Final hardware check before ordering tomorrow

[David Kistner]

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]

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]

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]

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.

 

[dummy]

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/20021218/vgacharts-03.html


Here is another one:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20030714/vga_card_guide-12.html

 

[Strontium]

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

-
(e-mail address removed) stood up at show-n-tell, in
(e-mail address removed), and said:

 

[David Kistner]

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

 

[Mr. Slow]

Quite correct.

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

 

[David Kistner]

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
.............................

 

[EJR]

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