Hello Leigh,

Tuesday, May 22, 2001, 2:52:22 AM, you wrote:

LJ> Below are the specs I am considering,  I would apreciate any
LJ> comments on the combination Im looking at, is there anything you would add
LJ> or change? any percieved conflicts?:

LJ> *MOBO:  ASUS A7M266 (socketA)
LJ> Chip:           AMD 1.333 Gig 266
LJ> RAM:            256 meg DDR PC2100
LJ> HDD:            Western Digital 20 gig (7200)
LJ> Fdd
LJ> Video:          64 meg Geforce GTS DDR
LJ> Sound:  Creative Live PCI
LJ> Modem:  Netcomm external (serial or usb ???)
LJ> DVD:            Hitachi 12x
LJ> CDR/RW: Ricoh 32/8/8 ide kit
LJ> OS:             Win ME

LJ> * I am considering a different ASUS MOBO that can run 6 (I think) rather
LJ> than 4 drives, but I havent got the specs or price for it yet.
LJ> The shop has said that 500 meg of the DDR ram would be total overkill, what
LJ> are your thoughts on that?

First and foremost - 20 Gig HD in today's world is small. Get at least
60Gig drive.
As far as memory goes - 256 is ok for today, 512 might be overkill as
the marginal value of each additional Mg after 256 is small. But at
todays prices of memory, I would get 512, as you never know what kind
of memory hogs will come up in our future.

Unless you have a compelling reason to go with Windows ME, I would get
Windows 2000.
What about monitor?? Get at least 19 inch, preferably 21.

Good luck,



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