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From: Flasherly on 24 May 2010 07:03
On May 23, 6:52 pm, m...(a)privacy.net wrote:
> Paul <nos...(a)needed.com> wrote:
> >Do you have a URL for the one you're interested in ?
> >I might make more sense to give us a starting point,
> >to discuss.
>
> Ooops sorry....
>
> Here is one
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo....
>
> This is just one example....seems to be a LOT of DIY
> kits on there...
>
> Problem is I'm not a hardware guy at all and have NOT
> kept up on latest hardware....so have no idea what to
> get. I do know I want a good case, well made....and
> NOT a gamers case with all the crazy cutouts and light
> and such
>
> As far as CPUs....don't have a clue!! I know Intel has
> new "i" core processors but don't know diffs between
> them
>
> I would be using this desktop for some mild engineering
> type app's such as modeling app's and math software
> too. And would also like to put a TV tuner in it to
> record TV programs for later playback....yada yada...

Antec cases are often on sale, 300 series probably. Tons of cooling
and things don't burn out. Corsair PS on sale, 600+watts is nice if
you want to spend a little (a good PS is pretty important). MB/CPU/
MEM -- try a sort on the most/best reviews (if AMD I'd want a AMD3
socket (for their newer processors). Sony DVD and decent CPU heatsink
$20ish ea. $50 Samsung or Western Digital HD. That'll leave you
around $300 for a $100-150 monitor. I wouldn't blow anything much on
a videoboard for simple CADwork. Or add better maybe later. Check
out the reviews on the $50 tuner cards (I guess, been awhile since I
ran one) -- just don't run much else when they're recording and be
prepared to study some broadcast engineering if you get into
encoding.

Basically reading will go far. In fact, it's sort of a proportional
necessity. Got a studio grade digital sound processor coming, 64
bands - most everything imaginable at parametric and dynamic levels,
that works a mics, instrumental sources, along w/ respective feedback
circuitry (added some XLR adaptors to RCA jacks). Not much of a hands-
on clue yet precisely what to do with it...but, hey, do I look worried
(saving that for building a vacuum tubed amp).
From: Don Phillipson on 24 May 2010 10:05
<me(a)privacy.net> wrote in message
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>
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.391735
> . . .
> Problem is I'm not a hardware guy at all and have NOT
> kept up on latest hardware....so have no idea what to get.
> . . .
> I would be using this desktop for some mild engineering
> type app's such as modeling app's and math software
> too. And would also like to put a TV tuner in it to
> record TV programs for later playback....yada yada...

These needs can be satisfactorily met by any WinXP
PC with 2 GHz CPU speed, plenty of RAM (e.g. 2 Gb)
and plenty of HDD storage space. Used PCs with this
capacity sell hereabouts for about $200.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


From: me on 24 May 2010 10:45
"larry moe 'n curly" <larrymoencurly(a)my-deja.com>
wrote:

>Windows not included? Do you plan to run Linux?

I already OEM Win XP Pro disc
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