Recent content by kaulike

How bout $1000 for just the hardware? All reasonable offers will be considered...

This is a machine I hand-built for my own needs about 9 months ago. Lots of horsepower, RAM, and disk storage for video apps and multitasking. Medium-level video card with 3D capability. (I'm not a gamer, but the machine can play anything you throw at it.) Pentium 4 (Prescott core) -...

> Get an ASUS ASUS "P4C800-E DELUXE" i875P I'll second this. I'm using one of these right now with a Prescott 3.0. The Prescott runs hot (63C loaded) with the stock HSF, even in a case with a porthole, but the MB is very easy to set up, has OC features if you like that sort of thing, no...

> We should start seeing desktop motherboards for [Pentium Ms] soon They have been out for a while. They are bonzo for building silent PCs. <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813137061>

Thanks for the advice, it fits with what I had learned. I will probably go with the P3. It is a little more expensive, but I really want the system to be useful. The cheapest 1.2GHz Tualatin I could find with the right pins (FC-PGA, not PPGA) is $71 at Directron---newegg only has the 1GHz...

I am building a mini-ITX system to eventually go into a homebuilt or case mod. Haven't decided on the mod yet, but it will have adequate airflow. I am debating between these systems. Both have similarly equipped motherboards, and both will be able to be made very quiet. The differences are...

Thanks for the innovative solution! I'll wander over to avsforum and see what they say as well.

I have been thinking about building a home theater PC but it would be pointless. I have a ton of ancient media, and in fact one of the motivators is to be able to cross-record at will---to make CDs from my vinyl collection, for example, without dragging the turntable and preamp into my office...

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