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Non-Tech : MB TRADING
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To: Street Walker who wrote (4617)5/1/1999 11:36:00 PM
From: wily  Read Replies (2) of 7382
 
SW,

This should probably be taken over to the Dream Machine thread, but I'll start my response here:

That's a pretty radical setup -- good idea if you don't need a lot of other peripherals. But, then, if you get an external modem, you've still got two ISA slots for stuff like a scanner or sound or video capture or whatever. And of course, if you really needed a PCI slot for something you could always let one of the monitors/vid cards go.

The ATA/66 for now is just a name -- it won't work until chipsets support it, and I'm not even sure that HDD's as they are now have the data rate to require it. OTOH, doesn't hurt to have it for when it is supported. My choice for my next drive will be the 5400RPM IBM 10GB that I can get for $150 -- just because it's supposed to be quiet and run cool. Heat kills.

Another thing about the 7200rpm's is that not all of them are faster than the 5400's. The WD probably is faster since it's SR's top pick, but it's something to be aware of.

I was actually going to get a pair of the Expert98's myself just to get a feel for multi-monitors. The Experts are some of the only PCI cards you can find now with 8MB RAM.

I'm sticking with Intel -- going the BX route. Celerons you can get for comparable performance and price to AMD. Pay a few bucks more for the mobo.

Thinking about a dual-celeron setup. Requires NT.

What kind of memory are you getting? Might as well get the good stuff. I see Micron CL2-rated 128MB sticks for $125 in Price-Watch.

w
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