Mhz system.
>I have a choice of buying a complete system from one of the Linux harware
>guys or building my own. Which will be cheaper.
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>If building my own can i rely on online purchase of components, will it be
>cheaper in any way.
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>I am looking forward to all your feedback.
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>Cheers
>Sridhar
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