Final hardware check before ordering tomorrow

I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM Driver Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0

David Kistner wrote:
I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM Driver
Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0

I forgot to add that I'm getting two sticks of the Apacer RAM.

David Kistner wrote:
I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM Driver
Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0

I forgot to add that I'm getting two sticks of the Apacer RAM.

David Kistner wrote:
I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM Driver
Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0

I forgot to add that I'm getting two sticks of the Apacer RAM.

I can not see why anyone would purchase a MX400 video card. In the
Present day ATI makes the best video cards. Suggest a Radeon 9200
video card. You do not need that large a power supply to run a punky
little video card. Nothing really wrong with that video card but it
is old technology. Try looking at

www.tomshardware.com

Or look at this VGA Comparison Chart.

It is a bit old but it has a similar card to the one you plan on
buying.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...charts-03.html


Here is another one:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic..._guide-12.html



On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:57:05 GMT, David Kistner
wrote:

I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM Driver Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0

For what the OP stated, as their intended use of the machine, there is
absolutely nothing wrong with their choice of videro adaptor.

-
stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:

I can not see why anyone would purchase a MX400 video card. In the
Present day ATI makes the best video cards. Suggest a Radeon 9200
video card. You do not need that large a power supply to run a punky
little video card. Nothing really wrong with that video card but it
is old technology. Try looking at

www.tomshardware.com

Or look at this VGA Comparison Chart.

It is a bit old but it has a similar card to the one you plan on
buying.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...charts-03.html


Here is another one:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic..._guide-12.html



On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:57:05 GMT, David Kistner
wrote:

I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM
Driver Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0

--
Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' **** `outta me." - Lit

This machine will be used primarily for running Microsoft Office and
that's about it. That's why I really don't want to spend much on a
video card if I don't need to.
- Dave Kistner

Strontium wrote:
For what the OP stated, as their intended use of the machine, there is
absolutely nothing wrong with their choice of videro adaptor.

-
stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:


I can not see why anyone would purchase a MX400 video card. In the
Present day ATI makes the best video cards. Suggest a Radeon 9200
video card. You do not need that large a power supply to run a punky
little video card. Nothing really wrong with that video card but it
is old technology. Try looking at

www.tomshardware.com

Or look at this VGA Comparison Chart.

It is a bit old but it has a similar card to the one you plan on
buying.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...charts-03.html


Here is another one:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic..._guide-12.html



On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:57:05 GMT, David Kistner
wrote:


I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM
Driver Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0


--
Strontium

Quite correct.

"David Kistner" wrote in message
...
This machine will be used primarily for running Microsoft Office and
that's about it. That's why I really don't want to spend much on a
video card if I don't need to.
- Dave Kistner

Strontium wrote:
For what the OP stated, as their intended use of the machine, there is
absolutely nothing wrong with their choice of videro adaptor.

-
stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:


I can not see why anyone would purchase a MX400 video card. In the
Present day ATI makes the best video cards. Suggest a Radeon 9200
video card. You do not need that large a power supply to run a punky
little video card. Nothing really wrong with that video card but it
is old technology. Try looking at

www.tomshardware.com

Or look at this VGA Comparison Chart.

It is a bit old but it has a similar card to the one you plan on
buying.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...charts-03.html


Here is another one:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic..._guide-12.html



On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:57:05 GMT, David Kistner
wrote:


I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM
Driver Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0


--
Strontium

Thanks for the advice, I did find the 9200 that you recommended for
under $50 at Newegg.com and ordered it. That's pretty comparable
price-wise with the MX400 and your links did show a considerable
performance difference between the two cards. Thanks again.

- Dave Kistner
.............................

wrote:
I can not see why anyone would purchase a MX400 video card. In the
Present day ATI makes the best video cards. Suggest a Radeon 9200
video card. You do not need that large a power supply to run a punky
little video card. Nothing really wrong with that video card but it
is old technology. Try looking at

www.tomshardware.com

Or look at this VGA Comparison Chart.

It is a bit old but it has a similar card to the one you plan on
buying.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic...charts-03.html


Here is another one:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic..._guide-12.html



On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:57:05 GMT, David Kistner
wrote:


I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM Driver Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0

Lit On products are very loud. Might be ok though for an office.

"David Kistner" wrote in message
...
I'm building a new machine for office use. Nothing fancy, just a
reliable machine for office work. Could you look over my parts list
before I actually order the parts in case I've messed up on something
here? Thank you VERY much in advance.

- David Kistner

Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. K-11-BK-WM,Retail.

Lite On Black 52x32x52 CD-RW Drive, Model LTR-52327S, OEM

SAMSUNG SFD321B/LBL1 Black 1.44MB 3.5inch Floppy Disk Drive, OEM Driver
Only

MAXTOR 120GB 7200RPM IDE HARD DRIVE, Model 6Y120L0, OEM DRIVE ONLY

Apacer 256MB DDR PC-2700 - OEM

ABIT nForce2 Ultra 400 Motherboard for Socket A AMD Processors Model
"NF7-S" RETAIL

Antec 430W Power Supply TRUE430

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Service Pack SP1a - OEM

JATON Nvidia Geforce2 MX400 32MB Retail Box

Aconis True Image 7.0