Schadenfroh
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Originally posted by: nick1985
830 for a computer with onboard video?
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Originally posted by: nick1985
830 for a computer with onboard video?
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Originally posted by: spazo
Edit: I'm being to wonder if you people actually read my posts...I've said this twice already, I can get that emachines for $600
I already have a Ti4400 so my gaming needs are satisfied for now. The card is probably seriously being held back by my Sony pc with pc133 ram and willamette p4...
Anyways, I'm more concerned for bang for the buck. It seems its hard to beat tthat emachines especially if it has an agp slot.
Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
$600 makes it a good deal if it has an AGP slot.
Originally posted by: Tostada
Originally posted by: spazo
Edit: I'm being to wonder if you people actually read my posts...I've said this twice already, I can get that emachines for $600
I already have a Ti4400 so my gaming needs are satisfied for now. The card is probably seriously being held back by my Sony pc with pc133 ram and willamette p4...
Anyways, I'm more concerned for bang for the buck. It seems its hard to beat tthat emachines especially if it has an agp slot.
No need for that. There were replies (like mine) which obviously took into account that you said you could get it for $600. Did you read them?
Originally posted by: spazo
I've read them and I would like to thank you for your help although I can't say that to many of the other posters...Maybe I'm just an ass but when somebody wants some help, I believe you should at least know what his/her problem is before answering.
Where is the copy of windows XP in your price list? and you have a typo too, the ram is 256mbx2 for that price. It's irrelevant if he has a copy of XP already that he could transfer because it's included with the system for $600 so you have to match the entire config when showing a DIY config vs it for value. Also, though it's a debatable point, I always factor in labor required as well, which needs at least $50 credit IMO. I know your main point is that he could canabalize his present system for some of the parts but then my reply is that judging by the fact he has a Sony P4 Willy with SDRAM setup that there is little worth salvaging for the new system beyond his vid card and the monitor which he is probably planning to use also. He will also have a complete PC system minus monitor this way that he can sell to recoupe some of the 6 bills he invested in the new one should he choose to do so.Originally posted by: Tostada
The point is that even if it's a "good deal" financially speaking for those particular parts, there's not much interesting about the system itself. You could build that same system for less using parts which are probably less generic than those the eMachines version uses:
$219 - P4 3.0 Northwood Retail
$75 - ABIT IS-10 micro-ATX i865G
$92 - Samsung 160GB PATA
$86 - 2 x 512MB Mushkin Basic PC3200
$68.99 - NEC 2500A DVD-R/+R
$34.00 - Codegen CAT-3305-B 300W case
That's $574.99. It has an AGP slot, too, and it probably has a better motherboard/RAM/HDD.
If someone were to come on here and ask if they should build the above system for $574.99, though, people would ask why.
People would tell him not to use a generic power supply, and I'm sure the eMachines system uses a generic power supply.
People would tell him he could save $15 by getting a board without integrated graphics if he was just going to put his old GeForce in there.
People would ask him why he wanted to use a P4 3.0 if he was so concerned with budget.
And if he's going to be using his GF Ti 4400, then there are probably other parts he could be reusing from his old system, too. If, however, he actually wants that system along with the floppy and keyboard and trial version of MS Money 2004, it's a good deal.
Originally posted by: spazo
yes, no, yes, no
So I guess its really up to me as to if I should get it or not...anyways I've taken apart my Sony once before and put it together in working order so I'm guessing that sorta counts as expierence..:laugh:
and thanks for the understanding my situation DAPUNISHER
Originally posted by: bluewall21
Its not bad. The mobo specs are listed here.
hehe..love doing such to a Dell 2.8 Celeron with Intel graphics..it does mess with their ..speed is everything mindset..My old Duron 700 with a Radeon 7000 AGP is WAY faster in games than the 2.53 Ghz P4 with Intel Extreme Graphics and I am not exgerating in the least.
Originally posted by: nick1985
830 for a computer with onboard video?
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Originally posted by: shminu
Originally posted by: nick1985
830 for a computer with onboard video?
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Your mom?
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Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER
and you have a typo too, the ram is 256mbx2 for that price.