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Greetings Mark,
Did some research and here's what I'd get for myself :)
My fellow hardware freaks have given www.newegg.com a good reputation
and they're pretty cheap. No affiliation, etc..
AMD XP chip
Matrox G450 32MB - $79
Western Digital 100GB 7200RPM - $202
AOpen 52X CD-ROM - $26
Mitsumi 1.44MB FDD - $9
Enlight 7237 /w 300W PSU - $47
comments: imho, matrox makes on of the greatest 2-d cards. i use to
have a dual head 32mb g400 and the sharpness was unparallel. i
haven't had experience with the g450 but i am pretty sure it has
great sharpness as well. 3-d is quite good as well on my g400 since
i played some games with it :)
enlight cases are sturdy, easy to built and are relatively
inexpensive.
hard drives: if you can, try to opt for a hard drive that is ata100
and to make sure the motherboard (most if not all new boards) supports
ata100.
cpu: get the fastest amd xp chip your budget allows for and the
motherboard is of course contingent on whether to go with ddr or sd
ram.
i can send more info on the two motherboards of choice (sdram/ddram)
if needed but i'm still doing some research on this. should have it
by tonight though.
Wednesday, December 26, 2001, 2:04:17 PM, you wrote:
MB> Hello Omega-List,
MB> ok hardware freaks i have bought some heavy duty big corporate name
MB> brand computers to expand my network next year. now i want to play
MB> penny pincher and get me a couple of really bare bones play toys.
MB> something that will make a huge spreadsheet, and handle huge graphics,
MB> word doc's and html creations.
MB> i am thinking of the absolute cheapest fastest bang for the buck.
MB> using mostly www.pricewatch.com as a guide.
MB> thinking of a athlon 1.4 t bird or a 1.9 athlon xp
MB> undecided if the ddr ram is worth twice the price of sdram?
MB> it has a direct bearing on the motherboard i choose.
MB> an each unit has to have one of those 100 gig ata 100 hard drives.
MB> 10/100 nic and a cheap cd rom, good but cheap video card, and a case
MB> with approved power supply.
MB> shooting for around 600? no os of course, or software ect.
MB> --
MB> Have Great Day, Mark Brown
MB> °¨¨°şİ[ WWW.MARKBROWN.COM ]İş°¨¨°
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Wishing You Happiness,
Tai Nguyen mailto:csuslistproc@xxxxxxxxx
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