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The
Practical Dream Machine
Here are the specs for this power
machine. They aren't all the absolute best, but they're pretty
close:
- CPU:
Lower end option: Celeron 366 PPGA with MSI Slotket adapter
overclocked to 550 MHz OR Intel Pentium III 450 MHz (w/ or w/o
overlcocking to 558 MHz).
Higher end option is a Pentium III "E" 600 MHz overclocked
to 800 MHz.
- Motherboard:
AOpen AX6BC Pro II. Other possibilities are MSI BXMaster or
Asus CUBX.
- RAM:
Two Corsair / Micron 128 MB PC133 SDRAM DIMMs for a total of 256 MB.
- Hard
Drive: IBM 22GXP 22 GB 7200 rpm IDE Hard Drive (a lower cost
alternative is Maxtor's 7200 rpm IDE Hard Drive - 30 GB).
- Video
Card: Matrox Millenium G400 MAX (for videophiles) or one of
the Nvidia GeForce cards with 32 MB DDR RAM (preferably the
Guillemot 3D Prophet) - for gamers.
- Case:
InWin Full Tower Case (Q500) with 300 watt power supply.
- Modem:
3Com/US Robotics External FaxModem Pro (USB/Serial).
OR:
NIC: D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Ethernet card.
- Monitor:
19" Princeton Graphics AGX900 Monitor with Sony Trinitron .25
dpi tube.
- CD-ROM
Drive: Creative Labs 52x IDE CD-ROM Drive.
OR:
DVD-ROM Drive: Pioneer 16x ATAPI DVD-ROM Drive with software
decoding (purchase the RealMagic Hollywood Plus decoder card if
desired)
- Sound
Card: Creative Labs' Sound Blaster Live! Value 3D audio sound
card.
- Speakers:
Altec-Lansing ADA305 Speakers with Dolby Pro Logic Decoder and USB
controls (optional use).
- Backup:
Iomega IDE Zip Drive (100 MB).
OR:
Castlewood Orb 2.2 GB Removable Drive.
- Floppy
Drive: Teac 1.44.
- Mouse:
Microsoft IntelliMouse PS/2.
- Keyboard:
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite USB or PS/2.
- Printer:
Epson Stylus 640 or 740.
- CD
Burner: Plextor PX-W8432TI 8x write, 4x rewrite.
Options:
- Game
Controller: Gravis Xterminator Game Pad.
- Scanner:
HP 5200 CXI Scanner.
- Digital
Camera: Kodak DC210 Plus.
- Video
Capture: Iomega Buzz.
- UPS:
OptiUPS 650ES Battery Backup with Voltage Regulation.
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