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ewiz shipped motherboard, cpu, ram. Arrived today. s

Mercutio: You may have an excellent point. I do tend to use some pretty archaic hardware, such as an ATTO dual channel card, 2906 Adaptec, with a bunch of scsi drives, and chances of those ever having 64 bit drivers is probably pretty slim. I have an uninstalled copy of 2000 pro laying around...

"AMD Athlon 64 processor 3000+* (1.8GHz) 939-pin OEM A643000939 " Well, this one, to be percise... I gather IA64 is the Intel stuff etc.? s

Hi Just dawned on me: Does the 64 bit processor need a 64 bit version of XP? Thanks Greg

Thanks David. That does seem to be the top rated, quiet, PS, but, it's 100 bucks from newegg. Would be nice to find a bundle with that and a nice quiet case together... s

Shameless bump... :wink:

Forgot to ask: Does anyone have any idea what silent, fanless power supply i should buy for this rig, and a very quiet case? Thanks Greg

Yes it is. With the P550 in it, it's a very nice office machine, but, it's on the border for the specs required for the NEC DVD player, processor speedwise. Also, the AGP slot won't take the P650 I'd like to put in it. I think we've had it something like 7 years, and it's on constantly. I'll...

Actually, I just picked up: Gigabyte K8nsc 79 bucks, Amd 3000+ for 133. and Talent pc 3200 memory 1 gig, 87. plus a Swiftech MCX6400-v and Vantec Sp922 for 66 bucks. around 366, and now all I need is a case, and silent power supply. Then, we are rocking... Despite others comments, I do...

By the way, so many people have mentioned the quality of the NEC DVD players that I bought 4 of em. 3 internal are going into various boxes, and the external I'm using currently, a MadDog/Costco steal. thanks all for the suggestions, and, keeping me away from Plextor. s

OK OK the Gigabyte Nforce 4 boards 939 boards generally start at 130. Keep in mind that old is not always slower, or worse. I'll be happy to put an 18 Gig old 15.3 Segate Cheetah as a boot drive, up against just about anything. For a desktop that is used for mild gaming, and school work...

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-K8NSU93 http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-K8NSU93 That looks pretty good, and, I could use an AGP card, Matrox P650, along with all my scsi stuff, buy an LSI card and boot from it, and, it wouldn't break the bank... s

Tannin: Point taken. However, this is the kind of stuff I see around: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128283#DetailSpecs Time Is Running Out! Shipping Specials End 5/31/05 GIGABYTE GA-K8N Ultra-9 Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail Model #...

PS: Is it just me, or do the sound systems not have enough juice to really drive the current speakers, or is it just me? Headphones have been my answer... s

Hmmm: Now you know why I haven't exactly jumped on the Athlon processor boat, again. Not only are the features questionable, the pricing is pretty high. I can't help but feel the only real price value is around the 120-160 dollar price range, and then I don't get what I really want. I also...

Considering some of the abuse some of my drives have suffered, with power blackouts etc. and the length of service, and only one DOA, I have no complaints with Segate at all. They have supported their products very well, also. s

"Seagate is on top of my list now because of their warranty and the price I get from our vender. But it's still a crap shoot." I really think you nailed it on this one. I go after Seagate scsi, and, refurbished drives. I figure a scsi drive that's been checked by the maker is a pretty good...

Hmmm. Recently had a chance to watch a Athlon 3500+ with about the same video card, and it did move pretty well. Recently bought a switch, and that has increased internet browsing speed a bit. Noticeable, actually, and I didn't think it would be. Use a 16 port at work, and, with a 250 k...

Gf stayed out Saturday night, didn't tell me why? Came home Monday morning with great story, and hurt leg. In retro, sequence is exactly something she would do. Meet new people, go racing, next day, screw up leg in bay to breakers. s

How do you generate those stats? s

May have solved the problem. Kick the girl out... s

I have a good case that I can easily wheel the 'laptop' around in. See how it works... s

Pradeep: that might be a great idea, then I could attach reciepts etc. to each page, and keep them in an orderly fashion, rather then doing forensic science at the end of the year. Greg

Well, I'm addicted to computers, and I just don't do the write the stuff down. Tried it already, and, tried using the palmpilot. Besides, it would give a reason to use an aging laptop (CF-37) 366 ghz that's pretty much too slow even for email, and trendmicro. s

fOR 1200, works for me. Keep in mind, the CF-37 was 2gs, really 4, but on sale. s PS I need a laptop for the bar, and, if the screen and keyboard work, the processor, and ram, should be fine... s s

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for 1200, I couldn't stop myself... s

I have Palm Pilot 4. something, but I was wondering if someone had a better solution? s

Hi Anyone have an idea for a software solution for tax records? I'm looking for a mileage/expense setup that is going to require a bunch of different columns. Any ideas? I'm thinking of using an old laptop in the car, since I suck using Palm pilot, etc. and entering the data ASAP, in...

ATI 700XL and 800XL both came with converters to allow connecting regular monitors, as does the P650. gs

How about this board? http://www.xpcgear.com/gak8nsc939.html http://www.xpcgear.com/gak8nsc939.html gs

Looking for an AGP motherboard, 8x, so I can use the Matrox p650, and the dual monitors. Also, I thought the Athlon 3200+ was the best value of the new processors, due to something that I can't remember? :lol: I like the ram prices. Still looking... s

Points sort of taken. I guess it's because I use my Athlon 1.4ghz at school, and I'm sort of reminded that I didn't really get great value for my money. The Asus 266A7M is ok, but kind of over priced. Also, I can't do the kind of multi-tasking that a dual machine allows. When a 2.8ghz...

Splash: I was thinking of either this one: Asus NCCH-DL Intel 82875P Chipset 800MHz FSB Dual Channel DDR400 Dual Xeon / Nocona ATX Server Motherboard with AGP 8X, SATA, GbLAN, USB 2.0, IEEE1394 Firewire, PCI-X (Retail) Regular price: $244.99 Your price: $209.99 The Asus uses Memory...

Hi Splash: "The girls' computer" is the name given the Dell by my other half. You have some good points. I did find a box for 30 bucks with a 420 Watt power supply. I might combine that with an Asus, dual Xeon motherboard that does uses cheaper ram, and is on sale for 200 bucks. That, along...

Sorry the link doesn't work, but the specs and the case are correct. s

Hi The 400mhz P2 girls computer is getting long in the tooth. It's a Dell XPS 400, and, that's border line for a DVD player, without the SLI they used. I need a 8x AGP slot, and, a barebones system. I'm looking for a Supermicro, or Tyan solution, since reliability, and longevity are most...

DD: Do you still have the UT2004 server going? s

Update: Radeon 800XL helps a LOT :excl: How do you do the fps test using the quake 3 demO? Thanks all

Well: If anyone want to send me one: santilli@pacbell.net. Thanks gs

Reliable raid in ATA? Is there such a thing, and, if so what's it good for and what components do you use? s PS Standard is 5 year warranty on drives.

Sechs: I assume by your ambiguous reference, you don't speak Spainish yet? :wink: s

"English second Language" Funny, that's true at my high school... Calculus is the first language. s

Just seems like every other keyboard is a noisy, 4 dollar keyboard, marketed up because it says Microsoft on it. We'll see how well these last. They are a bit quieter then the MSFT stuff. Frankly, I've been through a couple really big shops, and these are the only ones I've found I like...

Well, it looks like it's either a bad cable or terminator, which I really doubt, or, the card is fried. Doesn't seem to want to work formatting, on channel two. Went back to the 29160N using the cable from channel two, and everything is working fine. Have to live with a 15.2 as a boot drive...

Pulled what I think is the bad drive, checked connections, and checked the fans. Drivers are both hot. Before I pulled the drives, I disbanded the array. Now I'm reformatting the new drive, since I can't raid an ntfs disk on the hardware controller, and I wait. Checked the fan on the drives...

For example, getting the array setup, and bootable, then forgetting to connect the floppy power cable. How about remembering which of the three keyboards I'm supposed to be typing on? Or which mouse does what? I've suspected the zero drive in the array, from the first format, and boot. It...

Ahhh, computers. I'm sitting here, trying to install an ide harddrive on an old P3 450, with a bx chipset. For the life of me, I can't get a drive to be noticed by windows 2000. I've tried it on a Promise 133TX2, two drives, they work with maxtor programs. The first is a DiamondMax 9, 160...

Wonder what a judge would think? Good argument is you are acting legally, since their companies actions are illegal as well. Not going to fly. Can't remember where, but this argument never does. Problem is, anti-trust laws require a weird proof. I suspect price fixing by cable companies is...

Monopoly, Monopoly, Monopoly... No choices. It's sort of like saying we have a free market with 3-4 gas companies, or Enron out there. For instance I can't get Satellite in my apartment, and, I can't pull channels free in this area. Only choice is cable, or no TV. I choose no TV. I miss...