[plug] Building new box. Best bang /$ ?

[wayne]

Having just gone through the process.....

MSI MS-6330 Lite ver3 (otherwise known as K7 Turbo OEM).  It has on-board
sound - good enough for me.  Supports 600MHz to 1.5MHz CPU.  Unfortunately
only 6 x PCI and 1 x AGP and 4 USB.

MSI K7 Turbo R has Raid capability.

Difference?    K7Turbo R gets track cut-out to make K7Turbo Lite

However if I had my time again I would probably get an A-bit (check the
version out yourself - I think KT7A).  As someone pointed out to me, apart
from PCI and AGP, it has 1 x ISA slot.  (Rats: I could have used that!)   If
I recall correctly it also has programmable-speed via BIOS.

Best Buy for MSI; possibly Austin for A-bit  ----- only because of price.
You pick your favourite store.

Regards,
wayne












----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Holland" <myk at golden.wattle.id.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Building new box. Best bang /$ ?


> On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Michael Hunt wrote:
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> > http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxguide12/printable.shtml
>
> Thanks Michael. Its time I too considered an upgrade. It looks like
> a Duron 900 or so for a CPU, but I'm not clear on motherboards.
>   I would prefer something with sound and ethernet included. No need for
> ISA slots.  The article suggested a KT133 chipset.
>  Maybe an ASUS A7V-E ($190 austin - no ether?) ?
>
> But what about those motherboards that have more features at a LOWER
price?
> You know, the all-in-one types. They have less PCI slots, and usually no
> AGP slot (Some do, if you want better video). What performance penalty do
> you pay though? How much slower is a KL133 chipset than a KT133?
>    If they support the Duron 900, but not the latest T-bird, thats fine.
> Almost nobody ever upgrades their CPU in an old motherboard.
>
>   Any other factors than performance in comparing the all-in-one mothers?
> Reliability? Linx issues? Overclocking facilities?
>
>
> > For a good local supplier of components you can't go past simline
> > (http://www.simline.com). Excellent service good prices and great gear.
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> All those <font face="MS Sans Serif" size="1"> tags make it awfully hard
> to read. (How can I fix that in netscape?)
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> --
> Mike Holland  <myk at golden.wattle.id.au>
> --==--
> "Everybody is talking about the weather but nobody does anything
> about it."      -- Mark Twain
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