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

To: CuttotheCore who wrote (5034)	1/15/1999 12:55:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

I was hoping maybe for a reference to a post or posts outlining a computer previously setup that may be close to what I need/ want. There are a lot of relevant posts. Read Clarence's posts. I think you are looking for something similar. At present I run windows on wallstreet on a p100 clunker [95] The consensus of the thread is NT for trading machines. The primary reason is stability. Win98 offers the best low cost multimonitor support. This is what I think I would like to have. It would probably fall within the highend range and would have a p2 450 with a multi-screen adapter. You have the right idea. A multimonitor card is the best solution IMO if you do not consider the cost. Going from memory..you will spend $700+ for a multiport card. It will only use one PCI slot..you will waste the AGP slot. I think STP? offers an AGP multimonitor card. If you want to save $ you can install single cards (if you have enough slots) for less than half the cost of a multimonitor card. Is there someone who has surfaced on the board who can do this reliably with top quality components that I can afford? Minotaur minotaur.net is the current thread favorite for building a custom machine. Jon has a large selection of available quality components. It has been reported that he is easy to work with. You will have to wait in line. KCcomputers may be an alternate. He gets good marks for customer service. I do not recall anyone on this thread that has purchased a computer from KC. I gather from his website that he will put just about any kind of machine together for you. You do want a fast processor for the data feeds. PII 450 should do well. In lieu of the PII 450 MANY thread participants are opting for the Celeron 300A cpu overclocked to 450MHz. You get the same or better performance for $500 less. Minotaur built and tested an overclocked machine for Clarence. You probably will not see the 300A around too much longer. Intel will bump it off the bottom of the line as they introduce the 'faster' ha chips. I do think that there are many subsequent options that may be helpful so that an open architecture* would be helpful,* agreed Go back and read some more of the thread...feel free to ask questions. Specific questions are easier to answer. Trying to cover a lot of issues in one post is difficult. To get a quality machine you need to look at the individual components and then have someone integrate them for you. Zeuspaul

To: CuttotheCore who wrote (5034)	1/15/1999 7:02:00 AM
From: jack velte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

This is the results of my research. I'm upgrading an older PC, so i don't need the sound card, case, etc. They're also not so critical. This should give you a range of prices for very high quality, high performace products at remarkably low prices. I ordered my CPU/MB parts from PCNut. I plan on adding the ATI all-in-wonder AGP video card for around $160 and either using my old PCI video for the second monitor or buying a $50 generic PCI video card. Mother board/CPU -- one choice: motherboard $120 ABIT BH6 CPU $110 Celeron 300a, overclocked to 450 MHZ CPU fan $15 From motherboard/CPU supplier... RAM 64MB $100 PC100 Overclocking Information: anandtech.com bxboards.com sysopt.com TESTED overclocked to 450MHZ Celeron/BH6 combos. Highly rated. pcnut.com computernerd.com [strongly mixed ratings.] Minotaur Technologies Ram Supplier. Highly rated. (or buy from CPU supplier.) mushkin.com Video Boards - Fast, reliable, AGP, with TV tuner. NOT super 3D game machine. (Matrox scored extremely well in 2D tests.) These board offer fast refresh at high resolution at reasonable cost. My top choices: $ tv tuner DVD 2D/3D TV out RAM ati all-in-one pro 150 x x x x 8 ati xpert 128 130 opt ? x 16 ati xpert@play 104 opt ? x x 8 ati xpert@work 80 opt ? x x 8 ati xpert 98 80 opt x x 8 matrox millennium G200 110 opt x/opt x 8/16 matrox mystique G200 100 opt x/opt x x 8/16 matrox marvel G200TV 250 x x x x 8 AGP 2x refresh resolution ati all-in-one pro opt? 200 1600x1200 ati xpert 128 x 200 1920x1200 ati xpert@play opt? 200 1600x1200 ati xpert@work 200 1600x1200 ati xpert 98 200 1600x1200 matrox millennium G200 x 200 1920x1200 (128 bit bus) matrox mystique G200 x 200 1920x1200 (128 bit bus) matrox marvel G200TV x 200 1920x1200 (128 bit bus) (Second video card for Dual monitor - any cheap PCI card... $40.) Find the cheapest prices. (Watch out for details such as amount of RAM, "white box" - no software bundle etc.) pricewatch.com pricescan.com Some large, super discounters: www.buycomp.com www.pcsave.com www.buy.com Reseller ratings - don't buy from a bozo: resellerratings.com Direct links to computer/component manuafacturing companies: sysopt.com Matrox users (not company sponsored) information: matroxusers.com ATI part numbers (for searching prices.) 207.167.207.71