Author: Matt Taylor
Date: 17:06:42 12/03/02
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On December 02, 2002 at 16:04:40, Aaron Gordon wrote: >On December 02, 2002 at 13:52:46, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>I don't like this Dual 2200+ MP at all, but it is cheaply built. >> >>http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=V133-2420%20B > >www.pricewatch.com is the best bet. Be sure to look up each vendor on >www.resellerratings.com to be absolutely sure you're not getting something from >a bad company. If something is $5 more with one company and has an 8.0 rating vs >another company with a 3.0 rating it would be wise to go ahead with the $5 loss. >In the long run it may save you time & grief. > >Also take a look at this motherboard review. It's the iWill MPX2 and it's >extremely nice. >http://www.burningissues.net/hard/iwill/ I have a Dual AthlonMP on a Tyan TigerMPX and also on the Iwill MPX2 board. If he likes to tweak his settings, the Iwill is definitely better since I have virtually no control over my settings on the Tyan board. The Iwill board is quirky, though, as it seems to take anywhere from 6-10 seconds to power up video in POST. Overall, however, I have been satisfied with both boards. The one thing to be careful about with the TigerMPX is getting the 2 Mbit BIOS board. I can't use my USB ports. They shipped a USB 1.1 controller with the board to compensate, but that ties up a PCI slot that I would prefer remained free. The 4 Mbit BIOS board has working USB ports on-board. Just matching up the system described in that link with my own, it seems a tad expensive. My specs match or beat it in all but processor speed and raw ATA storage (though I do have a better RAID card), and when I purchased the components, it cost me about $1,500. -Matt
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