"Antonio A. Lobato" wrote: > > > Which modem, cdrom and video cards do you advice me to buy ? I have ~ > U$130 (R$260 in Brazil) to buy all it. Speaking under other form: which > modem, cdrom and video cards does have both middle price and works good > with Linux ?
modems are the most pricey. to get a good modem usually runs $70-80 minimum. others may get cheaper ones working but if it's my system i don't take chances. video cards...since your in brazil im not sure. but i picked up 2 16MB refurb creative labs TNT1s over a year ago for $45 a piece. a few months later i picked up a 16MB voodoobanshee for about $50(also refurb), all of them work great in linux. as for cdroms if your going IDE, the only drives i use in my IDE systems come from SONY or TOSHIBA. i don't trust asus/aopen/anyothermbmaker to make cdroms. just like i would never buy a toshiba or sony branded motherboard :) but thats me. i picked up a 40X(more or less, forget the actual speed, they are all the same these days) toshiba cdrom last night for about $50 i think (OEM packaging). and if your building a computer, i already responded to your other mail i HOPE you did not order a duron to run with a CUV4X as that will not function. i didn't read this mail and assumed you already owned the hardware and just made a typo, but this email makes me think you are currently ordering the hardware. nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
