Building an office system what do you think?

[RawHotSauce]

I just wanted to get some opinions before i start ordering; the system and prices are as follows:

AMD "Thunderbird" Athlon 800MHz--$280.00

ASUS A7V KT-133--$176.00

Matrox G400 32MB AGP Dual Head OEM--$175.00

IBM Deskstar 75GXP 20GB--$170.00

Infineon PC133 256MB CAS2 SDRAM--$358.00

Microsoft Intellimouse USB OEM--$20.00

Microsoft Internet Keyboard PS/2--$33.00

Linksys Etherfast 10/100 Network Card--$38.00

Viewsonic VP150 15in flatscreen--$800.00

Fong Kai FK-320ATX Mid Tower ATX--$120

Cambridge SoundWorks Digital--$100(anyone know
where i can get these?)

Pioneer DVD slotload 6x--$90(know where i can get one of these also?)

SB Live mp3/x-gamer--$50(anyone got one for sale?)

Total: $2410.00

This is for a soho machine

Any suggestions?😀

 

[claw]

Office system my a--... What do you do at work? Quake? 😀

 

[Kyle]

Lol...thinkin the same thing =)

 

[NOX]

LOL...me too. I was about to say nice kick a** office gaming system you got there! 😀

 

[RawHotSauce]

So i'm going high quality give me a break🙂 Any suggestions?

 

[NOX]

Nothing wrong with that, notice "soho" (some gaming...LOL). You should buy new on the SBLive X-Gamer or SBLive MP3+, WARRANTY. I'm sure if you look hard enough you maybe able to find a 800MHz Skt-A for $250 (OEM).

Here is one for $266: http://www.esctechnologies.com/cgi-bin/SoftCart.exe/esc/product/prcamd.htm?E+esc

 

[KarlHungus]

Perhaps pick up a Promise FastTrak RAID controller, and 2 75GXPs instead of just 1, and do a RAID 0 setup.

Also, you could consider getting a digital flat panel, and get the DVI add-on for the G400.

Damn impressive system!

 

[Ulysses]

Here's a great tip for a true office machine, since you have that Matrox Dual Head - install a second monitor, preferably identical to the first. You won't believe how great it is to use duals until you've tried it - you'll never want to go back.

See http://www.zdnet.com/zdhelp/stories/main/0,5594,2392251,00.html

 

[RawHotSauce]

I'm pretty much at the limit of my budget so am kinda looking for same price or cheaper preferably🙂

 

[Mday]

you better go with a ps2 mouse for the office.

 

[Mday]

aw, come on, LCD... what are you trying to do, show off...

 

[TheyCallMeSAK]

I dunno why you think he should do a RAID set up. Only 2 IDEs don't require it. Have you considered a Maxtor DM+40 or something if you need more space. The price on those are ~$220 a piece. I have 2 in this system and am quite happy. I only use them for storage though. SCSI works better anyhow 😛

P.S.- I have a Matrox Millenium G400 MAX that I have only used since last November or December. The card is great and working perfectly. I wanted to stick a TNT2 in this sys, build another sys with 4X AGP and go for a GeForce2.

 

[TheyCallMeSAK]

Hmm. Athlon@work? Hope it is as stable as a Pentium based board.

 

[bigshooter]

Why would you want to go with a 15" LCD? What's the price on that? You could probably get two decent 19" for that and acutally use that dualhead feature. I just bought a Viewsonic PF790 to go with my GS790 and it's great. I had a Viewsonic LCD I bought from Best Buy, just so I could try it out and then return it, and it sucked. Ghosting wasn't horrible, but noticable and I didn't really like playing games on it either.

 

[Rankor]

I think you be playin' games and Matrix' Lobby scene in small program windows while working on that presentation proposal or spreadsheet on annual equivalent on a future project 😉.

BTW. Nice...

"Matrox G400 32MB AGP Dual Head OEM--$175.00"

I would look into getting the Matrox G400 MAX for about the same price. Shop around.

 

[TheyCallMeSAK]

Bump^^. Raw, where did you go. Check your own thread at least!! I still got that Matrox G400 Max for you, if it interests you.

 

[RawHotSauce]

TheyCallMeSAK, send me an e-mail and we can talk it over? i am interested in ur video card