Success

[drjohnsn50]

I finally completed my Major computer overhaul. THanks to everyone for the advice. Here is the list of all that I have done to this computer and remember that I have never even opened up the case of a computer as of about 2 weeks ago.

Old Computer:
Intel EX motherboard
266 Celeron
64 MB pc-100 ram (the computers only saving grace)
NO graphics card
NO sound card
14 inch monitor
$5 dollar mouse
$3.00 keyboard
2 gb Hard drive
Win 95
Cheap Heatsink and fan

And NOW!!!!!
best heatsink and fan I could buy at my local store
Win 98
20.5 GB IBM 7200 Harddrive
Memorex Comfort keyboard
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
19' Generic Monitor ($175 New and looks good to me)
Creative SoundBlaster Card
V3 2000 Card (not overclocked yet)
64 MB pc-100 ram
Abit BE6-2 motherboard
433 Celeron@546 and stable as a rock (haven't tried higher)

SO as you can see I am stoked. I managed to hit the sales and got all this for about $850 including tax. I am a happy puppy. THanks again for the help, I had that stuid question about why my monitor wouldn't plug in, duh I didn't have a graphics card. Hey I learned.

Jared

[Maxout]

Great, glad it went so well for you! When you are ready, another 64mb of ram would really boost performance and there is no easier upgrade to do!

Enjoy

[This message has been edited by Maxout (edited 02-21-2000).]