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To: Street Walker who wrote (398)	3/28/1998 4:51:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>These are the guts of the machine. CD, Sound Card, mouse, key board, are just the fillers.<< Anything else? network card? SCSI?.....best for multitasking environments Is the Suprasonic PCI or ISA or do you have a choice? I am with you on reliability and the IBM drives and Win NT. The motherboard needs some thought. I doubt that you will notice a performance difference between motherboard options. The complaints about the ABIT LX6 are mostly of the dead on arrival type, but that does raise some concerns. The ASUS PL297 is most often suggested (in the overclocking/performance crowd) as the alternative to the ABIT LX6. The Intel boards are referred to as the most reliable. The number of ISA and PCI slots you need may be a consideration here. (the INTEL AL440LX has fewer expansion slots...although onboard audio is an option) I can't see an advantage of PC100 compliant (some RAM is 100Mhz but not PC100 compliant)RAM unless you wait for the BX boards (mid April). 128 MB LX compatible RAM (Corsair) is $357 at ESC and the PC100 compliant RAM is $585. There is most likely no noticeable difference in performance. The only advantage is if you swap motherboards in two years you would be able to use the RAM in a (then outdated) BX motherboard. For a trading machine which IMO should have reliability as a number 1 consideration, my thoughts for the core configuration are Windows NT IBM harddrive (SCSI RAID if you want to "go for it") Intel motherboard (AL440LX single or DK440LX Dual) Intel 333 PII (runs cooler) I am off to see TITANIC Zeuspaul

To: Street Walker who wrote (398)	3/29/1998 9:06:00 AM
From: Mike Schoonmaker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

SW... Just assembled a new one myself... Dual P-II/333.... uses the SuperMicro Motherboard... so far been happy with. I got(and would recommend) the IBM UW SCSI 10,000PRM 9.1GB drive... HOT!

To: Street Walker who wrote (398)	4/1/1998 9:14:00 AM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

>>Case/Power: I'll end up going with PC Power and Cooling cheaper case with 300Mhz power and their superiour fans. Personally I'd opt for the 275-watt PC Power Silencer. It has the same MTBF as the 300 watt. I have the next smaller one (245 watt? something like that), and I have trouble telling that it's on, a real blessing. The CPU fans are louder than the power supply! 275 will power just about anything you can put in the box unless you buy a double-wide server tower. DON'T forget the UPS. Damn thing won't run without electricity, I don't care how good it is. Spots

To: Street Walker who wrote (398)	4/2/1998 11:32:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

>>Once ADSL comes to my area in two months<< Do you have any details yet? I did not know much about ADSL when you posted. I have done a little research on my own but don't have a handle on the cost nor the required hardware. GTE indicates ADSL will be available in my area within the year and says it will be competitive with cable. Unfortunately cable is also not yet available in my area. The GTE site indicates the service will be $125 per month. I don't see how they believe this is competitive with cable modems. To my knowledge cable modems are $40-$50 per month including the Internet service. Zeuspaul