[SWLUG] Building a new PC

Rhys Sage rhys_sage at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 14 15:22:03 UTC 2003


> Subject: Re: [SWLUG] Building a new PC
> From: Gareth Bowker <tgb at tgb.org.uk>
> On Sad, 2003-10-11 at 20:49, Rhys Sage wrote:
> > I'm building a new PC and am looking around for
> some
> > secondhand bits so, if anybody knows of the
> following
> > going for a song, I'd love to know:
> 
> *snip*
> 
> Ebay?

Nice idea but I've seen too much junk on sale on
e-bay. I've bought some stuff on e-bay that was
absoulte junk too. Couldn't pin the guy on Trades
Descriptions though as he never said the thing
actually worked.

> > I think most boards have RJ45 connections as
> standard.

Shows you how out-of touch I am. My PC runs an AT
board and my server has an ATX board (with networking,
which I found unusual)

> Do you mean built-in networking? Also, what sort of
> processor are you
> after?

I'm looking for something in the region of 2 Ghz,
preferably an Athlon or a Duron.

> I have a P200 that I swapped with someone for
<snip>
> Free to the first person who replies but you must be
> able to take
> ownership of it tonight.

Is that ATX and how many bays has the case got? Where
exactly is "here".

Rhys

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