06-22-2005, 10:27 PM
Walkiry,Jun 22 2005, 06:53 AM Wrote:You don't need 1,000 bucks. An athlon XP 2000+ will fly through the emulation like you wouldn't belive. You're setting up a massively overkill for an emulation box.
Also, Hitachi is the inheritor of the Deskstar (a.k.a. Deathstar) hard drive brand. I'd say go Seagate, Fujitsu, Samsung or Western Digital. Anything but Hitachi!
My particular "emulator" box sports an Athlon XP 1900+, 1.5 Gigs of RAM, an ATi Rage Pro PCI video card, a 1.2 Gb HD with SuSE 9.1, an 8x CD-ROM, and integrated AC97 sound. The "good parts" are the leftovers of the last upgrade, whereas the rest were scavenged.
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Two things. 1) I want to keep this system mobile, so microATX or SFF is a must. 2) A Pentium M processor uses WAY less energy, while delivering equal or BETTER results as a top-of-the-line Pentium 4. For your reading pleasure:
AOpen Pentium M Motherboards
Pentium M vs. Pentium 4 for Desktop Computing
Besides, I've heard all the noise about Hitachi, and so far I'm unphased. And as I said above, this is a hobby idea, with very specific goals in mind (extreme portability and low-power consumption).
Roland *The Gunslinger*