Re: Best Athlon MoBo for Full Sized Tower with Temperature Sensor and Case

What are you going to do with the other 1500.00?

"Thomas Collins Jr" <> wrote in message
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> I'm in the planning stages of buying parts to build a Athlon 64
> computer. Only dealing with x86 & Celeron up to this point need some
> advise and opinions on the best parts (reliable) to buy.
>
> What I'm looking for is not bleeding edge technology but a fast
> reliable computer for everyday use and will be running XP Pro. As to
> graphics I don't play games, only Real Flight Simulator which requires
> a 3d 128MB Graphics card and >1.3GHz CPU speed (32 bit program). But
> I do want the best that I can afford.
>
> For cost, I have $3000 to spend and want the following:
>
> AMD Althon
> 2 200GB+ Raid Drives SATA
> EIDE ability to use my 3 Disk Drives Western Digital 250GB,
> PlextorCombo 20/10/40-12A, Plextor 712 A/SW.
> Built In Lan (Optional, I have a 3Com PCI Card)
> 256MB Graphics Card
> Full Sized Case with Temperature Sensor/Readout
> Motherboard with at least 4GB Memory and Bios/Temperature Sensor
> 400+Watt Power Supply
> TV Tuner Card
> Ability to run two Monitors up to 19" either VGA or DVI
>
> Thats my list so far...any comments or suggestions to checkout would
> be appreciated.
>
> Most of my computing is Programming/Web Surfing normal stuff...but I
> like to run 3-5 programs at one time in the background.
>
> Tom
>