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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC )
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To: Dave Hanson who wrote (1169)6/7/1998 11:29:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul  Read Replies (4) of 14778
 
Asus P2B vs Asus P2L97

Both boards have a total of 7 usable expansion slots. The P2B has 4 PCI slots and the P2L97 has 5 PCI slots. Is the slower speed of an ISA slot a consideration regarding the ethernet card. The Interjetnet is a high speed Internet connection.

Four monitors is a primary design consideration in Street Walkers proposed system.

IMO the only reason to choose the P2L97 over the P2B is the extra PCI slot as may be required for 4 monitors.

P2B-L is a consideration once it leaves the vaporware category.

If the multimonitor/OS question can be worked out the mobo/cpu/RAM configuration that makes the most sense to me is.

The BX P2B mobo ( upgrade considerations )
PII 300 ( Networm )
RAM 128 MB or more depending on OS

My understanding is that NT would require more RAM. I would probably stay away from the PC100 RAM for now and also forget the ECC ( there is a 3 %+/- performance hit with ECC, Win98 will crash this system, not Corsair grade A RAM). I would spec Corsair RAM as it is a known quantity. If I wanted to add RAM later on I would want to add identical RAM as it would be a proven item in the mobo.

When the time is right one could pull the cpu and RAM and upgrade to the 450 (500?) cpu and 384 MB RAM.

JMHO

Zeuspaul
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