Ok, you asked for it <g>. Here are my comments:
>>57.00 Enlight EN-7230 mid-tower case (4 exterior 5" bays)
Probably a good case, but I REALLY like my InWin Q500A ATX 300W
(94.00) lots and lots of interior room and good fan areas.
Quiet built-in fan. Will hold 5 internal drives and doesn't
suffer the lousy drive placement of some other full towers.
Sides come off separately. Only about 4-5 inches taller than
many mid towers.
>>$115.00 Abit BX6 2.0 mother board (P III support)
My choice; what can I say <gg>?
>>$75.00 Celeron 300A @ 450mz (anyone know of any other vendors besides Minotaur (out-of-stock) selling pretested 300As?
Oh? Wonder where you'll get it. Nice choice but maybe not
available now. I don't have a good recco here.
>>$45.00 Glacier 4500C + Arctic Cap (quad on-cpu fan)
I bought some 26/27db quiet fans at Fry's (thanks to ZP)
at 9 bucks each w/ball bearings (at least they claim)
and have been very satisfied. Cool cpu, though I'm not
monitoring. These Celerons run very cool overclocked.
>> ??? 128 mb Looking for a memory type / manufacturer
recomendation, price / performance
I bought Mushkin's ECC 128mb CAS 2. Maybe CAS2 not worth
premium, but I'm still glad. ECC is worth the premium, IMO.
>>$374.00 CTX-VL 950S USB 19" monitor (short depth, w/USB hub)
Personally I've had crummy luck with CTX but my experience is
too old (several years now) to be worth anything.
>>$130.00 ATI RAGE FURY 32 mb AGP (32 bit 3D, DVD-handling / Tom's Hardware reports it runs hot!? Hmmm...)
I got Matrox G200 AGP and it's quick but 3d sucks to my limited
experience, which is VERY limited.
>> $220.00 IBM 14GXP 10gb @7200 rpm (that Maxtor is a definite
possibility ZP)
I have had good performance from 17g Maxtor's, but I can't
get Partition Magic to work nor can I boot from large
partitions as others report. Fast, though.
>>$78.00 Imation LS-120 floppy (I always debate this one)
No experience.
>>$160.00 Adaptec 2940UW SCSI card
I've had great luck with the Mylex Flashpoints, but have
not put them to much of a test. Less than half the
price, but not wide. I don't want wide.
>>$105.00 Plextor UltraPlex 32X SCSI internal CD-ROM
My choice again, what can I say??
>>$70.00 3Com 56k V.90 faxmodem internal
No comment.
>>$55.00 SBLive! value (I know some here are bullish on the Ensonics,
should I be as well?)
My choice again! I paid $79, though :(
>> $105.00 Altec-Lansing ACS-48 PowerCube Plus (stand back, this
thing is lit)
No opinion
>>$41.00 Logitech cordless mouse
Wish they had a cordless trackball. Till they do I'll
stick with the trackman wheel mouse.
>>$25.00 MS Natural keyboard
Hate it myself, but a matter of opinion. I use IBMs @ 29.95
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