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Re: ��500+MHz system for home use��

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From: Joe Ogiba
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 00:00
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$3,549 for a 500mhz is not so high since 300mhz PII's are almost that
high.See Enorex.com for prices of 433mhz models for about $2800.
And I have not seen a Pentium MB with 64-bit PCI slots but the Enorex
systems do have them.

                                   Joe

Henrik wrote in message <344793C9.1D8035FF@iinet.net.au>...
>Hi bud,
>
>Have you checked the prices on Alpha CPU's and main boards ? Or do you have
>$$$ falling out of  mouth - or are you just rambling! If you are not you
>might be better off getting DEC system !
>
>FYI While you are at it why not getting 10.000 rpm's drives with a 14+mb/s
>transfer instead of the slower Atlas II ?! You may even want to check out
>the Fiber Channel
>or the new 64-bit Adaptec cards coming next year ( don't tell me your video
>card is 128 bit - i'll scream!
>
>regards,
>
>Henrik
>
>PS: Sorry I couldn't hep my self! ;-)
>
>mmkc@ace-net.com.au wrote:
>
>> hello,
>>   This is what my new system going to have:
>> #9 Revolution3D AGP video card
>> AVerMedia TV-Phone
>> Plextor 20x CD ROM
>> USR Courier 56.6
>> AWE64 Gold
>> Quantun AtlasII SCSI 9.1GB
>> 64MB SDRAM
>> Adaptec 2940UW SCSI
>>
>> This computer going to be a home use only. Since, I don't think I will
>> upgrade my comp in a number of years so I would to get a processor
>> with
>> 500MHz or something like that e.g Alpha... Any suggestions on which
>> processor, motherboard etc. I should get?
>>
>> please reply via e-mail as well at...
>> mmkc@ace-net.com.au
>>
>> thank you
>>
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From: "Joe Ogiba" <jogiba@msn.com>
Subject: Re: ��500+MHz system for home use��
Date: 1997/10/18
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