Author: gerold daniels
Date: 20:32:31 01/12/05
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On January 12, 2005 at 21:10:17, Eran Karu wrote: >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 thanks eran for the infor.i will check them out. you may need 450watt or better maybe 500watt. good luck, gerold.
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