www.digitalphono.com

Recommended Gear

Current Top Pics (in red)

Cases

Enlight 7237 Mid-Tower ATX computer case - 4 x 5.25" and  2 x 3.5" external, 1 x 3.5" internal $53

Computer components

ADS Technologies - Cadet AM/FM Data Radio
ATI Technologies Inc. -video/tv cards - All-In-Wonder Radeon $227, All-In-Wonder 128 $183, All-In-Wonder Pro $129

CPUs

AMD Athlon - 1.2GHz $262, 1.1GHz $223, 1GHz $174, 950MHz $154, 900MHz $128, 850MHz $101
Intel Pentium III EB - 133MHz bus, 256k cache, FCPGA, 1GHz $319, 933MHz $276, 866MHz $213, 800MHz $176

CPU Coolers

Tom's Hardware Guide: CPU Guide - Lord Kryo - Part 2: 24 CPU Coolers in Review - http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q1/010306/index.html

Fan - Chassis

Enermax UC-8FAB-B 8CM 3-pin fan, manual adjustable 1000-3000 RPM, includes 3-pin to 4-pin adapter, golden fan guard, two ball bearing $8

Handhelds & Accessories

Sharp MobilonPro PV-5000 - Windows CE, 8.2" VGA 640x480x4K colors, touch screen
Socket Communications  LP-E PC Card - 35mA Low Power Ethernet PC Card, $129

Monitors - Large

http://www.etown.com/ - reviews

http://www.computers4sure.com/category.asp?catid=906
http://www.dynadirect.com/tv-sme32hd5.html
http://www.dynadirect.com/tv-sme34whd5.html
http://www.monivision.com/
http://www.net-tv.net/
http://www.teleport.com/~samc/hdtv/hdtv2s.html
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/electronics/list.asp?loc=13674

Motherboards

Selected motherboards, recommended and historical (older motherboards still in use).
 
Make Model CPU Socket Chipset FSB Memory Form IDE RAID AGP PCI USB Other Graphics Audio Ethernet Price Comment
Asus A7M266-D Dual Socket A/MP AMD 762/768 266 PC2100 PC1600 ATX 2x100   Pro 4x 2x66/64 3x33/32 2+2     CMI8738 6-chan, SP/DIF   $208  
Asus A7N266-E Socket A/XP NVIDIA nForce 420-D 266 200 PC2100 PC1600 ATX 2x100   Pro
4x		 5/1xACR 2+2   GeForce2 NVIDIA MCP-D 6-chan, SP/DIF Realtek RTL 8100 $170  
Soyo SY-K7V Dragon Plus Socket A/XP VIA KT266A 8366/8233 CE 266 200 PC2100 PC1600 ATX 2x100 2x100 Promise Pro 4x 5 2+4 IrDA   CMI8738 6-chan, SP/DIF VIA $134 smart card reader
review
Soyo SY-P4I Fire Dragon Socket 478 Intel 845D 400 PC2100 PC1600 ATX 2x100 2x133 HiPointHPT370 Pro
4x		 6 2+2 1394, IrDa   CMI8738 6-chan, SP/DIF PHY $199  
Soyo SY-P4S Dragon Ultra Socket 478 SiS 645/961 400 PC2700 PC2100 PC1600 ATX 2x100 2x133 HiPointHPT370 Pro
4x		 6 2+4 IrDA   CMI8738 6-chan, SP/DIF SiS 961 $149 smart card reader
Asus P4S333 Socket 478 SiS 645/961 400 PC2700 PC2100 PC1600 ATX 2x100   Pro
4x		 6/1xACR 2+4     CMI8738 6-chan, SP/DIF opt. SiS 961 opt. $72  
Iwill DVD266u-RN Dual Socket 370/Tualatin VIA Apollo Pro266T 133 100 66 PC2100 PC1600 ATX 2x100 2x133 HiPointHPT370 Pro 4x 5 2+2 IrDA   CMI8738 6-chan, SP/DIF y $173 V-Link
review
Asus A7M266 Socket A AMD 761 / VIA 686B 266 200 PC2100 PC1600 ATX 2x100   Pro 4x 5/1xAMR 2+2     CMI8738 
opt. 		 3Com 3C920 opt. $98  
Asus K7V manual Slot A VIA 200 PC133 PC100 ATX 2x100   Pro 4x 5 2+3 CNR   AC'97
opt. 		   $121 historical
Asus CUSL2 manual Socket 370 Intel 815E Solano 2 133 100 66 PC133 PC100 ATX 2x100   4x 6/2xCNR 2+3   Intel 810 AC'97
opt.		   $143 historical
drm
Shuttle FV24 Socket 370 VIA PL133 8604/686B 133 100 66 PC133 PC100 Flex ATX 1x100     1 2+2 1394 Savage4, TV out AC'97 Realtek 8139C $120 review
no drm
ECS P6STP-FN Socket 370 SiS 630 133 100 66 PC133 PC100 Flex ATX 2x66     1? see picture 2 IrDA SiS 300, TV RCA+S-Video out CMI8738, SP/DIF(opt) Realtek 8139B =SiS 630   drm
ECS P6STP-FL Socket 370 SiS 630E 133 100 66 PC133 PC100 Flex ATX 2x66     2 2 IrDA SiS 300 CMI8738, SP/DIF(opt) SiS 630E   drm
Asus CUSI-FX Socket 370 SiS 630E 133 100 66 PC133 PC100 Flex ATX 1x66     2/1xAMR 2+3   SiS 300 CMI8738 SiS 630E $83 drm

Networking

Switches

Asante FriendlyNET FS4000P 10/100 Switch - 4-port FS4004E $84, 8-port FS4008E (no fan!) $128, 16-port FS4016E $423
D-Link DSS+ 10/100Mbps NWay Desktop Switches (has fan) - 5-port DSS-5+ $89, 8-port DSS-8+ $134, 16-port DSS-16+ $379, 16-port DSS-16 rackmount $399
Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Auto-Sensing Switches - 5-port desktop EZXS55W$74, 8-port desktop EZXS88W (has fan) $109, rackmount EZXS88R (has fan) $129.
Netgear 10/100 Mbsp Fast Ethernet Switches - 2-port FS102 $100, 4-port FS104 $, 5-port FS105 $87, 8-port FS108 $142, FS116 $230

Hubs

Asante FriendlyNET FH2000P 10/100 Hub - 5-port FH205P $74, 8-port FH208P $109, 16-port FH2016P $228, 24-port FH2024P $373
D-Link Dual-Speed 10/100Mbps SOHO Hub with Switch (has fan) 5-port DSH-5$70, 8-port DSH-8$109, 16-port DSH-16$194, 32-port DSH-32 $
Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Auto-Sensing Hubs - 5-port EFAH05W(no fan!) $57, 8-port EFAH08W (has fan) $74, 16-port EFAH16W$158, 16-port rackmount EFAH16$164, 24-port EFAH24 rackmount $227
Netgear DS100 series 10/100 Mbps Dual Speed Hubs - 4-port DS104 $62, 6-port DS106 $78, 8-port DS108 $116, 16-port DS116 $184

NICs

SMC EZ Card 10/100 - SMC1211TX 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Network Card $19

Wireless

Netgear MA401 802.11b Wireless PC Card $78
Netgear MA301 802.11b Wireless Desktop PCI Card (requires MA401) $37
Netgear ME102 802.11b Wireless Access Point - 40bit WEP encryption (requires MA401) $140
D-Link DWL-1000AP 802.11b 11Mbps Wireless LAN Access Point $122

Other

D-Link DP-101 Ethernet Print Server for PC and Mac $79
    Ultra Spec Cables Inc. Centronics 36 Male to Female Parallel Extension Cable
        (needed where there is no clearance for directly connecting DP-101)

Speakers

Powered

Cambridge SoundWorks - PCWorks $50, SW310 $51, Digital Black $65, MicroWorks $130, FourPointSurround $80, DeskTop Theater 5.1 DT2500 $190 DTT3500 $232
Event Electronics - active/powered speakers
        20/20p - 2x100W $499 pr
        20/20bas - biamped 70W+130W $799 pr
        Tria - 2x40W+2x80W+80W satellites magnetically shielded $739 set
Mackie - HR824 Powered Monitor 100W+150W $659 ea

Not powered

PSB - Images Series - 2B $284

Storage

See IDE Drives for IDE Ultra ATA drives larger than 40GB.

IBM Ultrastar72ZX - 72GB (10,000 RPM) Ultra160 SCSI hard drive $####
IBM Ultrastar36LZX - 36GB (10,000 RPM) Ultra160 SCSI hard drive $1031
IBM Travelstar25GS - 25GB (5400 RPM) 2.5" hard drive
IBM Microdrive - 340/170MB CF+ Type II (Compact Flash) hard drives $223 & $177
Quantum Atlas 10K II - 73.4GB (10,000 RPM) Ultra160 SCSI
Seagate Barracuda 50 - 50.07GB Ultra2 SCSI hard drive
Western Digital Caviar 5400 - 10.2GB EIDE Ultra-ATA/66 5400RPM 9.5ms 3.5LP (29MB/s) $76 [boot drive]
IBM Deskstar75GXP - 15GB EIDE Ultra-ATA/100 72000RPM 8.5ms 3.5LP (37MB/s) $102 [boot drive]

HighPoint RocketRAID 404 - 4-channel (8-drive) PCI Ultra ATA/133 RAID Controller Card $95
Promise Technology FastTrack100 - PCU Ultra ATA/100 RAID Controller Card
Promise Technology FastTrak66 - PCI Ultra ATA/66 RAID Controller Card $95
Promise Technology Ultra133 - PCI Ultra ATA/133 Controller Card $38
Promise Technology Ultra100 - PCI Ultra ATA/100 Controller Card $38
Promise Technology Ultra66 - PCI Ultra ATA/66 Controller Card $19
Antec KS011BX - ATX 18bay black tower server case w/o power supply $280 (discontinued)
Enlight EN-8407362 - ATX 400W single power supply for server cases $92
Antec 761345-77055-2 - 3 pin ball bearing fan - 92mm $8
Antec 761345-77054-5 - 3 pin ball bearing fan - 80mm $7
Enlight EN-89500SX4 - 9bay server case, 400W power supply, ATX $217
CTG (Cables To Go) 18729 - 24in int Ultra DMA/ATA ribbon 3 connector IDE 33/66 UDMA $11
CTG (Cables To Go) 03166 - 6in 5.25 Internal Power Y Cable $3
Generic Y-Cable IDE, "Y"-shaped power supply adapter cable for IDE drives $2
Belkin F2N503 - Power Y Splitter - 6 inches $5

Video Cards

ATI All-In-Wonder Radeon -
Matrox -

Black Components

Toshiba XM6702B - 48X CD-ROM drive $74
Toshiba SD-M1402 - 12X DVD-ROM drive $119

Accessories

ABL Electronics Universal CD-ROM Audio Cable 1.5ft - 3 opt. connectors for sound cards $5.

Links

http://www.amdzone.com/ - The #1 Source for Athlon, Duron, K6, Slot/Socket A, news and reviews
http://www.anandtech.com/ - your source for hardware andalysis and news
http://www.hardware-one.com/ - Your Daily Computer News and Reviews Site
http://www.pricewatch.com/ - Street Price Search Engine
http://www.socketa.com/ - The #1 Source for Athlon and Duron motherboard reviews and news
http://www.streetprices.com/ - low price search engine

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