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Article #483Re: Proposed setup, please comment
From: MICHAEL WHITLOCK
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 01:32
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 01:32
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Only advice I can give is stay away from IBM harddrives. Very noisy, tempermental to run fdisk and format. And again, VERY Noisy. "JNIK" <Shaw57@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:9odi59$98b$1@plutonium.btinternet.com... > I have been scanning these newgroups for ages for information on the system > i wanted to compile. This is my first homebuild so i am taking alot of care > over what components i select. Below is what i think i want, but i would > really appreciate anyones advice on any alternatives to products in my > setup. Also, will all of the components i wanna buy be compatible? thanks > very much for any help you can offer, very much appreciated > > AMD Athlon Socket A 1.2GHZ (�83.44) > Asus A7M266 (�129.94) > IBM Deskstar 41.1 GB (�90.64) > Creative GeForce 2 Pro 64MB (�152.75) > Creative Blaster 52x CD rom (�28.20) > Suntek Vision ATX 300 psu (�62.27) > Crucial 256MB DDR RAM (�30.59) > Creative SoundBlaster PCI 512 (�37.99) > > That's it! does anyone think there is anything else i might need? i already > have a floppy drive, monitor, keyboard and mouse. > thanks for your help > JNIK > > >
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