My new living room pc

PLeblanc · 2005-07-11, 05:08

Here's what I ordered:
AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Venice, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 - Retail
DVICO FusionHDTV5 Gold Plus, HDTV Tuner Card, ATSC, QAM
MSI RS480M2-IL ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Chipset Socket 939 MicroATX
NEC ND-3520A 16X Double Layer DVD+-RW Drive (BLACK/BULK)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3200826AS 200GB 7200RPM 8MB SATA150
SuperTalent PC3200 1G (512MB x 2) DDR400 Dual-Kit CL3
Ahanix mce302 with ahanix 400 silenx

That is after looking into things (although I might be shy on storage the ahanix has one more bay apparrantly that I can put another bigger drive into. I'll let you all know how it turns out. The only thing I had issues with is the NEC dual layer dvd. It is supposed to be quiet, but I would have preferred slot loading (so my kids can't kill it.)

mama · 2005-07-11, 06:50

Take a look at "iRAM" from Gigabyte. It´s a PCI card, plugged via S-ATA and PCI with up to 4-8GB of RAM. You can boot Windows in a few seconds, including MP. Gigabyte will sell it this month for ca. 60,-€ + RAM.

I saw pictures with PCMark04. The iRAM system had 56560 ponts there!

Here are some pics:

2005-07-11, 05:08	#1 (permalink)
PLeblanc Portal Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My new living room pc Here's what I ordered: AMD Athlon 64 3000+, Venice, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 - Retail DVICO FusionHDTV5 Gold Plus, HDTV Tuner Card, ATSC, QAM MSI RS480M2-IL ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Chipset Socket 939 MicroATX NEC ND-3520A 16X Double Layer DVD+-RW Drive (BLACK/BULK) Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3200826AS 200GB 7200RPM 8MB SATA150 SuperTalent PC3200 1G (512MB x 2) DDR400 Dual-Kit CL3 Ahanix mce302 with ahanix 400 silenx That is after looking into things (although I might be shy on storage the ahanix has one more bay apparrantly that I can put another bigger drive into. I'll let you all know how it turns out. The only thing I had issues with is the NEC dual layer dvd. It is supposed to be quiet, but I would have preferred slot loading (so my kids can't kill it.)

2005-07-11, 06:50	#2 (permalink)
mama Portal Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Germany Posts: 334 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Take a look at "iRAM" from Gigabyte. It´s a PCI card, plugged via S-ATA and PCI with up to 4-8GB of RAM. You can boot Windows in a few seconds, including MP. Gigabyte will sell it this month for ca. 60,-€ + RAM. I saw pictures with PCMark04. The iRAM system had 56560 ponts there! Here are some pics: __________________ P4 2,66, Gigabyte MB, 512MB DDR, SkyStar 2, 160GB Samsung HDD, ATI Radeon 9600, Panasonic 37" Plasma screen plugged via VGA

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