Hi there, I'm looking to purchase a new server tomorrow to replace my
existing server and this is what I'm looking at for specs. Could
someone give me any comments as to whether or not I will run into any
problems? Thanks.
VIEWSONIC E771 17" 0.27 COLOR MONITOR
DIMMS 168PIN 256MB SDRAM (133HZ) PC 133 (16 CHIPS)
ATI XPERT 2000 AGP W/32MB (OEM)
DLINK DE-538TX 10/100 PCI ETHERNET CARD
MAXTOR 30GB IDE HARD DRIVE 9MS ATA 66 7200RPM W/2MB CACHE
MAXTOR 30GB IDE HARD DRIVE 9MS ATA 66 7200RPM W/2MB CACHE
CD ROM - PANASONIC IDE 32X DRIVE ONLY
FUJITSU 8725 104 WIN 95 PS/2 ENHANCED KEYBOARD (if M/B supports)
ACER ATX HX08 FULL SIZE TOWER CASE 250W PS
AMD ATHLON K7 (SLOT A) CPU CHIPS (RETAIL BOX) **WITH HEAT SINK & FAN**
AMD ATHLON K7-750 MHZ CPU SLOT A
ASUS K7M ATX (SLOT A) AMD-751 AGPset (ULTRA DMA 66) W/O AUDIO
DLINK DSS-8 DESKTOP 8-PORT 10/100MPS SWITCH
APC BACK-UPS PRO 350 BP350UC
I will be moving some stuff from the existing server (an Adaptec 1540
SCSI card, external ZIP 100 SCSI, and internal SCSI Seagate 10GB/20GB
tape drive), and have a floppy drive kicking around to stick in it.
I'm building it from scratch (just getting the pieces), and I'm
pretty sure all of this will work good. Initially I'll be putting
Mandrake 7.0 on it with an upgrade to 7.1 in the next 6 months (once
I've played with it enough to ensure my server doesn't get chewed).
The only things I'm not sure of is the Dlink DE-538TX 10/100 PCI
ethernet card (oh, and the ATI XPERT 2000 card is being swapped for a
ATI Rage Pro Turbo 2x video card, I just want the 32MB card to throw
in my Windows98 "Nintendo"). Everything else will work good, I
think, but I'd like some suggestions. Oh yeah, they also have a sale
on now for a Epox EP-7KA ATX M/B with a Athlon K7-650 CPU for about
$150 less than the ASUS M/B and Athlon K7-750 CPU. I've never heard
of Epox before... does anyone know if it's any good?
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