RE: How much is too much?
Posted by: gk <gk@...>
Win98 will not support more than one processor nor will it make much use of
RAM, beyond 128MB, even rendering large image files etc. If this is that
high-end he is much better off spending some more $$ to get the apps to run
under win2K. I cannot imagine any SERIOUS design work being done with
windows 98.
Hard drive wise, unless you just have to do SCSI, the performance gain would
be minimal. Stick with IDE.
Any board from Abit, Asus, Tyan etc. is good and I would go with an Athlon
processor as well.
My thoughts....interested to hear others as I may build my next system too.
GK
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Shoemaker http://www.shoestringconsulting.com/
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> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2000 1:34 AM
> To: Christian Computing Magazine
> Subject: [CCMag] How much is too much?
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>
> I need some assistance with a nice "problem"!
>
> This is the opportunity of a lifetime. A client of mine (my best one!)
> wants me to design and build a killer system. He will be doing high-end
> graphics (including video) and CAD, so we need some real
> horsepower, and he
> has the $$ budgeted for it -- up to around $3,000. He's not a
> gamer at all
> -- even had me uninstall Solitaire!
>