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

To: Greg from Edmonton who wrote (7408)	5/9/1999 11:42:00 AM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

I've been updating myself with current PC technology, maybe it's finally time to upgrade. You seem to have a pretty good handle on what is available from a prive/value perspective. So far I've looked at a number of options. I like the power management, sleep mode, not having to wait all the time for a long boot-up sequence I do not like long boot up sequences either. The more hardware you add the longer the boot sequence as it searches the various components. Get a good UPS and leave the machine on. With price / performance considerations, I am looking at a Pentium II or comparable system. The PII 350 or 400 should fit the bill, although I may upgrade the processor later so it would be handy to not need to switch jumpers on the motherboard for this. Agreed. The 350 has an attractive price IMO especially if you plan on upgrading the CPU. Aopen (Acer) AX6BC (jumperless board) The current best seller at ESC Technologies. I have the AX6BC board as well as the ABIT BH6. No complaints with either one. The ABIT board is better for overclocking. The AOPEN has a better reputation for stability and seems to have more bios options. If you do not have a SCSI card consider the AX6 with the onboard SCSI option. RAM: 64 or 128MB 128 ECC HD: Probably Quantum 13GB Just one harddrive? I have a couple of 17 gig hardrives. I will probably drop back down to 8 gig drives. I have had too many questionable events over the 8 gig barrier. I need a lot of storage space it can be achieved with combinations of 8 gig drives, at least for now. CD: TBD, maybe RW or DVD?. Get a full tower with a lot of external drive bays and do not skimp on drives. Why not CD and CDRW and wait a little on the DVD? Consider drives rated for audio extraction. Also consider drives that can read the latest CD formats ie will read CDRW media. You did not mention the OS and your backup strategy. You will have a lot of time invested in a 10 gig drive. Consider what you will do when the drive fails or the OS decides to play with you. Zeuspaul