1. Motherboard will depend on what type of ram you want to run. DDR or pc133. That will also determin what type or CPU to buy, if you want to run DDR you will need the DDR version of the 1ghz Tbird. For more refrence to CPU's please visit www.sharkyextreme.com for some in-depth info. For DDR i would suggest the asus A7VM and for pc133 i would suggest asus A7V. Both boards are top of the line in there respctive areas and both have ata100 controlers onboard. Dont buy form local shops, use pricewatch.com to find a good price on a board. 2. Right now you can get an OEM Geforce 2 GTS for 150$ (im going to get one soon for myself) from online resellers. On pricewatch.com you can locate a asus v770 pure (no tv out) for around that price, plus shipping of course. Many will argue to get the 32meg ddr radeon, but I have a prefrence for nvidia produts. Both are well supported in linux. 3. Best place to find a keyboard is in a dumpster :) But if your too old for such nonsence comp/bestbuy may be your best options unless you want to mail order a 10$ keyboard. As far as mice you need to figure out what you want and shop around on the net. With mice you will hardly find a deal online as most mail order shops sell mice retail, unless your lookin for some bargin bin POS mouse. You may wanna checkout the supercomputer sale this weekend. 4. Copyleft.net has some kickass raised Debian swirlie 1x1 stickers. Also if you buy your cpu in the retail box, it will come with an AMD 1x1 sticker and an extended warrenty. It will cost you a little more than an OEM cpu though. ...[Brian Riesgraf ...[Ghost Reactor Industries ...[irc.damnation.net #perkinz On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Peter Clark wrote: > I am in the process of slowly putting together my owm box. Right > now, I am waiting for my tax returns :) so that I have some spending > $$$ to build the box I've always wanted. But in the meantime, I would > like to ask a few questions. > 1. What would you recommend for a motherboard? I want to get an > Athlon 1000, so that narrows down things fast. Furthermore, I recall > hearing something last week about a bug with Abit? motherboards. OR was > it just the VIA chipset? I don't know, but I would like to avoid this > if possible. > 2. Same question regarding video cards. I don't need top of the > line...32 MB mem is fine. I'm not looking for 300 FPS in Quake 3, > either. I just want a card that is easily detectable under Linux, > commonly available, and won't cause grief because of buggy drivers. > 3. Any spots for buying keyboards and mice? Other than Best Buy and > CompUSA? I've gone over their inventory and haven't found much that I > like. A keyboard/mouse warehouse would be nice. :) > 4. Where can I get some cool computer badges? (Those are the little > 1x1 plastic-covered stickers that go on the front of a computer.) I > googled and found a couple of companies, but most are either overseas > or only sell in bulk. A badge with Tux would be a step in the right > direction, I think. > 5. Oh, yes, my price range for the system is going to be $800-$900, > excluding monitor. (I'll deal with that later--for now, I've got an > older one that will do.) > Thanks! > :Peter > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >