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To: Kelvin Taylor who wrote (8884)	9/24/1999 8:12:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) of 14778

I built my last machine from scratch. That is I plugged in the individual components and then configured the machine. The hardest part is choosing the right components...that is also one of the advantages of building your own..even if you have someone else assemble it for you. If you get a spacious case plugging in the components is not very difficult. You will probably encounter a few stressful hours when you load and configure the OS. You may want to get a motherboard/RAM/CPU bundle from the same place and have it tested before delivery. Why the SCSI harddrive? I am a SCSI fan and I do have a couple of SCSI harddrives. However IDE drives provide much better bang for the buck and their performance is on a par in most standard applications. SCSI harddrives are good in a multitasking environment. They are also good if you want a lot of harddrives. A lot of us on this thread have built machines with ABIT motherboards...also ASUS and AOPEN boards. I would use any of the three. The ASUS boards have a lot of jumpers (may be outdated info). Zeuspaul

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