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To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (129915)	3/14/2001 12:11:17 PM
From: fingolfen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

So then why are you currently integrating a P3 into your home network??? Because I received most of the components for free, and the entire system ended up costing me only about $400 (That's P3 1GHz, 256 Meg RAM, Matrox 450 16M, 75GB of hard drives, Sound Blaster Platinum, 17" 0.24dp monitor, HP P1000 printer, DVD, CD-RW). If I'd had to go out and actually buy all of the components, I would have sprung for the P4 because it makes more economic sense in the long run...

To: THE WATSONYOUTH who wrote (129915)	3/14/2001 1:37:29 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

TWY, <Has any follower of this thread actually bought a P4???> I recommended a P4 to a friend who wants to build his own 3D graphics rendering workstation. Does that count? Personally, I have a 600 MHz Coppermine, and I feel no need to upgrade until maybe Northwood. Besides, these days I prefer buying components that consume less power, emit less heat, and create less noise. Having a 55W processor (Pentium 4) or a 65W processor (Athlon) in my computer doesn't really appeal to me. Tenchusatsu