Larry- thanks.
That's why they have the 460W (!) power supply in a separate compartment with two dedicated fans - plus the three fans for the main chassis !! Specs say heat dissipation of fully-loaded system w/o monitor = 1,000 BTU/hour. -Ben > Ouch. Ben with that system you wouldn't need a furnace if you lived in > Minnesota. That must put out a lot of heat. > > Nice one though. > > larry > > At 11:37 PM 5/26/2003 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Yummy indeed! > > > >Feel very lucky - > >just ordered the beast: > >P4 3.0GHz, 800MHz FSB, 1GB Dual-channel DDR400, > >240GB SATA RAID0 HDs, > >ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, > >DVD-ROM and DVD+RW, > >Audigy 2 & Logitech Z-680 speakers, > >Win XP Pro. > >No monitor (re-using my beloved 19" Trinitron). > >4-year warranty :-) > > > > > >Can hardly wait... > ><vbg> > > > >-Ben > > > > > Thanks, BenD !! > > > :-) > > > > > > > Yummy! > > > > > > > > AFA 128 vs 256 goes, nothing out right now (or with declared specs) (that > > > > I've seen) even suggests more than 128, so you should be ridin' high > > for the > > > > next year or two. At that point, you'll need something new to play the > > > > latest stuff anyway, so who cares? > > > > > > > > -- Ben Doom > > > > Programmer & General Lackey > > > > Moonbow Software, Inc > > > > > > > > : -----Original Message----- > > > > : From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > : Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 2:24 PM > > > > : To: CF-Community > > > > : Subject: Zoom-Zoom > > > > : > > > > : > > > > : Told the wife that Dell has rebates and upgrade discounts totalling > > over > > > > : $500 on the pc I want (after the 10% off from the EPP), most of which > > > > : expire tomorrow (5/27). Asked if it would be ok if I ordered a > > > > : new machine. > > > > : Mentioned how much we were going to be saving on the mortgage refi. > > > > : > > > > : She smiled, said "hmmm, if we can afford both to get the pc for YOU > > and do > > > > > > : at least one of the house projects on MY list, then ok". > > > > : > > > > : Woo Hoo !! > > > > : > > > > : Looks like I'm going to be ordering an XPS with all the goodies. > > > > : > > > > : Question re: video cards - > > > > : they only have the 128MB ATI Radeon Pro 9800, not the 256MB. > > > > : Will that make a big difference? > > > > : > > > > : -Ben > > > > : :-) :-) > > > > : > > > > : > > > > : > > > > : > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
