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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!news.kei.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.ac.net!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: FreeBSD system specification Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 10:09:39 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 31 Message-ID: <31D80653.4F34@www.play-hookey.com> References: <4r8e4e$m2@nntp5.u.washington.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) William R. Somsky wrote: > > Well, I'm just about to have a new FreeBSD/Win95 system custom built > for myself (probably in a week or so), and thought I'd run my specs by > people here for any comments they might have, just to check for any > problems that other people have run into w/ similar systems, and to > help me decide on the items I'm still not quite sure of. Any comments > on my specs would be appreciated. [ I'm not going to quote that whole post here... ] If you can stand building your own, instead of having it built for you, you can generally get excellent, high-performance stuff at a substantial savings. Try going to a local computer show (I'm sure you must have them, just as we do). Just one example: you mention 4 x 36 (16 MB) RAMs at $350/pair. I generally get 4 x 32's (60 ns) for $115 to $125 each, with the parity version being about $15 or so more. (I don't use parity any more; the parity bit is just as likely to fail as any other, and reliability has improved enormously from the 'old days.') Also, the variety is greater and you can look over all the specs before you decide to buy anything. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with your list, just that you may not be aware of some of the alternatives available to you. If this is not an option for you, well, I hope it works out for you. Ken