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Re: [PLUG] please comment on my new computer specs
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On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:45:07AM -0400, William Shank wrote:
: asus a7m266 motherboard, newegg.com, $172
: athlon 1.33ghz, 266mhz bus cpu, newegg.com, $135
I just tend to stay away from the Athlons.. They're very picky about
power supplies. With P-III's in the same ballpark, I don't see the need...
Go ape, get an Abit VP6 and a pair of P-III's to go on it...
: sblive value sound card, newegg.com, $40
: 2x 256mb ddr ram, crucial.com, $49.95 each
Great.
: pc power & cooling 350w ps, pcpowercooling.com, $96.75
A little overkill. How much stuff do you plan to run off of this power
supply?
: Lian-Li pc12 black case, thinkgeek.com, $174.99
Sharp looking case, but a little pricey for my tastes. I prefer to get
cases from InWin. About 1/3 of that price for a nice case. AND it comes
with a 250W ps.
: MC370-BLA Heatsink + 38cfm fan, crazypc.com, $41.98
I've had great success with the Thermaltake Golden Orbs, and they only run
about $12 each..
: Going to use existing voodoo 3 3k video card for now. Not worrying
: about
: cdrom yet. Have keyboard & mouse & monitor & hard drive & network card.
That video card will get you decent X performance for today.. I'd think
about a GF2 Ultra or GF3 for the future though. Forget CD-ROM, DVD-ROM
isn't much more, and is more flexible. Don't forget a nice CD-RW.
If you need more disk, I've grown quite fond of the IBM drives, particularly
the ATA/100 7200 RPM drives.
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Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
My account, My opinions.
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