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Thanks for reporting, Mike. Interesting!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Johnson" <mqsymth@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: Off Topic: Results of Building New computer Part 2
> My AMD 900MH computer broke down. It's cheap power
> supply shorted out and blew out the motherboard and
> hard drive. Lucky I made the exact copy of the drive
> on the 2100+ computer. I did not want to go through
> the Newegg build your own thing again so I ordered a
> barebones from a local here in Chicago, Century
> Computers (847) 891-1760. I wanted them to put it
> together and test it so I wouldn't have to deal with
> another dead on arrival motherboard
>
> I ordered:
> Midsize atx case
> AMD XP 1900+ with fan
> 256meg pc133 sdram
> ECS k7Sem SIS Chipset motherboard with onboard Lan and
> onboard video.
> Cost = $319 + Tax
>
> When I received it 3days later, I added 256meg pc133
> memory module from the old computer that thankfully
> didn't get fried with it's motherboard.
>
> I then went over to CDW and picked up an Antec 350W
> PP352X power supply for $52. Seeing how a cheap power
> supply could fry your computer, I wanted the best. I
> swapped the Antec into the AMD 2100+ computer I just
> built and used the excellent Inwin power supply in the
> AMD 1900+.
>
> I went to Best Buy and purchased a 40meg Maxtor
> 7200rpm drive and an Antec case cooling fan.
>
> I put the 1900+ together and used Drive Image 2002 to
> make an exact copy of the 2100+ Hard Drive.
>
> Now for the comparisons.
>
> The 2100 computer has one of the best boards: a Soltek
> SL-75DRV5, AMD XP 2100+ processor and Corsair 512M
> DDRAM PC-2700H.
>
> The 1900 computer has a cheap ECS board, AMD XP 1900+
> Processor, and 512M of pc133 SDRAM.
>
> Using TradeStation 2000i, I ran the exact same system
> optimization run on each computer.
>
> The 1900 finished in 21min 58sec = 1318 sec.
> The 2100 finished in 19min 20sec = 1160 sec.
>
> Thus, the 1900 ran 13% slower than the 2100 or the
> 2100 is 13% faster than the 1900.
>
> Using todays Newegg prices (which is $70 cheaper than
> when I purchased from Newegg on May 7th):
>
> The 2100 cpu+memory(512)+motherboard+Lan+Video cards
> (197+160+87+15+46)=$545
>
> The 1900 cpu+memory(512)+motherboard(MB includes Lan &
> Video
> (135+130+58)=$323
>
> Is the $222 extra for a better board, cpu & memory
> worth a 13% increase in speed?
>
> I don't think so because in a year the 2100 will be
> slow in comparison to next year's processor and the
> $222 could be used to upgrade.
>
> Mike.
>
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