New Computer

[Blades]

Motherboard - Microstar 694D Pro

CPU - Dual PIII 800's or more -- oc to over 1ghz

RAM - 512 PC133 RAM

Hard Drives - 2x 75 gig IBM hds

Monitor - Viewsonic G810 21" (from old comp)

DVD - Creative Labs 5X DVD (from old comp)..........????

Cd-Writer - Hewlett Packard CD-R 8x4x32 (from old comp)

Mouse - Intellimouse with intellieye

Keyboard - Belkin USB

USB Hub - any

Removable Storage - Zip/LS-120

SCSI Controller - Adaptec 2940UW SCSI

Network Card - NetGear FA310TX (already have)

Case - Inwin Q500A

Graphics Card - GeForce 2 or Geforce DDR (from old comp)........???

Sound Card - Sound Blaster Live Platinum (from old comp)

Speakers - JBls (from old comp) or Creative Labs DTT2500........???




I need all the reccomendations..

Thanx a lot!!! Its just a rough sketch..

 

[nitrousninja]

What are you doing with this thing?

 

[Mister T]

use windows notepad

 

[Sir Fredrick]

I like the Inwin Q500.
If you search around you can probably find the Adaptec 29160 for the same price as, or a fuzz more than the 2940UW, I think it's worth the few extra $$.

A zip or LS-120 seems pretty pointless with a CD burner. Of the two I'd probably go with an LS-120 because you can use that for your floppies, and since you can get a SCSI model, you can free up an extra IRQ too. And accessing floppies won't slow down your whole system anymore

 

[Blades]

Opps. forgot to add that i already have the zip and ls-120! Yes, i did use notepad.. This is gonna be my main workstation it will do anything from games to 3d apps to network administrating to network storage. I also already have teh adaptec card.
thanx a lot.. if you guys know what hotline is then - 24.216.217.101
a/a

 

[Howard]

I'm guessing this will be a workstation, or maybe a server... Do you have a price limit?

I don't know about the motherboard...

You had better make sure the processors are FC-PGA style, or else they won't fit in the motherboard.

You should get 512 (or more, the mobo supports up to 2GB) MB ECC PC133.

How about 2 Seagate Cheetah X15 18GBs? If you don't need that much hard drive space, you should consider striping them in RAID 0.

The should be ok, but I'm not sure whether or not it's perfectly flat. If you want another monitor, the Sony GDM-F500R is a great choice, although quite pricey.

The DVD should be fine for you.

Good choice for the mouse, for desktop applications this thing is almost unrivaled.

Not much to say about the keyboard.

If you want the Seagates, then you might consider getting an Ultra160 SCSI controller, otherwise, if you want to keep the 75 giggers, you don't need it, because they are ATA/100 HDs, which can be run at ATA/66, which the server supports.

The case is pretty good.

I'm not sure if you'd play games on this, but if you do, the cards would be a good choice. If not, I'd recommend the Matrox G400 for the amazing 2D quality.

Sound card is good.

The speakers are really your choice. Keep the JBLs if you are going just do 2d/3d apps, but if you are going to play, the DTT2500s are good, but I suggest the Klipsch ProMedia 400W v.2, or the Videologic Sirocco Crossfire, or for top-end, the Videologic DigiTheatre.

 

[Blades]

Thanks a lot yucky.. very much.. I like the mobo because it has built in ATA/100 IDE RAID. Doesn't that work out nicely!? Those hds will fly. And yes, i need all teh space i can get! Now if someone would just tell me why my iis is all screwy it would be great!. hehehe

 

[Blades]

Thanks a lot yucky.. very much.. I like the mobo because it has built in ATA/100 IDE RAID. Doesn't that work out nicely!? Those hds will fly. And yes, i need all teh space i can get! Now if someone would just tell me why my iis is all screwy it would be great!. hehehe