Author Topic: Well, I just ordered a new system because mine is on the fritz (Read 729 times)

Karnak · « **on:** October 25, 2001, 05:25:00 PM »

I just ordered the following parts:

Abit K7G-RAID (AMD 761 chipset)
Athlon 1800 XP
2 x 256mb PC2100 DIMM
Thermaltake Volcano 5 heatsink
Windows XP Professional

I should be getting it next week. I'll then be setting it up. Hopefully everything goes smoothly.

My new system will be:

Abit K7G-RAID (AMD 761 chipset)
Athlon 1800 XP
2 x 256mb PC2100 DIMM
GeForce 2 GTS 32mb
Soundblaster Live! Platinum 5.1
Intel PC/100 8255 network card
TEKRAM SCSI 3 card
Seagate Baracuda 18gb SCSI 3 hard drive
IBM 9gb SCSI 3 hard drive
Seagate Baracuda 2gb SCSI 3 hard drive
Plextor UltraPleX Wide 42x SCSI 3 CD-ROM drive
Windows XP Professional

Karnak · « **Reply #1 on:** October 26, 2001, 02:07:00 AM »

If anyone wants to buy an Abit K7A motherboard with an Athlon Classic 700mhz and 512mb of PC133 memory email me at aahola@pacbell.net

I'll sell the lot for $150.00

I don't think there is an issue with any of that stuff. I think that there are issues with the ammount of stuff I have in the system.

[ 10-26-2001: Message edited by: Karnak ]

Wobble · « **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2001, 02:46:00 AM »

youve got mail.

Staga · « **Reply #3 on:** October 26, 2001, 07:06:00 AM »

Karnak are you gonna use separate disks for Windows, Temporary- and Swap files ?

Vipermann · « **Reply #4 on:** October 26, 2001, 12:08:00 PM »

Make sure you download the newest bios update as well as the newest VIA 4in1 drivers or your Athlon XP won't be compatable

Karnak · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2001, 01:09:00 PM »

Will I need the Via 4 in 1 drivers with Windows XP?

Staga, I wasn't planning on it. I was planning on using the 9gb drive as a system drive, the 18gb drive as the program drive and continuing to us the 2gb drive as my backup drive.

Should I use different disks for the temporary and swap files??

Raubvogel · « **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2001, 01:39:00 PM »

Karnak...if that board has an AMD chipset, should be no reason to install the 4-in-1s.

I made a 1 gig partition on my HD and made that my swap file. Seemed to help performance a bit.

Karnak · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2001, 01:56:00 PM »

Raubvogel,

Its got an AMD northbridge and a Via southbridge.

If I recall correctly, the southbridge is hwta the 4 in 1s are for.

weazel · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2001, 02:10:00 PM »

Should I use different disks for the temporary and swap files??

I use an Adaptec 2940U/2940UW PCI adapter with multiple drives and set mine up as follows.

You should place the swap file on a 2nd disk, <your fastest drive> it will help prevent fragmentation of the disk your OS is on.

The SCSI bus allows multi-tasking and is more efficent than IDE drives .

Use a disk utility and move the swap file to the beginning of the disk as it will give you better performance. <I use Norton Speedisk>

Vipermann · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2001, 02:11:00 PM »

yes you will need the 4in1's for the southbridge. I have that exact same Motherboard.

I would recommend using a seperate disk for the swap file for better performance. With XP it's easy to set up where you want the swap file to be. I don't know why you would use another seperate disk for the temp file though.

Staga · « **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2001, 04:30:00 PM »

Karnak friend of mine is using a system with several Ultra SCSI hard-disks and he is using separate disks for swap-file and temporary files.
All I know is he said its fast as he_l.

bloom25 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 27, 2001, 10:53:00 AM »

The shipping version of Windows XP includes via drivers. (finally

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