-Laryr
> Storagereview say raid on a desktop is pointless.
> > Put the money saved into more ram (2x512meg PC3200 or PC3500) and a
better
> > videocard (X800pro or 6800).
> > rms
-Larry
> >>Soyo - K7VME - VIA Socket A Barebones Kit with 52x CD-ROM,350-watt PS,
> > Well, this is a lousy choice of motherboard, especially given that
you
> > are thinking of a XP3200+, which is designed to run at 400FSB.
> <snip>
> Well, here's where PC guys lose me. I understand that the K7VME isn't
> the absolute latest and greatest, but both AnandTech and Tom's Hardware
> had very nice things to say about it. What I most don't understand (and
> this is purely my own ignorance) is why GPL, a sim written what -- five
> years ago? -- optimized for the bog-slow CPUs of its day and graphics
> cards (VooDoo?) a hundred times obsoleted, today requires some blown,
> injected, water-intercooled Blast-O-Megaherz frankenstein processor and
> a mobo with something like 5 times the FSB speed of 1999-2000 boxes. I
> don't know what I'm missing here -- is it the many add-ons developed by
> this immensely clever community since GPL was first launched that
> requires such immense firepower?
Instead do a 3400+ and a x800pro or xt
rms
