Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:59:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Timothy J Kniveton <tim@CMU.EDU> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: HW Sources Message-ID: <goAy48G00bkO1JyI80@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Hi. After running FreeBSD on my 486/66 for 4 years, I am looking to put together a new system. I'm soliciting comments or suggestions from anyone as to how they think this system will work w/FBSD, or how I could improve it. I would like to get the ASUS TX97-XE mainboard with an AMD K6 200MHz (worth $100 more for the 233MHz?), half-height ATX tower, 32M EDO RAM, Matrox Mystique 220 w/ 4M, Quantum 3.2G IDE(DMA33), floppy, 24x IDE CD-ROM, mouse/kb. I will either continue to use the Viewsonic 7 17" monitor I have, or more likely, get a new one (suggestions on a cheap 17"?). I'll also keep the SMC ISA 10bT ethernet card. Although I was running SCSI on my old system, it is an EISA adapter so I will not be able to use it on the new one. I might get PCI SCSI later, but I think IDE (on the mainboard) will suit me for now. I was thinking of going with Treasure Chest computers since they allow a totally customizable system, but at $1100 (sans monitor), their prices don't seem all that competitive, so I'm willing to consider alternatives. I have no qualms about putting together the parts if I could find them cheaper, but I am interested in having at least a 3-yr warrantee on them (which TC offers). Please send me any helpful info or comments you have. Thanks for reading all this! -Tim
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