Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 21:34:02 07/30/01
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On July 30, 2001 at 22:09:28, Slater Wold wrote: >On July 30, 2001 at 20:56:55, K. Burcham wrote: > >> >> >>here is a system being sold on the internet. >>i put this together at their site as a tower only. >> >>this badfast system should hit about 1625 kns, (fritzmark). >> >>of course these guys are using the sub 0 kyro tech frosty >> on the processor to get this. all the hardware looks >> well engineered. this thing should play a mean game >> of chess. i just dont like the idea of my freezer inside >> of my pc case. air cooled dual 1600 palominos, sound >> better to me. >> >> >> >> >> >>Base Price $3608 >>Options Price - $477 >>Unit Price $3131 >>Quantity 1 >>Total $3131 >> >>Processor AMD™ Athlon™ processor with 266MHz FSB, thermally accelerated to >>1.86GHz (1866MHz) >>System Caches 128K L1 and 256K, on-die, full-speed L2 >>Motherboard Gigabyte GA-7DX (v.3.0 or higher) -- AMD-761 Northbridge and VIA >>686B Southbridge (chipset); integrated FDD and dual-channel UDMA/100 HDD >>controller; 2 serial, 1 parallel, 4 USB ports (2 via header option); max 2.0GB >>PC2100 DDR SDRAM in 2 DIMM sockets; 1 AGP and 5 PCI slots; ATX form factor; >>includes (but not installed) Norton AntiVirus 2001 (OEM) and Norton Personal >>Firewall 2001 (OEM) >>Memory 512MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM, 2x256 (266MHz FSB) [+ $53] >>Hard Drive & Hard Drive Controller 40.0GB IBM, 7200 rpm, ATA/100 [base] >>Floppy Drive Teac 1.44MB, 3.5" >>Video ATI All-in-Wonder 128 Pro, 16MB, with TV-out, AGP [- $229] >>Monitor None [- $305] >>CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD 50X Asus CD-ROM, ATAPI [base] >>Sound Creative Labs Sound Blaster Live! X-Gamer 5.1, PCI [+ $101] >>Speakers None [- $90] >>Chassis/Power Supply KryoTech cooling subsystem (SuperG2); (4) 5.25'' bays, (3) >>3.5'' bays; 350W AMD-approved power supply >>Keyboard SYS Windows 98, PS/2 [base] >>Mouse Microsoft IntelliMouse, PS/2 [base] >>Modem None [- $67] >>Network Intel PRO/100 S, 10/100, 3DES, PCI [+ $60] >>Operating System Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition [base] >>Other Options None >>Technical Support & Onsite Service First year 24/7 technical support (800#); >>first year onsite service >>Warranty The system is backed by a limited six year warranty on memory, five >>years on labor, and three years on parts (excluding KryoTech-supplied >>components). There is a one year limited warranty for parts and labor on the >>KryoTech-supplied components (CPU, chassis, power supply, motherboard and >>cooling subsystem). >$3100 is a tad steep. And the KyroTech stuff is junk. I agree, I bought the first 1GHz that came out and it went bad, then I got a replacement sent, guess what? That one went bad too, I sent it back and got a complete refund, their design is flawed and with chip speeds rising they'll NEVER carry an advantage > >BTW, this system Fritzmark's 1957 nps with 128MB hash on Deep Fritz. > > >Slate > >PS I know the PGN is a tad confusing, I disco'ed during the game, and 232 >continued.
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