return of budget build?

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no one

Back to run this by you,
the mother board Mac cool found
http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=217
a celeron 2.4 ghz 400 mhz fbs,(would have liked 533 mhz
but could not use Prescott)
mid ATX tower+ 485 watt psu
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=524878&sku=B452-1105
my old pny technologies video card
old sdram (256 meg + 128 meg)
two 20 gig hard drives
HP CD-Writer+ 9500b [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")
Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64D
++++++++++++++++++++++++
would I be better off with win98se or
xp pro?
???????????????????????????????
what would you use the last $100
for?,better cooling fan, memory,case fans...
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comes in about $200 usd
thinking aout that converter and cpu
http://www.upgradeware.com/english/product/slott/compatibility.htm
may be good for kids room...
 
J

John McGaw

no one said:
Back to run this by you,
the mother board Mac cool found
http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=217
a celeron 2.4 ghz 400 mhz fbs,(would have liked 533 mhz
but could not use Prescott)
mid ATX tower+ 485 watt psu
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=524878&sku=B452-1105
my old pny technologies video card
old sdram (256 meg + 128 meg)
two 20 gig hard drives
HP CD-Writer+ 9500b [CD-ROM drive]
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")
Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64D
++++++++++++++++++++++++
would I be better off with win98se or
xp pro?
???????????????????????????????
what would you use the last $100
for?,better cooling fan, memory,case fans...
========================
comes in about $200 usd
thinking aout that converter and cpu
http://www.upgradeware.com/english/product/slott/compatibility.htm
may be good for kids room...
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I'd skip the generic floppy and use a Mitsumi combination floppy/flash drive
instead. Not terribly expensive but probably far more useful as floppies
become more rare and flash cards become more common.
http://www.mitsumi.com/products/fa402amain.html And you might consider
scrapping the CD and going to a DV+-RW drive now that you can buy one for
around $50 -- maybe even less if you look around. This isn't a no-name
either but a Toshiba
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1003370&CatId=89
Being able to backup data to a 4.7gB RW disc is quite useful as I've
discovered lately. And more memory never hurt and anything <512K seems a bit
tight for modern applications.
 
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