I built my last PC and had 2 years of hell. The machine was and still is very unstable, and that is why I'm in the market for a new one. Prior to my current machine I had a Packard Bell box and it worked wonderfully. I'm planning on buying a prebuilt one again this time. Maybe I just had bad luck. In any case, a Dell costs the same or a little less than what I could build the same thing for, so I don't see the point of building my own this time. Mike Bresnahan ---- "Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote: > Well, if ATA-66 compared with ATA-33 is any indication - that should be a > wonderful improvement. However, you will notice very little with RDRAM and > it is a hell of a lot more expensive to upgrade RDRAM memory than SDRAM > memory. To be honest, if you are looking to make a new high end purchase > soon you should wait for the DDR boards to come out. > > Also, if you have the inclination to build your own box, I can't stress > enough the benefits of building your own PC versus buying a factory > assembled one. I have been burned twice now on factory made PC's. Once > from Packard Bell (P100) and once from Compaq (Athlon 600). I have totally > rebuilt the latter PC - only thing original is the hard drive, CPU and > mouse. > > Tom Veldhouse > veldy at veldy.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Bresnahan" <mbresnahan1 at mmm.com> > To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 4:45 PM > Subject: [TCLUG] RDRAM or no RDRAM > > > Dell will sell me a Dimension 4100 with 133Mhz SDRAM and a ATA-66 hard > > drive for $2178. For $400 more, they will sell me a Dimension XPS B > > with RDRAM and a ATA-100 hard drive. Can you tell me what the extra > > $400 buys me? How much better is RDRAM over SDRAM and ATA-100 over > > ATA-66? > > > > Both desktops come with a 1GZ PIII processor but the motherboard is > > unspecified. > > > > Mike Bresnahan > > > > _______________________________________________ > > tclug-list mailing list > > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at lists.real-time.com > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list