Looks like everybody has joined the 'bandwagon!' AMD is the way to go. They do as much, if not more then lower end P4s. They're also, in some cases 40% of the price. (Depending on speed of course!) I mean I bought 1.2 Ghz Athlon for like $120 I believe. That's with 266 FSB as well. I just did a check on a local computer store's prices, that's now down to $105.
Stay from onboard anything really. Unless it's on board ATI, and you don't need a really good graphics card, or on board 3Com. Even with the onboard 3Com NIC, you can run into problems. Onboard sound is always horrible. Most people do infact need to rely on MAGIC to get those onboard chips to work. I can't remember the model number to my motherboard, but it has an onboard IDE controller and it works very well. Though I know some people on the list have slammed it. I think it's the K7133-something. Works very well. With combined parts, I built a 1.2 Athlon, 512 RAM, 50 GB, dual NIC, 52x CD-ROM for right around $500. For the processor and 512 RAMBUS RAM, you will have spent about that I believe. (I already had one NIC, and one HDD I believe.) I would suggest going DDR. Real cheap, and performing very well! I think we'll move towards that, instead of RAMBUS like M$ and Intel seem to want us to. tdh -- -------------------------------------------------------------------- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 -------------------------------------------------------------------- | I'm shopping for a motherboard and CPU. At least a Pentium III and maybe | I'll spend the bucks for a Pentium 4. I'll consider AMD also. Any | recommendations? The more PCI slots, the better. But, I want a board | that's 100% Linux compatible - I don't to spend a couple of months trying | to make stuff work. | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -----------------------------Uptime ------------------------------- 11:14AM up 48 days, 23:53, 5 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------
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