This setup cost only $246 , and the performance should be great Thanks AMD, keep up the good work.

I have a mid-tower case with 230watts PSU. Then I will need to add the shipping, new Case/PSU/CPU shim and additional fans. The total cost of ownership is more like $370 for me.

Also this configuration is too hot for me (no joking). I live in South America and the room temperature is 38 Celsius, it is good to go to the beach but when you play games ...

The other configuration I was thinking was:
- 1.2GHz Athlon MP (Palomino core, "only" 50 watts) ($160)
-Thermaltake Golden ORB3 ($20)
-100% non conductive shim ($10)
-Abit KG7-Lite ($120)
-256MB PC2100 ($30)

Maybe my PSU will survive and the total cost will be $380.

Athlon MP
Pros: probably cheaper, 10% faster, maybe better upgrade by 3Q´02.

Tualatin
Pros: quieter, cooler, probably more stable

Dont you think we are living in an exciting time with all this CPU war?

[ September 20, 2001 09:04 PM: Last edited by xvr ]