New computer

[LLv34_Snefens]

I am currently planning on buying a new computer after my old one has served me well for 2 years. I have been looking into the following:

ASUS P3B-F Slot-1 Mainboard
Intel P3 800 MHz, 133 Mhz
264 Mb Ram PC-100
Seagate Barracuda 20,4 GB Harddisk
Soundblaster 1024 Live! Play
48x Speed CD-Rom
Creative Geforce-2 32MB
19" Samsung 950P
400 Watt PC Speaker

Anyone know if this will work well together or do you see any "bottlenecks" somewhere?

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"Head-ons are for pilots that don't know what their next move should be"

Ltn. Snefens
RO, Lentolaivue 34

[Staga]

PC133 memory, Bigger hard-disk or pair and CD-RW is "must"  

Buy a good pair of headphones, costs something like 100$ and beats down loudspeakers price of 1000$.
Also your neighbours would like those  

Staga

(edit... If you still want "PC-Speakers" buy Jamo's active ones... Support your own country's people  ...
I'm using Jamo Prestige 170 in my livingroom  )

[This message has been edited by Staga (edited 07-21-2000).]

[LLv34_Snefens]

The 400 Watt speakers are listed at 40$ not 1000   I was also thinking of buying a surround system instead but not sure.

I already got headphones. Nothing fancy at all, just a headset with mike bought for 25$ but they are very good for that price. I prefer "real" sound when playing and only use them when on RW with squadmates.
I live in house btw. No problems with neighbours.  

Thx for tip on Ram. Checked and it will only be 25$ extra to change it to PC133. Will it make abig difference?

[edit] corrected spelling bigtime.

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"Head-ons are for pilots that don't know what their next move should be"

Ltn. Snefens
RO, Lentolaivue 34

[This message has been edited by LLv34_Snefens (edited 07-21-2000).]

[airspro]

Have harman/kardon surround sound , is ok but more for DVD movies I think . Don't really hear that big a diff on AH IMO .

Man spring for 21' monitor if you can afford it , glad I did , had 19 but this much better , trinron this time . Didn't think so when I ordered it , but easier on my eyes after long missions etc .

BTY movies are pretty good , here in states they are now starting to be lots easier to rent , same price as vhs too .

 gl on your pc .

cheers spro

[-lynx-]

100MHz FSB (rather than 133MHz) leaves room to "crank it up" a bit when needed without spending any more money.

Bigger HD? Why? If you're not into graphics that is... I can't think of a reason to have more than 10GB to begin with unless you plan on installing tons of stuff you never use...

19"? Yes Sir!!! - it's sooooo much bigger than 17" .

CD-RW is a great thing, really is. Blank CDs cost next to nothing, CD-RW drives - ~£110-ish ($180) although most stuff you can do with them is (strictly speaking) illegal ( ). At least now I finally know why I have a multi-changer in the boot of my car - I get 15-20 songs I like on 1 CD rather than a dozen out of 10 CDs . (CD-RWs do music CDs just as well)

The drag is you'd better have a separate CD-ROM drive...

400 watts speakers for $40 bucks? Err... Ummm... Methinks that what Staga was referring to was the quality of sound you get, not the maximum electric power your speakers can sustain for a fraction of a second .

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-lynx-
13 Sqn RAF

[Staga]

Right on target Lynx  

I got Creatives subwoofer (better one) and satellites but they're nothing compared to "real" loudspeakers  

There are some quite cheap surround amplifiers and speakers (like Dali etc.) and IMO if you want a sounds which make you smile check out those  

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I've got a set of Altec-Lansing ACS-340 speakers with subwoofer. Whole system is only 40 watts, but I've rattled every window in the house with it. Came with my Dell too. Yeah, it's a 3 year-old system; but I get great sound. SoundBlaster 16 PnP card came with it too. Never even thought of replacing either the speakers or sound card.

Hot Tip: Gateway tech support stinks [I've dealt with them many times for friends]. Dell uses sub-sized memory DIMMs so you have to get memory from them. Only upside with Dell is the warranty: 3 years next business day on-site service. Part breaks on Monday, they come out on Tuesday to replace it at NO charge.


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