> On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Leland Jackson<[email protected]>
> wrote:
> Hardware dummy that I am, I have a couple of questions:
>> 1) ASUS M4A89TD PRO AM3 AMD 890FX SATA 6Gb/s ATX AMD Motherboard: $174.99
IMO, that's more powerful and expensive than you need for development work.
> One issue for me: I have some big IDE drives that I'll need to use.
> That doesn't look like it has SATA and IDE controllers, only SATA. Am
> I interpreting that right? I have had trouble with IDE add-on boards.
I'd switch to SATA drives if you possibly can. They're dirt cheap these
days, and the SATA cables don't block the cooling like IDE do.
>>> ZOTAC ZT-98GEY3G-FSL GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0
>>> x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card
Again, more than you need IMO. Don't spend much more than $100 for a
video card for development. Also, higher end cards draw a LOT more power.
> My monitors have "old fashioned" VGA connectors. I know not of DVI.
> Are there adaptors, or different card?
Simple adaptor, plug VGA cable into the adaptor, plug the adaptor into
the DVI socket. Mine came with the video card.
> Also, all of the feedback is from gamer dudes. I don't "game," won't
> "game" with this computer. Is this card overkill for me? I have a
> NVidia 7300 GS card on another computer. Could I use that?
Can't see why not, providing it's PCIexpress. If not, buy a new one.
Any SLI video card is overkill.
I spent a lot less, and still consider my system medium fast. Here's
what I bought 2 years ago at Fry's:
Case: CoolerMaster Centurion 59 64.99
Motherboard: MSI K9A2 CF (AMD2 slot) 99.99
CPU: AMD PHENOM X3 8450 2.16 GHz 109.00
Memory: 4 GB DDR2 PC6400 Ballistix 59.99
Video Card: Diamond ATI 4650 - 1 GB 109.99
Hard Drives: WD3200KSRTL 320 GB (2) 159.98
16 MB buffer, SATA, 7200 rpm
(Used existing Enermax 480w power supply)
Exact model #s will have changed, but prices haven't gone up. And hard
drive prices today should be about half what I paid.
Dan Covill
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