From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Mar 18 17:52:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14949 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 17:52:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14936 for ; Wed, 18 Mar 1998 17:52:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA11554; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:22:06 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA24353; Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:22:05 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980319122205.36789@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:22:05 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: lavalamp , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hate to ask ... References: <199803190138.TAA01787@ren.dias.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <199803190138.TAA01787@ren.dias.net>; from lavalamp on Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 07:40:14PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 18 March 1998 at 19:40:14 -0600, lavalamp wrote: > Heya, > > Sorry to ask a question that is probably answered somewhere on the site > but here is the general system components I am going with. Lemme know if > there are any errors. I am just learning and need the box just to learn > with but don't wanna have to buy twice. I'll go SCSI when I have the cash > > MOTHERBOARD: Pentium 430TX W/512K Cache > PROCESSOR: AMD K6-233Mhz w/ MMX > MEMORY: 64MB 2pc 4x64 SDRAM (10ns) > VIDEO-CARD: ATI 3D Xpression 4MB EDO RAM > NETWORK-CARD: 3COM PCI 905 10/100 MBPS Looks OK to me. In fact, it looks pretty much like my machine. If you don't already have the K6, consider buying the /266. They're a newer stepping and run much cooler. If you do get (or have) the /233, make sure you have a sufficiently large cooler. > Any glaring errors in that? Will any sound card work? Most. > I wanna run X-Windows so I think this will be fast enough. No problems. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message