"thunder" wrote in message
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On Mon, 09 Jan 2006 17:56:31 -0500, JimH wrote:


Here are my specs so far:

MSI K8N Neo4/SLI motherboard (w/built in SoundBlaster Live chip) Althion
64 3000+ CPU, Socket 939 version 2 GB DDR400 Corair Ram
256MB Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX video card Antec Performance TX640B Series
Case
Plextor PX-716A dual layer DVD 16X
Maxtor 300GB DiamondMax hard drive
Viewsonic 17" Thinedge VP171B LCD flat panel monitor Windows XP
Professional OEM

Any suggestions or comments?

I like Maxtor drives, but you are aware that they were just purchased by
Seagate. I'm also assuming it's a SATA drive.

Corsair is good memory, but be aware that matching memory, and timings, to
a motherboard is becoming a pain. You may want to look here, if you
haven't already.

http://www.corsairmemory.com/corsair...or_search.html

I'd also point out that Windows and 64 bit computing can be somewhat
problematic.

http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1795/

http://www.3dvelocity.com/articles/w...64softlist.htm

FWIW, I've been using a true 64 bit system, Debian Linux, for over a year
without *any* problems. You might want to consider coming over to the
dark side. ;-)


Thanks, will look into the issues you brought up.