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stamenkd · 01-31-2003, 09:06 AM

yes its a flat CRT as far as I know. They do build it, so thats included in the price, but no OS - I'll probably run RedHat 7.2. As far as I've found on the internet, that seems to be a good price for Australia, compared to buying a Dell for instance where you spend a lot of money for the brandname.

daveleau:About the nforce chipset, I thought it had some flaws, and that nforce2 is much better. Is the nforce(1) better than the KT400 chipset? And is it worth it to pay more(?) for an nforce chipset? I've got a CS degree, but they didn't teach us anything about HW. I don't understand that a mobo can make too much of a difference when it comes to overall speed.

Personally I'd like to go with a mobo that will be able to handle newer Athlon XPs when they come out, so that I only have to buy a new CPU later on.
How can you tell up to what speed CPU the mobo can handle, the FSB multiplied by the CPU multiplier?

Thanks for the replies.

01-31-2003, 09:06 AM	#6 (permalink)
stamenkd Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: University of Wollongong, Australia Posts: 97	yes its a flat CRT as far as I know. They do build it, so thats included in the price, but no OS - I'll probably run RedHat 7.2. As far as I've found on the internet, that seems to be a good price for Australia, compared to buying a Dell for instance where you spend a lot of money for the brandname. daveleau:About the nforce chipset, I thought it had some flaws, and that nforce2 is much better. Is the nforce(1) better than the KT400 chipset? And is it worth it to pay more(?) for an nforce chipset? I've got a CS degree, but they didn't teach us anything about HW. I don't understand that a mobo can make too much of a difference when it comes to overall speed. Personally I'd like to go with a mobo that will be able to handle newer Athlon XPs when they come out, so that I only have to buy a new CPU later on. How can you tell up to what speed CPU the mobo can handle, the FSB multiplied by the CPU multiplier? Thanks for the replies.