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Message-ID: <3277AF2F.3A2F@wsg.net> Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 14:40:31 -0500 From: "David M. Fogarty" <chaos@wsg.net> Reply-To: chaos@wsg.net Organization: Web Services Group, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Please suggest "best" FreeBSD workstation <= $4000 References: <53rflp$o27@lex.zippo.com> <326269E6.15FB7483@FreeBSD.org> <DzE1u6.GJt@rockyd.rockefeller.edu> <544lbk$b41@flash.noc.best.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.97.122.160 Lines: 60 Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.localnet.com!news3.agis.net!agis!cancer.vividnet.com!hunter.premier.net!hammer.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!pull-feed.internetmci.com!ns2.wsg.net!206.97.122.160 Matthew Dillon wrote: > You'd be surprised... I threw together a pentium pro 200 system for myself > about a month ago for around $3000 not including the monitor. So > add $X extra for the monitor and you are there. > > one scsi 4G disk (barracuda) > asus something-or-other pentium pro motherboard.. one of the latest ones > pentium pro 200 > 64MB ram - four 16MB parity SIMMs (EDO is faster, but doesn't have parity) --> So why not buy Parity EDO? I did and am very happy. As of yet the highest parity EDO's I've seen are the 16's. I've yet to see 32's... > case, power supply > scsi cdrom > dec 10/100base-t pci ethernet card > adaptec pci SCSI card - fast narrow in this case, one can get better > (e.g. ultrafast), but I got only one disk so... > some cirrus chipset based video card > etc... > > Don't ask me where I got all the stuff from, it's something I can't > repeat... but the big tick item is memory and memory is *real* cheap > these days. > --> Agreed 100%. Putting together a system yourself is the way to go these days. I did and got a much better system for the money with the same parts than I could have anywhere else. All you lose is the universal warranty. Doing it yourself means going to individual manufactuers for service...though with all the systems I've built, I've never had a problem. (Just buy quality from the start!!) > -Matt > > -- > Matthew Dillon Engineering, BEST Internet Communications, Inc. > <dillon@best.net> > [always include a portion of the original email in any response!] -- ~|~|_ _ | _ _ _| _ |` /~`|_ _ _ _ | | |(/_ |_(_)| (_| (_)~|~ \_,| |(_((_)_\ Ever been to the Realm of Chaos? Check it out!! http://www.wsg.net/~chaos | chaos@wsg.net -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQCNAzI+5/MAAAEEANEJ4sCRrHa/FmG/wmv2ngA//BDrsq7VbiyQQRUGu8UDEOL4 JuKdxEIZf+8w7e38Sy4sBzRHdUbW2+O66i0GfQ1l1fDadrmxmyjUjt9OYgoeLRa4 4eFa9H8pt9TJefFPc+xFckYUTNoIq/wFfulfRHoFSSC+AAOQ//zPtXxt0x0BAAUR tCBEYXZpZCBNLiBGb2dhcnR5IDxjaGFvc0B3c2cubmV0PokAlQMFEDJAa2H8z7V8 bdMdAQEB6fkEAL72UBqn2Y8r99pEQJKIiHrS2ln6TpFEgVqqfYLgVBIxMND1zQCX hJ5jV9Sh4KnZhUxUA/RQ4UwH1DZQiOz8ylg/XaEBTlykOSYAvEsvOHMYshrKXVRU MmPUFYTpoNoMGw/wUovarA/hJ0P+jqC72U2atTVR9D+WMiH+li8cFa+FtB9EYXZp ZCBNLiBGb2dhcnR5IDxkYXZlQHRiZS5uZXQ+ =7twh -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----