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<blockquote data-quote="Darth K'Trava" data-source="post: 1673340" data-attributes="member: 20587">Fenlock:You can get a Radeon 9200 128MB card from Best Buy for around $100.Get a case with at least 4 5.25&quot; bays, 2 open 3.5&quot; bays (for your zip drive, floppy drive) and 2 internal 3.5&quot; bays for your hard drives. Get at least a 350W power supply. You don't have to spend booku bucks on the case, just make sure you have a good power supply.DVD drives run abt $100 or just under at Best Buy. And you can also burn regular CDs with them. DVD burners cost a bundle of money.Speakers: optional if you have your stereo nearby. Mine's plugged into my stereo.Monitors: shop around. You can get a 17&quot; CRT (standard) monitor for between $100-130 nowadays. This is big enough for most things unless you like bigger monitors but remember, these things are HEAVY!!! Unless you can afford a flat-screen but they only run optimal at one set resolution.Go on ebay and look for processor/motherboard combo packages. They're cheaper than buying the processor and motherboard separately. I got my Athlon 2700 and an ASUS motherboard for less than $200. Make sure the motherboard has 4-5 PCI slots, one AGP slot 8x speed (for your videocard).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Darth K'Trava, post: 1673340, member: 20587"] Fenlock: You can get a Radeon 9200 128MB card from Best Buy for around $100. Get a case with at least 4 5.25" bays, 2 open 3.5" bays (for your zip drive, floppy drive) and 2 internal 3.5" bays for your hard drives. Get at least a 350W power supply. You don't have to spend booku bucks on the case, just make sure you have a good power supply. DVD drives run abt $100 or just under at Best Buy. And you can also burn regular CDs with them. DVD burners cost a bundle of money. Speakers: optional if you have your stereo nearby. Mine's plugged into my stereo. Monitors: shop around. You can get a 17" CRT (standard) monitor for between $100-130 nowadays. This is big enough for most things unless you like bigger monitors but remember, these things are HEAVY!!! Unless you can afford a flat-screen but they only run optimal at one set resolution. Go on ebay and look for processor/motherboard combo packages. They're cheaper than buying the processor and motherboard separately. I got my Athlon 2700 and an ASUS motherboard for less than $200. Make sure the motherboard has 4-5 PCI slots, one AGP slot 8x speed (for your videocard). [/QUOTE]

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