68k AGA AROS + UAE => winner!

[NightShade737]

Right, so you don't buy a mainstream PC, but then talk about buying parts from somewhere like Comet, Staples or PC-World. Thats like saving your foot then cutting your leg off. If you are going to build a machine, you use places like Komplett, eBuyer, Scan and Dabs. Also if you are going for more hardcore parts, possibly Overclock.co.uk and TekHeads. Going to high street crap places like Comet and PCW guarentee you nothing than high prices and a dire selection of parts that are nothing more than marketing gimmicks (i.e. GeForceFX 52XX cards etc).

Oh, you may want a hard-drive for that PC too  :lol:

[NightShade737]

Time Computers have not existed for a while, they merged with Tiny and I do NOT recommend their machines.

[NightShade737]

Fast SCSI-2 interface for external drives is 29.95 from PCWorld,

SCSI-2 is 20MB/s. Current IDE drives are roughly 50-60MB/s. Why exactly do you want SCSI-2?

[NightShade737]

Komplett are better (used all of the companies multiple times). Dabs are good. West Mercia police use them for most their stuff as I did some ordering and such for them, but Kompett excell in the RMA department, their prices are also a bit lower.

Yeah, the hardware was rugged. I still have parts from 1998 Time machines that are fine, what isn't fine is their support,   extras and setup, but as I said, they haven't existed for a while anyway.

[NightShade737]

Yeah, parents wanted a pre-built machine to start with, and I got sick of dealing with their customer support as they basically had no idea what they were talking about. Can't remember any specifics anymore as it was 6 years ago, but I remember they weren't good.

[NightShade737]

You really need to be a LOT more specific. You can't just say Radeon 9800, or even worse just GeForce. The name GeForce has been given to a line of cards spanning ~5 years, so giving me a price and saying GeForce doesn't mean anything.

The price on the 9800 is also useless unless it has an extension (SE, Pro, XT). From that price I guess it is an SE, which is a BAD price (roughly £115 new anywhere else). It could be a plain one with no extension, but you need to specify. The PC-World site gives me 2 hits, neight for that price.

VGA switches can range from £10 to £200, the price depends on the output quality and the features. Pay more if you want better quality.

I have no idea on A1 or Peg compatability as I don't care about either.

[NightShade737]

It is only 480Mb/s burst for USB2 though, meaning that although Firewire says it is only 400Mb/s, Firewires rated speed is sustained, so Firewire is actually quite a bit faster than USB2.