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

To: doniam who wrote (4008)	12/9/1998 12:10:00 AM
From: jw	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Hi Don, take a few minute and go to Minotaur's site and scroll down the list and put a (1) in the check box alongside of each of these items you have listed. At the end you will get a comment box, ask here the cost to assemble/test and ship. You may want to send him e-mail and tell him you just sent inquiry at the PRICE list site. Then you can converse back & forth by e-mail to nail it down. He seems to be a very nice person and will do anything to help, even make suggestions. This will give you an idea as to where to start. minotaur.com The consensus on Thread is you are heading in right direction. The BH6 board is one of the latest out if not the latest. Board should suffice for a few years. Regards, /jw He is located in VA. cost of shipping computer across US apprx. $45. Monitor about same.

To: doniam who wrote (4008)	12/9/1998 1:26:00 PM
From: buddha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

If you are not going to be playing games, why overclock and risk frying your machine? If you are getting the Zip for compatibility, cool, if not get an LS120 and lose the Zip and floppy. For a monitor, ViewSonic Professional series or a Sony Trinitron but if you want less that 450, get a CTX. Video card, can't go wrong with a Matrox. Sound card needs to be a sound blaster 16. Win98 is a lot better than 95 but NT still rules!

To: doniam who wrote (4008)	12/11/1998 1:28:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

OK, your in a rush...I'll do the best I can Minotaur is the current assembler of choice so the component considerations are with his inventory in mind. ( His site is sure slow tonight..I hope we do not have another victim of success. Celeron 300a overclocked to 450 128 ram (100 sdram) Should I pay up for Corsair or other? ABIT BH6 motherboard This is the combo to get. Even if you choose to not overclock the machine will be snappy and will upgrade to a 450+ CPU.. Using Minotaur as a guide go for the Corsair ram IMO. If I had my choice it would be Samsung. The ABIT BH6 has good Internet support..kinda safety in numbers and universal support here. $515 10.1GB IBM Deskstar ATA-3 at 7200 Or the 8+/- model? 8 GB and 5400 RPM should be enough. With 128 MB ram you will not swap to the harddrive very often. It will boot a little slower. It will take you awhile to fill 8 GB. Add another drive later if you need it. $221 Video Card Maxtor Mistique G200 or ??? <b<MATROX Millenium II AGP 8 MB ( his site shows the Mystique backordered. Matrox has a good reputation for driver updates. ATI is an alternative. $132 Sound card ??? something cheap as I won't be into 3D Ensonique $29 Case and cooling enough for the overclocking heat In Win Q500a Full tower with 300 watt PS $94 US Robotics Internal Sportster V 90 56K $129 Verify your ISP uses V90 technology Standard floppy, 32x CD, internal ZIP drive. floppy $19 Toshiba 32X $59 ( too many posts, wasn't it you that agreed to pass on the zip?) use my old mouse and keyboard $0..I like the scroll on the new mice, it is great for surfing. Win 98 $95 $1293 +30? assembly total $1323 + ship and tax check my arithmetic I can't help much with the monitors. The $600 21 in refurbs sound good but you have to find them. I have Viewsonic and NEC monitors and like them both. Go for 21 in if you can afford it and have the space. You might find a good deal on a Viewsonic G10 21 in. Zeuspaul BTW, if you are using the screw driver as a pry tool or to drive screws you hold the large end. If you are using it as a hammer to tap things you hold the thin shiny end. <g>