Hi
Tom's review of the "ALi's MaGiK1 DDR-chipset" put a STOP on my purchase of the following Gaming machine. However is it that "BAD" a MOBO, did I read Tom's review wrong...any help with this system would be appreciated!
http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/01q1/010104/index.html
If they Build it will Work...If I Build it will NOT Boot
King Jim
ps: Falcon NW is too Expensive but they have the New...DDR SDRAM and AMD 761 Motherboard!
pss: I posted this at the MOBO forum but no replies
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Alienware...Total = $ 2157.23
Case: Addtronics Full-Tower Case 6890A (300-watt PS)
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.2GHz Processor 266MHz FSB w/Heatsink & Cooling Fan
Hi-Performance Heatsink/CPU Cooling Fan
***ALi MAGiK1 Motherboard w/1AGP/5PCI for Athlon Processors***
Standard 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Memory: 256MB DDR SDRAM (PC-2100)
Hard Drive: 40GB HD 9.0ms seek time, 7200RPM, UltraATA
Video Cooling: KoolMaxx Video Cooling System $46.00
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce2 ULTRA w/64MB DDR TV-Out 4X AGP
Sound Card : SoundBlaster LIVE! Value
DVD-ROM : Pioneer 16X DVD 40X w/Software MPEG-2 Decoder
Modems : US Robotics V.90 56K Internal Voice/Fax/Data
Ethernet NIC: PCI Ethernet 10-100 NIC [I have ADSL}
Productivity Software: (None) [For gaming and Surfing ONLY]
Free installation & configuration of favorite games
Microsoft Windows ME Operating System
Performance Benchmarks Documentation
Personalized Technical Support Manual
Latest Drivers
Tom's review of the "ALi's MaGiK1 DDR-chipset" put a STOP on my purchase of the following Gaming machine. However is it that "BAD" a MOBO, did I read Tom's review wrong...any help with this system would be appreciated!
http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/01q1/010104/index.html
If they Build it will Work...If I Build it will NOT Boot
King Jim
ps: Falcon NW is too Expensive but they have the New...DDR SDRAM and AMD 761 Motherboard!
pss: I posted this at the MOBO forum but no replies
------------------------------------------------------------
Alienware...Total = $ 2157.23
Case: Addtronics Full-Tower Case 6890A (300-watt PS)
Processor: AMD Athlon 1.2GHz Processor 266MHz FSB w/Heatsink & Cooling Fan
Hi-Performance Heatsink/CPU Cooling Fan
***ALi MAGiK1 Motherboard w/1AGP/5PCI for Athlon Processors***
Standard 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Memory: 256MB DDR SDRAM (PC-2100)
Hard Drive: 40GB HD 9.0ms seek time, 7200RPM, UltraATA
Video Cooling: KoolMaxx Video Cooling System $46.00
Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce2 ULTRA w/64MB DDR TV-Out 4X AGP
Sound Card : SoundBlaster LIVE! Value
DVD-ROM : Pioneer 16X DVD 40X w/Software MPEG-2 Decoder
Modems : US Robotics V.90 56K Internal Voice/Fax/Data
Ethernet NIC: PCI Ethernet 10-100 NIC [I have ADSL}
Productivity Software: (None) [For gaming and Surfing ONLY]
Free installation & configuration of favorite games
Microsoft Windows ME Operating System
Performance Benchmarks Documentation
Personalized Technical Support Manual
Latest Drivers