From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 14 23:30:25 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.interchange.ubc.ca (mail.interchange.ubc.ca [137.82.27.15]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3BC537B416 for ; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:30:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from dsl232.net.ubc.ca ([142.103.175.232] helo=zevez) by mail.interchange.ubc.ca with smtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 164GyZ-0002dO-00; Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:30:19 -0800 Message-Id: <3.0.32.20011114233037.017d7948@pop.interchange.ubc.ca> X-Sender: zev@pop.interchange.ubc.ca X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 23:30:38 -0800 To: Hanif Ladha From: Zev Thompson Subject: Re: Some h/w recommendations please... Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The Samsung 17" 750S (0.24 dpi 1280s1024) that I have is pretty nice, it's $235 here in Vancouver. For the CPU, I'd recommend an Athlon XP over either the P3 or the P4 on the basis of higher performance and lower price. But if you get a P4, make sure you don't get a socket 423 one (ie. the ones that most distributors are trying to get rid of), as you'll limit your upgrade options severely in that case as Intel moves to socket 478 - they have already started doing this, so you can get socket 478 P4s, but I don't know how much that will cost you. Ram is starting to go up in price, but you're right that more than 512 seems a bit like overkill at this point. By the time you need more than that, there's a good chance that the standards will have changed again, making any excess ram you buy today not too useful. Of course, there are probably people on this list who have legitimate uses for more than 512 MB of ram, but I'm not one of them ;) Zev >Indeed this such questions have been asked before. Alas, an archive >search did not give quite what I need, so here goes... > >I would like to build a client box powerful enough for development work; >including app development using GUI frameworks, web stuff including >server side scripting, etc. This would also be my fun machine. > >Here are some of the recommendations I am after: > >CPU: P4's have come down in price: a 1.5Ghz is around CAD$230. Of course >a P3 is much cheaper and a Celeron is even more so. >RAM: I can definitely afford 256Mb and possibly 512Mb, I think going to >a 1Gb would be a stretch. > >Motherboard: not at all sure here: have heard good things about ASUS >Video: again not sure here >Monitor: I have heard good reviews about some Samsung models, again not >sure >In terms of the HD, CDRW/DVD ROM, etc. I am okay with. > >So, if you have a few moments I would appreciate your input. I want to >limit my spending to around CAD$1500, maybe maxing out to CAD$2000 with >a large monitor, etc. > >Thanks, > >Hanif. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message