On Wednesday 09 February 2005 01:57 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> G'day All;
>
> I'm in the process of buying a new PC and I'm thinking of going with an
> AMD64, but it's been about 6 years since my last hardware purchase :-)
> so a bit of friendly advice is most welcome. This is what I'm thinking
> of getting...
>
> AMD64 3.0Ghz CPU
> Epox 8KDA3J Motherboard
> Liteon DVD+-RW SOHW 1653S02C
> 120G Western Digital SATA HD (might get two and go RAID but I probably
> don't need it)
> nVidia GeForce FX5500
>
> I know the video card is dated but I'm not gamer and mostly happy with
> the nVidia TNT2 I have at the moment, so I don't see the need for
> anything better (unless there any horrible compatibilty issues with it)
>
> Any advice or comments extremely welcome.
>
Joel... depending on what you are upgrading from... your new machine will
probably blow your socks off... As for the sata hardware, I've no practical
experience.
Cheers.
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