The motherboard is the Abit KT7 - I didn't need RAID so I skipped on the
KT7-RAID (same board as the plain KT7, but with RAID support). I've seen
a few people having quirky little problems with those boards, but Alison
Hine has one and after ironing out a few kinks, she appears to like it
well enough.
Memory is from Atlas Precision. They sell memory based on why kind of
motherboard you're using, and supposedly guarantee compatibility. The
chips on the simm module are "Infineon". If they don't work well, I
guess we'll be testing their "guarantee".
The CPU is an Athlon 1ghz. It was cheaper by over $100 than the 1.2ghz
part, and $100 is too much to spend on neglible performance gains, plus I
can always try overclocking the 1ghz and seeing how well it does.
The power supply is an Enermax EG451P-VE ATX 431 Watt unit. I *think*
this is the same power supply that 3D-Cool sells (as an option) in their
Tornado 2000 case. Since I already have a super-tower 11-drive case, I
wanted only the power supply, but found it for $60 less than 3D-Cool
wanted at Crazy PC. The power supply I bought is also billed as being
Athlon compatible. I wanted a big power supply because I have 4 hard
drives, two CD-ROMs, and a tape drive already, and plan on buying a
couple more hard drives.
On top of that, I'm waiting for the NV20 to come out, and I'm sure it's
gonna be a power-hungry ***. Until then, I'll be making do with my old
Voodoo3/3000.
> John...
> I'm thinking of building a new system with a 1.4 gig T-bird...and
> over-clocking it per Tom's Hardware (usually not my style....but I'm tired
> of buying new "processors" every 3 months to keep up with these video card
> manufacturers....its time to start "over-clocking" .....that's what I
> finally decided). What motherboard did you get....and who's PC133 RAM did
> you buy (I understand that the quality of RAM, and thus the company who made
> it....is more critical with these PC133 "sticks" than it has been with the
> PC100 sticks....which I have had good luck just buying at Costco for a $100
> bucks)? That's the only "hardware" I'm unsure about......
> Oh, and did you buy an Antec p-supply? I have their PP403X, 400 watt
> p-supply still in a box that I'm installing in one of our "rental"
> simulators.....but this is my first experience with their power supplies
> (and I'm going to try one of their "cases" next system....they are really
> highly recommended...and they look pretty cool). They come with some very
> high "kick-ass" recommendations for *** boxes.....so I was wondering what
> p-supply you found and bought?
> Tom Pabst
> > My Abit KT7, 1ghz AMD T-bird, and 256mb PC133/CAS2 memory came today!
> > All I'm waiting on is a 430watt power supply and the CPU fan...
> > Hopefully, by the end of the week... :-)
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