Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2004-01-27 Thread Jin Guojun [NCS]
Patrick Proniewski wrote: On 18 nov. 2003, at 03:01, Bryan Cassidy wrote: Next is to choose a mother board. I am wanting a ASUS just because I hear alot of people talking about it on the forums, irc etc and think I would be happy with it. you will, as long as you do not choose a cheap

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-20 Thread Mark Terribile
[This reply is tardy, I know; please accept my apologies] Next is ... a mother board. I am wanting a ASUS just because I hear alot of people talking about it on the forums, ... ... Take a look a ABIT's motherboard, some of them are really good. I had a very bad experience with an ABIT

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-20 Thread Simon Gray
Take a look a ABIT's motherboard, some of them are really good. I had a very bad experience with an ABIT motherboard. When FreeBSD started, it saw three NICs instead of one; when it tried to initialize one, it wiped the field-upgradeable BIOS. The machine wouldn't even POST. I destroyed

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-20 Thread Bryan Cassidy
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Here's the current setup that I have came up with. I think I would be pretty happy with it as long as I don't have any problems in FreeBSD. If I have problems I want them to beable to be fixed ya know? Antec PLUSVIEW1000AMG Chassis AMD Tyan S2466

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-20 Thread Simon Gray
Here's the current setup that I have came up with. I think I would be pretty happy with it as long as I don't have any problems in FreeBSD. If I have problems I want them to beable to be fixed ya know? Looks good to me, quick look in google didn't find any major problems. S

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-20 Thread Vulpes Velox
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 23:33:08 -0800 (PST) Mark Terribile [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [This reply is tardy, I know; please accept my apologies] Next is ... a mother board. I am wanting a ASUS just because I hear alot of people talking about it on the forums, ... ... Take a look a ABIT's

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-19 Thread Bryan Cassidy
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've put some parts together. This is what I've come up with. Please tell me any recommendations on changes or anything with this system. It will run on FreeBSD. Any comments what so ever is appreciated. Please try to explain in detail when you go to

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-19 Thread Jud
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003 03:58:05 -0600, Bryan Cassidy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've put some parts together. This is what I've come up with. Please tell me any recommendations on changes or anything with this system. It will run on FreeBSD. Any comments

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-19 Thread Marc Wiz
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 03:58:05AM -0600, Bryan Cassidy wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've put some parts together. This is what I've come up with. Please tell me any recommendations on changes or anything with this system. It will run on FreeBSD. Any comments what so

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-18 Thread Dan Strick
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Bryan Cassidy wrote: I suck when it comes to hardware. I know so little about hardware. My dad said he is gonna get me about $400.00 worth of computer parts for Christmas/Birthday sence they are so close so I can start building a new custom PC. I have already picked out

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-18 Thread Jud
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 17:58:23 -0800 (PST), Dan Strick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] My video card choice was a compromise. I wanted something new enough to have hardware support for recent DirectX features, old enough to be well supported by XFree86 and cheap enough to be justifiable. The

New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-17 Thread Bryan Cassidy
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I suck when it comes to hardware. I know so little about hardware. My dad said he is gonna get me about $400.00 worth of computer parts for Christmas/Birthday sence they are so close so I can start building a new custom PC. I have already picked out

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-17 Thread Patrick Proniewski
On 18 nov. 2003, at 03:01, Bryan Cassidy wrote: Next is to choose a mother board. I am wanting a ASUS just because I hear alot of people talking about it on the forums, irc etc and think I would be happy with it. you will, as long as you do not choose a cheap ASUS (SiS chipset and controllers)

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-17 Thread Jason
Patrick Proniewski wrote: On 18 nov. 2003, at 03:01, Bryan Cassidy wrote: Next is to choose a mother board. I am wanting a ASUS just because I hear alot of people talking about it on the forums, irc etc and think I would be happy with it. you will, as long as you do not choose a cheap ASUS

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-17 Thread Jud
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 20:01:08 -0600, Bryan Cassidy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I suck when it comes to hardware. I know so little about hardware. My dad said he is gonna get me about $400.00 worth of computer parts for Christmas/Birthday sence they are

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-17 Thread Bryan Cassidy
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oh no. I must have explained myself wrong. $400.00 is just for starters. I know for a fact I'm gonna buy that case so that leaves me with say $300.00 to be on the safe side. Besides the case I would like the motherboard to be the first actual piece of

Re: New parts for new PC (need help - little knowledge of hardware)

2003-11-17 Thread Jason
Bryan Cassidy wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oh no. I must have explained myself wrong. $400.00 is just for starters. I know for a fact I'm gonna buy that case so that leaves me with say $300.00 to be on the safe side. Besides the case I would like the motherboard to be the