Asus Terminator Barebone: Good or Bad? 1

[ryansupak]

hi, i was wondering if the Asus Terminator K7 Barebone kit has a good history of reliability and decent performance.

The computer will be used for live audio, so reliability is the most important factor.

my plan is to finish it with:

Win XP Home Edition
(2x) Maxtor 7200 RPM HDs, 40GB
1 GB PC2100 Ram
Athlon XP 1600
M-Audio Delta 66

thanks in advance,
rs

 

[paparazi]

Maybe you could give us a link???????????
Martin Replying helps further our knowledge, without comment leaves us wondering.

 

[CitrixEngineer]

http://usa.asus.com/products/desktop/termp4_533/overview.htm

http://www.scan.co.uk/

- look under systems.

The ASUS terminator are what I would call "budget-conscious" machines. The parts are of undoubted high quality, but to the average hobbyist, are somewhat out of date.

Let's get a little perspective;

The AMD version is built around the KT133A chipset - a tried and trusted platform, and with the ASUS badge on it, plenty fast enough for most apps and games. It will take any of the AMD 200 or 266Mhz CPUs up to the XP 2200.

The Intel version uses the P4 400 and/or 533Mhz FSB, so will support most of the current crop of Intel processors and is probably a better choice, despite my own preference for AMD-based systems!

Either way, you get a quality, well-built machine for very little money - but I would also consider the ChyangFun range, if only because the AMD versions support DDR RAM. The footprint of these boxes is also very small indeed, and, I believe they have integrated graphics.

Either way, the Terminator is pretty good value.

As a further alternative, companies like Scan sell cheap cases with PSUs for around £30. Team that up with one of the new MSI NVidia boards with on-board GF4, and that's about the same cost as an ASUS Terminator, but greatly superior.

I hope this helps CitrixEngineer@yahoo.co.uk

 

[ryansupak]

citrix engineer:

thanks for the advice; if the asus is of good quality then i think i'll go with it.

rs