Well, I was successful in getting a new computer... No more freezing **hopefully** I went to Circuit City yesterday and bought an eMachines.
Processor Brand -- AMD
Processor Type -- Athlon™ XP
Processor Speed -- 2.167GHz
Frontside Bus Speed (MHz) -- 333
Level 2 Cache (KB) -- 512KB
RAM (MB) -- 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM
System RAM Expandable To (MB) -- 2GB
Hard Drive Maximum Capacity -- 160GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA
CD-ROM Drive -- Yes
CD-RW Drive Combined with DVD+/-RW drive
DVD-ROM Drive -- No
DVD-RW or DVD+RW Drive DVD+/-RW
Drive Bays Available -- One 3.5"
Total Expansion Slots -- 3 PCI, 1 AGP
Available Expansion Slots -- 2 PCI, 1 AGP
USB Ports -- 5 USB 2.0 (4 rear/1 media reader)
IEEE 1394 Port 0
Parallel Port -- 1
Serial Port -- 1
Other Ports -- 8-in-1 media reader (USB 2.0, SD (Secure Digital), Smart Media, Compact Flash, Memory Stick®, Memory Stick Pro®, Micro Drive, MultiMedia Card)
Video Memory -- 64MB DDR (shared) **(Upgrading to my 128MB after my other computer gets out of the shop)**
3D Graphics Support Nvidia® GeForce4™ MX graphics
Modem 56K ITU V.92 ready fax/modem
Network Interface Card (NIC) Yes
Audio Card nForce™ 6-channel audio
It's currently running Windows XP Home... May upgrade to Pro soon... It really doesnt matter to me. I really see no difference in the two.
But there's my machine... all for $670.00 Not too bad.
*throws up all over the FSB 333MHz and the PC2700*
That's where you're going to have a bottle neck...
If you've got the money I would grab another stick of 512MBs of RAM to throw in there, 1gig is really nice...
Welcome to the land of emachines Jeff. Have had mine since about November. No problems here. ;D
Cool ... i agree fatkid 1 gig is nice but try 1.5 Gig lol
Quote from: Phlinx-Fanatic on May 27, 2004, 12:58:47 PM
Cool ... i agree fatkid 1 gig is nice but try 1.5 Gig lol
You don't want to go down that road with fatkid lol his setup will blow your mind..... I know it blows mine :P
Quote from: Homer on May 27, 2004, 12:23:34 PM
Welcome to the land of emachines Jeff. Have had mine since about November. No problems here. ;D
Good thing to hear there John. I am very pleased with the performance so far. Since I more than likely wont be home this summer, I am not going to worry about the extra RAM just yet... But early fall I may get some... :o) I am going to take my case off tomorrow and look in there and see what this things got... Just to lazy and tired to do it now.
Glad to hear eMachines are good... :o) no more compaq... no more problems... **hopefully**
i got 2.1 gig on my work comps lightning fast i tell ya
Hey soaring your machine sounds nice, this is what I use.
My Machine:
Asus a7m266-d motherboard
(2) Amd-mp2800 CPU's
1.5 gig PC2100 ram
ATI Radeon 9200 256k video card
(2) 80 gig hard drives
Samsung DVD/52x CD burner
Operite 8x DVD burner
Windows 2000 pro
At&t dual modem (it lets you use 2 lines at once for super fast dial up)
All packed in a nice casearts.com Burled walnut case with mathing keyboard and mouse.
Most of this was scavenged off of E-bay for less than $600.00 total
Burled walnut case?
i had my emachine since last january