From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Oct 2 11:00:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id LAA12198 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 11:00:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: from po7.andrew.cmu.edu (PO7.ANDREW.CMU.EDU [128.2.10.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id LAA12192 for ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 11:00:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from postman@localhost) by po7.andrew.cmu.edu (8.8.5/8.8.2) id OAA20177 for freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 14:00:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: via switchmail; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 14:00:22 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chamonix.weh.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:59:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chamonix.weh.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:59:36 -0400 (EDT) Received: from BatMail.robin.v2.14.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.chamonix.weh.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4x.55 via MS.5.6.chamonix.weh.andrew.cmu.edu.sun4_51; Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:59:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 13:59:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Timothy J Kniveton To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: HW Sources Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi. After running FreeBSD on my 486/66 for 4 years, I am looking to put together a new system. I'm soliciting comments or suggestions from anyone as to how they think this system will work w/FBSD, or how I could improve it. I would like to get the ASUS TX97-XE mainboard with an AMD K6 200MHz (worth $100 more for the 233MHz?), half-height ATX tower, 32M EDO RAM, Matrox Mystique 220 w/ 4M, Quantum 3.2G IDE(DMA33), floppy, 24x IDE CD-ROM, mouse/kb. I will either continue to use the Viewsonic 7 17" monitor I have, or more likely, get a new one (suggestions on a cheap 17"?). I'll also keep the SMC ISA 10bT ethernet card. Although I was running SCSI on my old system, it is an EISA adapter so I will not be able to use it on the new one. I might get PCI SCSI later, but I think IDE (on the mainboard) will suit me for now. I was thinking of going with Treasure Chest computers since they allow a totally customizable system, but at $1100 (sans monitor), their prices don't seem all that competitive, so I'm willing to consider alternatives. I have no qualms about putting together the parts if I could find them cheaper, but I am interested in having at least a 3-yr warrantee on them (which TC offers). Please send me any helpful info or comments you have. Thanks for reading all this! -Tim