Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 07:57:36 06/15/02
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On June 15, 2002 at 09:58:23, Slater Wold wrote: >On June 15, 2002 at 09:00:08, Russell Reagan wrote: > >>On June 15, 2002 at 01:04:05, Slater Wold wrote: >> >>>How did you come up with $500?! >> >>All prices from www.pricewatch.com >> >>Athlon XP 1800: $87 x 2 = $174 >>Athlon XP Motherboard w/ dual cpu support: $80 >>PC2100 DDR 512MB: $74 x 2 = $148 >>60 GB EIDE Hard drive: $67 >> >>Now we're up to $469, and when you add in a case, power supply, cd-rom, floppy >>disk drive, and any other basics, it's going to be around $500 (probably a >>little more). >> >>So I'm wondering if there's anything I'm missing, because I've seen people >>getting figures like yours and I don't know why. >> >>Russell > >Um, you're quoting XP CPUs. You need MP CPUs. Ask Vince or Jonas what happens >when you use XPs. > >And what Athlon MP mobo is is $80?! > >And that's not REGISTERED memory. ALL Athlon MP mobo's MUST have registered >memory. And a 400watt powersupply (about $80-90), case with sufficient cooling possibilities, and the other stuff would get you at least $200-250 more. Richard.
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