Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!Q.T.Honey!newsfeed.rim.or.jp!newsfeed2.kddnet.ad.jp!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!p1071-ipbf01yosida.nagano.ocn.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: "mr.sumo snr." Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: 4 Ed-n-Bryan Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2003 03:23:06 +0900 Lines: 51 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: p1071-ipbf01yosida.nagano.ocn.ne.jp (219.160.167.71) X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1061403791 4328294 219.160.167.71 (16 [141600]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:4621 "Hibijibi" wrote in message news:bi01rr$3mfld$1@ID-149122.news.uni-berlin.de... > "Michael Cash" wrote... > > Actually, the ADX2600R (bottom right corner of > > http://www1.pcdepot.co.jp/poster.jpg) is similar to what I ended up > > building. The case has the same number of bays and same size power > > supply. The motherboard is from a different maker but has the same 845 > > chipset and the same number of PCI slots and USB connectors. I ended > > up with 6 USB ports instead of 4, due to the case having two > > front-mounted ports. > > This thread has been interesting and I enjoyed looking at that poster > (hi-rez, for once). I'm wondering where folks go to get parts -- some place > online, or just your local x-denki? > > I would normally order a bare-bones Dell and add accessories I have hanging > around or whatever, but dell.co.jp appears less flexible than its american > counterpart. Basically, I need a separate pc running a japanese OS to > localize web graphics and test stuff. The main criteria are: > > -XP Pro Japanese (for some reason not offered on the poster?) > -40gb (plus space for a 2nd IDE drive) > -256mb > -2ghz > -halfway decent video card > -don't need monitor > -don't need CD/RW/DVD drive > Possible cost estimate for a halfway decent set-up re. your spec. would be - most prices from Kakaku: 2.2 P4 - 22000 yen Gigabyte GA-8PE800 Ultra Motherboard - 8800 yen 256 'unbranded' RAM - 3000 yen Radeon 9200 video card - 8000 yen IBM (Hitachi) 40 gig hard disk - 6800 yen You'll need a case - 6000 yen - but don't be surprised if you fry your motherboard within a few months (or within a second of switching it on) using something that cheap. Have no idea about OS - you could always download the Japanese MUI from one of the p2p sites and then stick that on top of an existing English Windoze installation. -- jonathan