which of these to choose

[galaxyboy]

hii

planning to build a comp for my friend ,he wants to use it mainly for SAP and ORACLE database applications .no games ,light video.
help me choose from these :

cpu : athlon xp barton ,2500 or 2800 ? or how about 2800+ t'bred core
mobo : soltek sl-75mrn-L or MSI or asus (i think integrated graphics will do) ?
ram :corsair CMX512-2700C2PT or twin pack modules ?
hard disk :seagate st3120026A 120GB or western digital wd1200jb ?

thats it !

i am particularly concerned about mobo.

 

[Gravity]

Originally posted by: galaxyboy
hii

planning to build a comp for my friend ,he wants to use it mainly for SAP and ORACLE database applications .no games ,light video.
help me choose from these :

cpu : athlon xp barton ,2500 or 2800 ? or how about 2800+ t'bred core
mobo : soltek sl-75mrn-L or MSI or asus (i think integrated graphics will do) ?
ram :corsair CMX512-2700C2PT or twin pack modules ?
hard disk :seagate st3120026A 120GB or western digital wd1200jb ?q]

Statistically, most peeps on this forum have AMD processors and ASUS mb's. I have a gigabyte GA-7vaxp Ultra which has all the bells and whistles, inlcuding SATA and raid configurations and firewire/usb 2.0. MOtherboards.org calls it the best board out there.

Integrated graphics scare me. I'm sure it might be fine but why not drop $60-80 on a decent 128 mb AGP card in case the guy wants to fire up some 3d or get's a bootleg copy of maya? The cost is nominal and the output is soooo much better. Your hard disk choices are very good, unless you want to invest in a pair of raptors (SATA), either of the two you list will do very well in that system. I've heard differing opinions about the corsair ram and despite having it myself, I'm probably switching to some of the more popular offbrands for the next build.

Finally, the Barton 2500 is your best buy and if you have more $$ to play with, increase your ram accordingly.

Hope this helps,

Gravity

 

[conjur]

At least go SATA with hardware raid. Or, go all out for the SCSI for the disk performance.

If it's going to be a database server and running SAP, hardware RAID would be a requirement, in my book.

 

[galaxyboy]

Originally posted by: conjur
At least go SATA with hardware raid. Or, go all out for the SCSI for the disk performance.

If it's going to be a database server and running SAP, hardware RAID would be a requirement, in my book.

hi

can u suggest me a good mobo which has SATA .i will spend max 100$ for mobo including graphics .
how is soltek mobo SL-75MRN-L this has inbuilt graphics .i searched KINGSTON MEMORY WEBSITE for menory supporting this mobo but they dont have soltek in there list .

KINGSTON HyperX Series 184-pin 512MB DDR333 (PC2700) 64X64 DDR RAM
Model# KHX2700/512 - is this ram ok and does it support soltek mobo?

ok thanx in advance

 

[conjur]

I'm not up on the latest hardware...but something like the Abit NF7-S

Have you read in the Motherboards forum here? Here's a thread dedicated to that board.