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

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1097)	6/5/1998 1:38:00 AM
From: Street Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

What kind of RAM would you consider in this LX system? Corsair 100 Spec ECC ? or just regular 66 non-ECC Ram? This LX board would not require 100 Spec, but then the downfall would be I would not be able to move it into a BX MB in the future. However, there may then be major improvments in RAM at a cheaper price. This seems to be a recurring theme. <ggg> So 196 RAM in an LX board would out perform a BX board with 128 RAM? Care to elaborate on this? Thanks for the food, S.W.

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1097)	6/6/1998 6:11:00 PM
From: Street Walker	Read Replies (7) \| Respond to of 14778

Four Food Groups 1. Delicious 2. What's good for you 3. Make do 4. What the dog gets The same can be said of the computer one wants. I want one that's "good for me". I only run an internet web browser, some kill keys, charts, and a chat chat channel. Here is a possible configuration with various thoughts in mind: PII 266 chip Asus PL297 mobo - 5 pci slots 3 x 64 ECC SDRAM 4 x $40 PCI graphics cards (adequate MULTIMONITOR set-up with Win 98) Intel or 3Com ethernet card cheap ISA sound card - to make Spots happy- my trading enviroment just has CNBC in the background. For playing music, I use my boom box. Hard Drive: IBM 4.3($168) - 6.4($189) - 8.4($254). Still trying to decide. Will a bigger one make my system work better if I have plenty of RAM? The 8.4 does have an improved head. The PII 266 vs 300. 266=Cheaper, 300=won't make the 10mbps internet connection work faster or apps work better. ??? Mobo: a BX is not needed for 266 or 300 speed. If a 266 (or 300) is good for me, why put money into a BX mobo for future upgrading? When my needs require me to upgrade to a faster chip, then I'll upgrade the mobo at that time (all PCI) which will be a much better than the first generations offered now. The Colorgraphics multimonitor card is $695. Using it would preserve many PCI slots for the future. BUT, using Win 98 and 4 X SGRAM cards at $50 each would save a lot of money. The downside is that all my PCI slots would be full, but what else is there for me to add to a Stock Trading specific computer? Would it be better to buy one really good graphics card and then three cheaper ones in case I decide to buy a game some day? RAM: from previous discussions, what will improve my system the most is RAM - lots of it. Some other thoughts in being more budget minded is a cheaper case than the delicious SuperMirco. (Will need to look and see if mid towers will support the slots on the MB). May just go with the supermicro anyway. I would have Totally Awesome assemble it. They beat all the prices on PriceWatch and they offer 3 year warranty on all parts and lifetime warranty on any type of Labor. Monitor: ADI MicroScan 17" 5G ($350) .26 dp; 107 refresh rate at 800x600; (the 5P+ is cheaper, has lower refresh and is only TCO '92) 3.5 yr warranty on the crt. Looks nice, good reviews. adiusa.com zdnet.com Critiques welcome. S.W.