Francisco Tapia
fhtapia at gmail.com
Tue Oct 19 10:52:29 CDT 2004
WOOT!, 800mhz FSB wow... now that's speedy :D I love my EpoX board. It has really been reliable. now to save some money for AMD64, which I am planning on buying... I think by the time i can save for one, I may be able to get the ones for dual core or who knows quad core support :D On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:19:13 -0400, John W. Colby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote: > Building is always a good idea. You might not be able to put a new mb in > that chassis (HP used to design their stuff to prevent that) but if you buy > an inexpensive case you can use the drives and stuff from the old machine in > your new machine. You already have a monitor / keyboard. The new > motherboards have almost everything else. You can even find motherboards > with a video chip on the mb. Good enough to get you by, perhaps forever. > > I just bought a state-of-the-art motherboard for $75 > http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-123-219&depa=0 > > an AMD Athlon64 2800 for $140 > http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=19-103-452&depa=0 > > 512mb ram for about $70 > http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-219&depa=0 > > This MB required a video card so I used a low end ATI 9000 which ran $40. > http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-102-386&depa=0 > > And finally a very nice case (you can get them cheaper but this one will > last) for $70 > http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=11-129-122&depa=0 > > $400, your own drives and monitor and a little work gets you a > STATE-OF-THE-ART system (well, except for the video which still is better > than the eMachines), particularly if you are already planning on installing > your own OS. > > > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: > http://folding.stanford.edu/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jon Tydda > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 10:23 AM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Desktop recommendation > > Don't touch Celeron with a bargepole... A Celeron is basically a Pentium 3 > or 4 with no onboard memory, this makes them VERY slow compared to the > appropriate Pentium equivalent. No amount of memory on the motherboard will > make up for this, and it'll feel sluggish a long time before you get round > to wanting to replace it. The same goes for the 533 fsb... I know not > everyone can afford the latest fastest things, but you really do notice the > difference between 800 and 533. I'd also recommend a bare minimum of 512mb > RAM, if not 1gb. Also, on these (I hesitate to use the word cheaper, but I > can't think of a good alternative, less costlier maybe) pc's, they tend not > to use the fastest hard drives etc... I have a HP thing on my desk here, > with a 40gb Maxtor drive in it. I put in an extra 80gb drive, that's maybe 2 > years old, and I've since installed HD Tune, and the two year old drive > beats the pants off the brand new one for performance and features. > > Spend a little more than the bottom of the range and you'll notice the > difference, or get someone who knows that they're doing to build it for you > is my advice. > > Jon > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph O'Connell [mailto:joconnell at indy.rr.com] > Sent: 19 October 2004 14:45 > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: [dba-Tech] Desktop recommendation > > I am looking for hardware suggestions and comments. > > My primary development PC just lost its hard drive. The boot sector is bad > so I cannot reformat it. The PC is about 4 years old, so instead of > replacing the hard drive, I started lookin for "deals" on new computers. > > Office Depot has an emachine for $370 that includes: > Celeron D Processor 330 (2.66GHz) > 256MB DDR PC2700 memory > 60 GB hard drive > DVD-ROM/CD-RW > 8-in-1 memory card reader > 17" flat screen monitor > > For $100 the system can be upgraded to include > Celeron D340 Processor (2.93GHz) > 512 MB memory > DVD-ROM and CD-RW > > >From the Intel web site, I learned that the processor includes 256KB L2 > cache and 533 MHz Front Side Bus. > > Although this is not the fastest computer, it is quite a step up from the HP > Pavillion 733GHz Pentium that it will be replacing. > > Does anyone have experience with emachine? What is the difference between > Celeron and Pentium processors? This seems like a terrific deal, am I > missing something? > > The operating system is Windows XP Home. I will replace it with Windows > 2003 Terminal Server. Any suggestions on how to configure the hard drive? > Multiple partitions? If yes, what should each contain? > > All suggestions/comments/ideas are greatly appreciated. > > Joe O'Connell > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > The information in this e-mail is confidential and may also be legally > privileged. 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