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marmak
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_ 		14. August 2004 @ 13:25 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
After being harrassed by Praetor (on computerforum) to get a system built rather than buy a ready-made one, I've now got the following spec from a shop (for $1,000 - they're building it for me). I don't do any gaming, this is mainly for web-design, music/movies downloading and running some modelling applications such as Matlab.

Case: CM Centurian black
500W ATX power supply
Asus P4S800 SIS 648FX
Intel P4 Prescott 2.8Ghz 800fsb 1MB cache
Jetram memory 512MB PC3200 DDR400
Maxtor 160GB HDD 8MB cache
floppy drive
Sony 16xDVD-ROM
Pioneer 8xDVD-RW (with Nero 6.0)
Sparkle FX5600 128MB graphic card
Onboard sound card
Windows XP Home
6 USB 2.0 + IEEE1394
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Praetor
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_ 		14. August 2004 @ 21:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Boo. I'm here too :P

Again. My comments:
- Id stay away from the Prescott as the NorthwoodC is your best bang-for-buck and doesnt come with the hassle :P
- Since you're not into gaming, save your money by dropping to a 5200 and put it into some more memory
- Another, probably more important thing you might want to do is get the P4P800 which is based off the Intel i865PE chipset -- vastly superior to the SiS chipset you've got there

Cheers
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Nephilim
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_ 		14. August 2004 @ 21:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,

I'm in agreement with Praetor especially as far as the chipset is concerned.

In my opinion Intel's chipsets are better performing and better supported than those from Sis.

My .02 :)
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marmak
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_ 		15. August 2004 @ 03:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks! I'll get back to them and see what I can do to improve the system.
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