Author: Eran Karu
Date: 18:10:17 01/12/05
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Gerold, Here is a list of components I think that are best for me. I have done research thoroughly by reading many articles in the Tom's Hardware Guide, PC magazine, Anandtech, AMD, various forums and more. Processor: AMD ATHLON_64_3500-939-BOX 90nm Winchester core [Higher end cpu are very expensive and do not have 90nm Winchester yet.] Motherboard: MSI K8N NEO2 PLATINUM (7025) - nForce3 250 (or nVidia nForce3 Ultra) 939 Chipset - ATX - 5*PCI - Gigabit LAN - Dual channel DDR 400 - SATA, 1394, Sound, RAID [The mainboard is excellent for multimedia, including 3D games. For more info about it click below: http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8N_Neo2_Platinum&class=mb] Memory chip: Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2 - 1024MB (1GB) (2*512MB) PC-3200 400Mhz DDR - CAS 2-3-3-6 T1 - Twinx package of XMS memories for 100% competability of Dual channel memories [AMD and Corsair recommend both memory chips and motherboard and they work fine with each other. Also, the memory chips, 2.5-3-3-6 for AMD, are good low latency. Very low latency memory chips such 2-2-2-5 are quite expensive and run best with heavy multitasking.] Case: XASER-3-V1000A - Thermaltake Xaser 3 V1000A\Record and adjust pre-setting Temp.\Temp. Alarm Function\°C / °F display switch\4 channel adjustable fan speed knob\Thermaltake elegant E-LED blue light in front panel\All aluminum front panel\Two-way lock in front panel\2 USB2.0 and IEEE 1394 firewire\Mic x 1 and Speaker x 1\Power supply is not included with the case Power Supply: TT-W0008RI - Thermaltake - Silent Purepower 420W (W0008) - Active PFC [I think 420W is sufficient even if a computer has high end graphic card.] Hard drive: 6Y200M0 - Maxtor 200 GB 7200 RPM SATA 8MB Cache - DiamondMax Plus 9 family [Maxtor is better and faster than Western Digital.] Diskette Drive: FD235HF - TEAC FLOPPY DISK DRIVE 3.5 1.44 DVD: NEC ND-3500A - *16 DVD writer DVD-+RW - DVD-+R - Dual Layer OEM (Recommend to use Nero 6.3 or above of the burning software) [I learned that some members from other forums wrote that they are satisfied with NEC DVD device.] Video Card: Albatron AGP6600GT - 128 MB DDR3 AGP *8 - GeForce FX 6600GT - DVI - TV OUT - Retail CRT Monitor: Viewsonic G90F-B - 19 FLAT 0.21 1920x1440 (1280X1024 89HZ) TCO99 [I prefer 19" CRT monitor, because I am still not satisfied with LCD. LCD have never been as good as CRT monitor, they have some advantages and disadvantages though. However, if you use your computer for playing two dimension chess board, writing letters with Word, surfing the Internet and the like, then LCD is okay for you.] Modem: Creative ModemBlaster - 56.6k PCI modem Blaster - Soft modem - voice answering machine V.90 Keyboad & mouse device: S51-00001 - Microsoft® Wireless Optical Desktop Elite - Wireless Keyboard and Wireless Optical mouse - Retail kit Operating System: Microsoft EN-E85-00993-WINXPPRO - WINDOWS XP PRO OEM - ENGLISH Hope that above won't make bottle necks. Perhaps K8T800Pro chipset runs a little better bandwidth than nVidia nForce3 but I am not sure. Take care, Eran Karu
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