🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:34:47 +0100, "Andrew Taylor"
<news@hot-shot.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>"Jacqui or (maybe) Pete" <prs@gol.com> wrote in message
>news:390d3e42.44436869@nnrp.gol.com...
Blimey - that was quick (demon.tech.pc - the only ng with a guaranteed
five-minute response time)
>> This is the plan (comes pre-built by reputable operation). Comments?
>> Abuse?
>>
>> Case AMD Approved Mid Tower w/drive ($79)
>> cpu AMD Athlon 700 ($299)
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>that seems high, check out www.overclockers.co.uk
Comes with a nice fan ... but I'll take a look.
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>> Motherboard ASUS K7M ($179)
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>there seems to be a load of problems with this in the asus group
>have a look at the abit ka7
Thanks.
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>> Memory 512mb SDRAM PC100 ($529)
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>try and go for PC133
It'll run at 133 in this configuration?  OK.
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>> EIDE Drive 1 20G Seagate 7200rpm ATA66 ($194)
>> EIDE Drive 2 DVD 8x Afreey ($139)
>> EIDE Drive 4 Teac CD-ReWriteable 4x4x32 ($199)
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>thought of SCSI? take some load of the processor for cd-writing
Yeah?  How does that work?  All excuses for more gadgets very welcome,
you understand.  I'm a bit bigoted against scsi after trying to put
one in my pc once Many Moons Ago, but I understand that that's
irrational.
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>> Video Card 32mb ATI Rage Fury 2000 ($109)
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>or a Nvidia TNTII depending on what you want to do.
Play DVDs, play games, edit photos, even, when all else fails, edit C
programs in vi...
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>> Sound Card Soundblaster Live! Value ($59)
>> Speakers AltecLansing ACS45.2 3pc ($65)
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>> Modem 56.6k Zoltrix PCI ($24)
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>is this a software based modem? I would try and avoid, maybe go for the
>diamond pci hardware or an external
I assumed not, I'll check.  I like internal.  I'm also hoping to have
permanently-connected 6mb ADSL real soon now.  In which case I'll
probably be back asking questions about getting ADSL working over
wireless ethernet from the bird's i-book...  God, I am *so* excited
about that.  Anyway, I'll check out the diamond.
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>> Network Card 10/100mbit 3Com 3C905 PCI ($65)
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>i *always* use a netgear fa310tx but if you've got the money why not
Probably don't need the speed.
>> Monitor Have (NEC LCD 1510V)
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>very nice :)
Very lovely indeed - but the Eizo's are sex on a stand.
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>> Keyboard Have
>> Mouse Have
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>> (It's about Y200,000 - I'm in Japan & hence an ex-demonite ['92-'98] )
>
>How much is that ?
About #1,226 at current exchange, about #816 at the rate I was getting
when I first came here.  Luckily I'm paid in Yen :-)))  Actually I'm
looking at two companies, one here & one in the US - the prices at the
top are US.
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>Andrew
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Pete