The updated system spec is in my latest post. :)

Intel CPU - Pentium IV 2.4GHz FSB533.
Westan Digital Hard Drive - 120JB, 7,200rpm, 8MB cache
Kingston 512MB PC3200 - DDR400 CAS 2.5 Asus Approved
Intel Mainboard - 865PERLL with LAN
Asus VGA - GeforceFX 5200 128M w/TV Out
Lite-on CD Re-Writer - 52x24x52 Kit.
Austin case - 9001W( White), Full size P4 300 ATX PS.
Hyundai Monitor - V770, 17" .27MM / 1280x1024.
NetComm Fax/Modem - 56K internal
Standard Keyboard
NetEasy 3D Mouse 3 Buttons with Wheel.
Auzcare Technical Professional Support - 2 Year Membership
Austin 2 Years Labour & 1 Year Parts RTB Warranty ( parts ).
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
480W Stereo speakers
Lite-on DVD 16x speed drive.

Everything is 1,500 Australian Dollar = 985.350 US Dollar

i desperately need your feedback guys. i am gonna buy this (or slightly modified) package within this week.
how is it? i modified the advertised package with better parts.
are they matching together?
any known issues that i haven't came across?

please discuss and help me. thanks for all who are replying! :)

seems all good to me, I just wish I had the money to buy me an uber computer like that one :) best of luck to you mcored

Enjoy,
~PCT

you probably could build one yourself for cheaper, but if you can't build one yourself, then it sounds like a good system to me.

I would agree with you adams73533. But he also is getting a monitor included in that package. If he were to remove the monitor, he would have saved himself about a 100 bucks... For the price he is getting on that package, it doesn't sound like such a bad deal.

Of course, like you said, it may have been cheaper to buy the parts and put it together yourself. But for the price he is getting, I would take up on it! :)

@ ~*McoreD*~,
Let us know how you make out with the system! :)

-SlickVic78

i shop the rebates at office supply stores so i can usually get monitors for pretty cheap. (envision 17" for about $30 after mail-in rebates).

but yea let us know what you decide.

You have already seen my reply in another forum. To add more to this, I did indeed test the performance between the Ti4200 and the FX 5200 and I have to say that the Ti4200 would be your best bet for a graphics card. The only advantage of buying a FX 5200 would be that it is DirectX 9 compatible. Other than that its performance is equivalent to that of a GeForce MX440.

thanks for all you replied! :)

with all your suggestions and mine, I:
Removed
NetComm Fax/Modem - 56K internal
480W Stereo speakers

Updated to
Intel CPU - Pentium IV 2.4GHz FSB800
Geforce 4 Ti4200 128M VIVO
Lite-on CD Re-Writer - 52x24x52x Kit
Austin case - 9001W( White), Full size P4 400W ATX PS

the latest spec is below. thanks for your ideas again! :)

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Intel CPU - Pentium IV 2.4GHz FSB800
Westan Digital Hard Drive - 120JB, 7,200rpm, 8MB cache
Kingston 512M PC3200 - DDR400 CAS 2.5 Asus Approved
Intel Mainboard - 865PERLL with LAN
Geforce 4 Ti4200 128M VIVO -- thanks Big POPPA Pump for testing!
Lite-on CD Re-Writer - 52x24x52x Kit
Austin case - 9001W( White), Full size P4 400Watts ATX PS
Hyundai Monitor - V770, 17" .27MM / 1280x1024
Standard Keyboard
NetEasy 3D Mouse 3 Buttons with Wheel
Auzcare Technical Professional Support - 2 Year Membership (???)
Austin 2 Years Labour & 1 Year Parts RTB Warranty ( parts )
Panasonic 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive
Lite-on DVD 16x speed drive
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please bare in mind that monitor, keyboard and mouse are crap. didn't want to spend much money on them for the moment.

i am also thinking to add this one? :)
Sound Blaster DE 5.1. any issues with that?
(i know Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX is out there, but no money. :D)

Can you tell us where you are getting the system from?

It looks really nice B)

http://www.austin.net.au/
You will be heartyly welcome to my home country. :)

nothing wrong with cheap mouse/keyboards. i never spend over $10 for a mouse or a keyboard.

$339 just for the CPU :o

What is the price of your complete system now ?

Looks really good

can i have one too?

one question, if you picked the parts yourself, why did you choose a gf fx4200? radeons are way better foo :)

Hm, checked the price
Welcome to Belgium

Nice system, (but I like AMD)

215? for cpu ;)

about 1150? for the whole system !

I am pretty unhappy with the new quotation. :(

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Intel CPU - P4 2.4GHz - 800FSB/Hyperthread
Westan Digital Hard Drive - 120JB, 7,200rpm, 8MB cache
Kingston 256M PC3200 - DDR400 CAS 2.5 Asus Approved
Intel Mainboard - 865PERLL with LAN
MSI VGA - 128M Ti4200 8X/ViVO/DVI
Lite-on CD Re-Writer - 52x24x52 Kit.
Enermax EG365P-VE (FMA) 350W PSU
Sony Monitor - CPDE230, 17"/ .24dpi .
Standard Keyboard
NetEasy 3D Mouse 3 Buttons with Wheel.
Lite-on DVD 16x speed drive.
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I think they haven't given me much discount this time after realising that I am capable of getting a Sony 17" FD Triniton monitor.

They have added $425! just for the changes I made after the first configuration! But when I replied them asking to itemise each item they ignored it. :(

... Run ~*McoreD*~! Run away or you'll be sorry. :(

McoreD,

Have you looked on ebay for any deal? I won a bid for this same system for $532.50 US dollars:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=2734261233

With shipping and money order fees it tacked on only another hundred bucks, though shipping to Oz might be a bit more it's still worth a shot ;)

:)

/JD

Another good way of doing it is shop for the best prices around the net get the quotations and etc. and then decide what you want then go to a shop show them the prices that you found for each item and then ask them if they can build it to match if not beat the cost of what you found. That way you get wht you want as well as know you havent been cheated. It may take a little more ttime than if you were to buy a prebuilt and customize but its worth it in the long run and for your pocket (no hidden on-board garbage).

Since you vid card has TV out usally you can pick up used 19" -25" TV's mega cheap I know that the picture quality is not the same butb Plasma screens will drop to around $100 bucks this x-mas. Then you can have the best of both worlds.
The same thing with DVD-Burners. Watch and see, But buy your RAM now I don't know as much about Intel Mobo's but I know that the sockect A Mobo, Your better to run (2) 256MB DDR of the the same brand is faster than one 512MB stick alone. Not sure if the same is true of the P4.