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Originally Posted by Praetor
1. From the tax im guessing you're in england with the value-subtract-tax but if not and you're in canada the total comes to $1895 (unless i cant multiply  ) |
I'm Canadain, perhaps i made a error in the calculation :-P
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- You should consider the P4C2.8 or P4C3.0 as opposed to the Prescott you've got there because (a) the Northwoods are much more efficient clock for clock (thus if you want to get a Prescott, make sure its a lot faster) and (b) they dont have the heat dilemma
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I'm a little new at this, not sure wat u mean by the P4C3.0, i thought thats what i have listed
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- Dont buy a floppy unless you seriously see yourself needing one -- you can probably find them in dumpsters or even for like $5 in small computer stores
- As for the burner, everything LG made after their 16X burners has been crap; mostly one-sheep burners (dont worry about what that means, it's essentially a rating of the accuracy of the drive, 2-sheep being the desired and 1-sheep being not-so-desireable) that have no endurance (i myself have toasted out two LG 48x24x48 drives in less than a week each). Grab something like the LiteOn 52x32x52 because (a) its for $30 to (b) it's 2-sheep burner and (c) it's got proven reliability
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I might just take the floppy from the old computer and put it in this one, I've also been thinking of adding in a DVD-burner as well, should i do a combo drive??
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- For $181 you can get a GFX5900XT ($170) and its a much superior card to the 9600XT
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The site that i'm acually looking to buy the parts from has that video card listed at $275 canadain and the 9600Xt is at $259, is that card worth the extra 16 though?