good place to buy barebone parts

i know of pricewatch.. nextags, i dont like too much.

im planning on building a computer in the next week or so, this time i'll actually be getting it, graduation present mainly for gaming. 2.5-3.0 mhz and 533 fsb. anyone know of good motherboard manufactor? should i go with athlon or pentium? NO OVERCLOCKING. yea that's about it. can anyone give me any ideas on what to get?

 

I use www.newegg.com to get all my online stuff.
Take a look at the Cheiftek, Antec and Chenming cases.
Make sure you have a about a 400 -450watt PS. Maybe a bit large, but they handle the load easier and provide for future additions in the case.

Mobos, I say ASUS as I never had a lick of problems with them.

Gaming, then you may want to start with a GF4 Ti4200 64Mb minimum for a video card. A comparison chart is here at tomshardware So you can see where what card sits where on the chart.

LiteOn is the brand of cdrom and cdrws that I use.
Get rounded ribbons as they are easier to tuck out of the airflow path. Be sure to have a fan(s) low and in the front blowing in and fan(s) high, near the ps, blowing out in the rear.
Good luck and a easy build. By the way the cases I listed are bloodless.

 

Look around here:

http://www.pcfactoryoutlet.com

 

If this is your first build, I recommend the Intel D845GEBV2L motherboard. It is easy to set up,, comes with onboard video that’s quite good. It also has onboard sound and LAN. You can upgrade by adding a video card later if you get heavy into gaming.

Newegg is good, so is Fry’s if there’s one where you live. Throw in a 2.4ghz Intel P4 CPU, a 512MB stick of PC2700 RAM from Curtail or Kingston, a 80GB Western Digital HDD.

LiteOn drives are good.