On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Indraneel Majumdar wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've to recommend system configuration for some people here. I'm planning
> the following (see below). However the machine has to be a well known
> brand and offer replacement and data recovery warranty for 1 year. And the
> system should cost well below Rs one lakh (with the brand name). Also
> apart from linux it should support Windows (my AMD machine doesn't).
> Here's the config I want:
>
> AMD Athlon 850 MHz
> AMD Compatible motherboard (ABIT or ASUS)
I *honestly* doubt if any of teh big names in India sell Athlon
systems. Those guys are too much sold on Intel.
Also, I don't think the Athlon 'Thunderbird' 850 MHz is available here,
though the ASUS A7V is for around 11K with a Duron 600 for 5K & duron 650
for 6K.
Anyone found the ABIT K7T-RAID here?
> ATX mini tower case 250W SMPS
Where do u get good and affordable cases with 250 W supplies. Mostly they
offer 235 watts!
> 256 MB RAM (no ECC but with warranty)
If it is 256 MB, PC 133, then a make like Transcend would set u back
around 20K (I guess!)
> 9 GB ultra 160 SCSI HDD (Seagate)
> 20 GB IDE HDD (Seagate)
For a performance system I guess u would go for a 7200 RPM HDD.
> 48x IDE CD drive (Sony)
why not a DVD?
> 3.5" FDD (Sony)
> Acclerated graphics card 32 MB RAM (which one is good, Voodoo? Matrox?)
ASUS has a nice line in cards, based on nVidia. And they have dealers in
India.
> soundcard (SB live with speakers ?)
> 10/100 network card (3Com ?)
> 19" Monitor (Samtron or better, no LG/Gateway please)
ViewSonic
> 3 button mouse (Logitech)
PS/2, isn't it?
> 104 key mechanical keyboard
TVSE kbd, I guess. Go for PS/2
> Machine need not come with any preinstalled OS. (WinNT is acceptable if
> it is unavoidable). The machine shall probably be used for high end
> graphics/molecular modelling work. Any help including a better
> suggestion will be appreciated.
Build it yourself!
As I understand, u are an educational/research institute. So, u would get
duty exemption also. U can possibly catch hold of some supplier and source
the critical stuff like memory, processor & MB directly.
I know it is going to be a pain. Can u catch hold of some white market
assemblers?
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