From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Dec 16 4:56:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mail-out.visi.com (kauket.visi.com [209.98.98.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AE2B014F20; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 04:56:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mestery@visi.com) Received: from isis.visi.com (isis.visi.com [209.98.98.8]) by mail-out.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8B11378A; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 06:52:46 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost (mestery@localhost) by isis.visi.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA29930; Thu, 16 Dec 1999 06:52:46 -0600 (CST) X-Authentication-Warning: isis.visi.com: mestery owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 06:52:46 -0600 (CST) From: To: Mike Smith Cc: Warner Losh , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sweet spot In-Reply-To: <199912152223.OAA01491@mass.cdrom.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > What's the current sweet spot for intel systems? I'm looking to spend > > about $1500-$2000 on a screaming builder box and was wondering what > > the current sweet spot in the hardware curve is?? > > Probably an ABIT BP6 and two 400MHz celerons. > I can second that. I have that exact configuration (with a Tekram DC-390F using the sym driver) and it works extremely well. It's also much cheaper than a dual PIII system and for normal home use and building, it runs fine. I even use it to play QuakeII/III with my G400! -- Kyle Mestery | Ancor Communications mestery@visi.com | http://www.freebsd.org/ mestery@netwinder.org | http://www.netwinder.org/ Protect your right to privacy: www.freecrypto.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message