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Re: WAY OT: Some advice from the Nerds in the group:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:45:55 -0400, Stuart Krivis wrote:
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> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:14:13 GMT, " dbu." <howard@dynoisadork.com>
> wrote:
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>>> THe only other choice is an ASUS MB with an Intel Pentium D, 800MHz FSB
>>> and 2.8GHz. This option would run about $200 or so.[/color][/color]
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> The Pentium D really isn't that good, and it runs really hot like
> other Netburst CPUs from what I've been told.
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> You're better off with an AMD CPU at the present time. (This will
> probably change as the Core 2 Duo chips come out.)[/color]
I've had an AMD 386/40; first machine I built, then an Intel 486DX33
clocked up to 50MHz, and then an AMD k6 400 clocked up to 450MHz (ran the
damn thing for 7 years! The only reason I built a new one was because the
KB connector went south. If I put a USB KB in it it would live again!)
Then I built my AMD Athlon XP 3 years ago, with Kingston HyperX RAM,
PC3500, clocked to 217MHz. Runs well and is plenty fast, but the SOYO MoBo
it a PITA. I ran the HyperX at 217MHz (433MHZ) and the CPU at 2.08GHz, and
it ran fine on Linux or W2K until I loaded XP, then started crashing. I
can run Linux Full Bore, but XP doesn't like the speed!
The Intel chips are finally starting to outrun the AMDs after a long time
of AMD Dominance.
Basicall, I'm running from the MoBo, and right now, Intel seems to have
the Hot Setups for under $500.
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>>> If you guys were building a new system, and money WERE an object, what
>>> would you buy?
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>>> (Hey, Wicked Doll, don't get overcome by the geekery, 'K? ;)[/color]
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>>Now days I wouldn't bother building a computer with component parts.
>>You can buy them all ready to go for very little. Example, I purchased
>>an XP machine, AMD3100 w. 40 meg HD, memory, a decent video card and XP
>>home edition and it all came to $200 after I got my rebate back. This
>>summer I picked up a nice 17 inch LCD display and after my rebate comes
>>in I'll have $140 in it. If you have a Micro-Center near they have
>>these deal all the time and also have a bunch of mother boards if you
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> There are even better deals out there.
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> [url]http://www.k-ossystems.com/cgi-bin/kart/index.php?p=productsMore&iProduct=30[/url][/color]
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