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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ISOMAN who wrote (10702)	3/19/2000 4:59:00 AM
From: Vendit™	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 14778

isoman Pentium has several different qualities of processors. Celeron which can be found in e-machines at Office Depot. (Complete system) for $500 is Pentium's bottom of the line processor. The way that chip speeds are calculated can be very deceiving to the end user. I own 3 PCs. My first was a P-I 166 with 80 MEG RAM. I also own A Celeron 466 with 24 MEGS RAM. My P-I 166 runs as fast or faster than the Celeron and is much more reliable. I also own a P-III 450 with 128 MEGS RAM. This is my primary machine and out performs the other two in no contest. A k6 2 is a non-Pentium (AMD)-Advanced Miro Devices, chip set. Ive never used one but its my understanding that Pentium is the preferred chip. Did you know that whether you buy a Gaterway, or an e-machine, Dell or you name it, you are buying a PC which is only assembled by that particular manufacturer. Dell and Gateway buy their PC components from every changing suppliers depending on who cuts them the best price ect. Two identical Dell machines may indeed be two different machines depending on when they were manufactured. Included in their retail price are their cost of advertising and marketing. This can add up to several hundred dollars. Why pay for that? transcendpc.com In the above link you can custom build a wonderful PC for much less than you can buy anywhere else. My suggestion is that you put together a nice P-III 500 system with 128 RAM. It will be on your door step in less than a week. Transcend PCs are built with top quality components which you select. They are a find company which dont charge you for their marketing. You can put together a great system for about $1,100 without a monitor. As you select each piece for your system in that link their is a running total at the bottom of that page which shows you the price of the system you are building. If you need to help selecting Components just PM me and Ill tell you what I recommend. Reid

To: ISOMAN who wrote (10702)	3/20/2000 1:04:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

minimum requirements for hardware is a pentium 300 with 64 megs of ram and an 8 meg video card... A Celeron 466 is plenty fast. 128 MB RAM will do you more good than a faster processor or one with more cache. If you run NT I would consider 128 MB the minimum. I don't know where they come up with an 8 meg minimum for the video card. 2D video cards max out at about 4 meg...anything additional is for 3D stuff (games and rendering) I doubt a trading firm would require 3D. I had a video card that was billed as a 6 meg card. In reality it was a 2 meg card with 4 meg for 3D apps. For most business apps the 2D RAM is what is important. Is your wife into graphics applications too? If so don't skimp on the harddrive. I would get a minimum 8 gig 7200 RPM IDE harddrive...bigger if you do a lot of graphics. I prefer generic computers for myself. If you want your wife to be self sufficient with her machine you may be better off buying a Gateway or DELL as they come with customer support. Once you have your own collection of software and don't need hand holding from customer support then the generic machines are worth considering. Zeuspaul