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ripthor
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02/07/2003
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20th February, 2004 at 19:24:16 -
Here it is:
-Aopen case
-Intel P4 2.66Ghz processor
-ASUS P4 S8X-X motherboard
-Kingston 512Mo RAM DDR PC2100
-Western digital HDD 80 Go 7200t/mn 8Mo
-LG DVD reader 16X
-LG Cd writer 52x32x52x
-Panasonic floppy drive
-300 Watts power supply
-Video card Radeon 9200SE - 128 Mo DDR TV/o
-Sound card SoundBlaster Live 5.1
-Realtek Network card 10/100
-Modem card 56K
-Logitech optical mouse
-Liteon Internet keyboard
-17' LG .27mm screen
-2 Luxor speakers
Total 1365$ CA, taxes included
2 years warranty
So, what do you think?
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Crystal Clear (H.E.S)
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06/10/2002
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20th February, 2004 at 20:06:51 -
sounds really good, but does the motherboard support AGP, Advance Graphics Port.
i had this prob with mine, so i cant get a high-end video card.
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ncsoftware
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20th February, 2004 at 20:18:08 -
Sounds like a good deal to me. Yes, it has one AGP slot. Where else would you put the Radeon 9200SE - 128 Mo DDR TV/o, that's not really an onboard video card.....
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Pete Nattress
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23/09/2002
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21st February, 2004 at 05:03:02 -
couldn't you fit it in a PCI slot? anyway, my magic calculator says that's £550 which is a very good deal.
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AndyUK
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21st February, 2004 at 07:37:36 -
that is a good deal
my new pc cost £800
its a 3gig p4
512mb ram
radeon 2600 (i put my geforce 5600 in though)
dvd writer drive
19 inch monitor
the motherboard only goes to agp 4x i dunno i thats a problem though
so your deal is better than mine.
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Knudde (Shab)
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31/01/2003
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21st February, 2004 at 09:38:21 -
PCI? Pete, catch up on the times man, AGP is built specifically for graphics cards and has much better transfer rates than a PCI. A PCI graphics card is going to be almost completely useless here in a short time. In my opinion it should have been done away with ages ago. AGP is the way to go.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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Pete Nattress
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21st February, 2004 at 10:29:51 -
just that i saw a PCI Radeon in the shop a few months ago (£20 cheaper than the AGP version)... i know they're useless but you can still get them.
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 12:28:39 -
Well, PCI isn't going to be replaced exclusively by AGP since AGP is only for Graphic cards (Accelerated Graphic Port)... Maybe Firewire instead?
Anyways, I too think it's quite a good deal after doing a bit of research on google and after asking on other forums. But some people told me that I should get change a few thing, like getting a better video card. Not the 9800 of course: I'm not going to throw a few extra 100$ just for a little increase of performance, but maybe the 9600... What do you think? Is there something you feel could be replaced for a minor cost change?
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Knudde (Shab)
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31/01/2003
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21st February, 2004 at 12:47:33 -
exactly, that's why PCI graphics cards should be done away with, I would NEVER take out the PCI slots on a computer, hell I need MORE PCI slots, I've got my modem, DVD decoder, RAID controller, Video Input Controller and now I've got a brand new DVD hardware encoder that I can't put in (Cause I'm a cheap bastard and didn't buy the decoder/encoder card) because I'm out of slots.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 13:18:50 -
Say, what's a RAID card for?
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Knudde (Shab)
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21st February, 2004 at 13:29:00 -
Basically, fast coping of drives. It's used in conjuction SCSI Hard drives usually. RAID is great when you are running a server, or have a tendancy to corrupt you hard drive (or in my case Linux when I'm coding in the Kernel - eg the main program of an OS)
Craps, I'm an old man!
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 13:37:28 -
Ok. And what about the system specs? Is there anything you would change?
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Knudde (Shab)
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21st February, 2004 at 13:53:10 -
My system? Nah it's good for now
XP3300+
512 DDR 400 Ram
40 Gig HD
10 Gig HD (Linux)
6 Gig HD (Linux Backup)
128 MB Flash Drive
GeForce 4 128 MB DDR
plus the countless peripherals I have for it.
I've already spent WAY too much money on my comp.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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ripthor
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21st February, 2004 at 14:49:36 -
Ehmm... I was talking about the one I' m about to buy.
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Knudde (Shab)
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21st February, 2004 at 14:59:51 -
what's the Frontside bus speed, I'm thinking 800mhz, correct? If so you should bump the ram up to at least ddr 2700.
Craps, I'm an old man!
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