To buy or Not to buy, that is the question?

[KingJim]

Hi

Tom's review of the "ALi's MaGiK1 DDR-chipset" put a STOP on my purchase of the following Gaming machine, any help on 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 [too Expensive]...DDR SDRAM and AMD 761 Motherboards are HERE!

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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)
Keyboard: (None)
Mouse: (None)
Hard Drive: 40GB HD 9.0ms seek time, 7200RPM, UltraATA
Hard Drive 2: (None)
SCSI/IDE Controller: (None)
Monitor: (None)
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
Storage : (None)
Storage 2: (None)
Modems : US Robotics V.90 56K Internal Voice/Fax/Data
Speakers : (None)
Controller: (None)
Controller 2: (None)
Ethernet NIC: PCI Ethernet 10-100 NIC [I have ADSL}
Warranty: Aliencare Toll-Free 1-Year 24/7 ONSITE Warranty (No-Charge)
Games: (None)
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
Shipping Method: Free Fed-Ex 2nd Day Air (through March 31, 2001) (No Charge)

 

[tfbww]

Go to CPU's "lamer buys OEM" or something like that. I bought and posted to get people's comments. Quite a few came in. A good place for you to start.

 

[KingJim]

Hi Brian

"lamer buys OEM" hmmmm are you trying to say that...Lamers buy OEM...or are you calling me a "lamer" who is going to purchase a Custom made computer?

Well maybe someone will answer my question, here at the mobo forum! After all this is a forum for "All" not just those who build there own computers?

Thanks for the Help I think ?
Jim