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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 4:30 pm
by Pino
I was suprised by it's performance, but only have 2.1 creative speakers installed on her pc. I would say, don't put it in, give it a try first with the sound onboard and later plug the soundcard in and give me your opinion wich one is better.
Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2003 7:17 pm
by fac51
rite well ive just taken my geforce 4 etc out of this pc ready to take down to aria tomorrow so no more gaming for me (using a lousy geforce 2 mx at the mo)
have decided to stick 2 80gb hard drives in and probably get xp with it to so for once in my life i have a certified OS
total cost should be ?700 but i'll let u know the final spec tomoz when ive ordered.
pino did the barton XP2500+ work ok without a bios flash straight from the box so to speak?
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:54 am
by Pino
it did work straight out the box, only it didn't recognize it as 2500+
it showed 1.83ghz as the speed, after the bios flash it showed 2500+
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 1:25 pm
by Andy
Well I realised how badly that I had been conned when buying my first PC when you gave me that price ed, as i payed about that for the fubar lump I have now. In fact the only good thing in my pc at the mo is probably the processor!! Anyway, my parts should come on wednesday, so ill be building it soon. Sort of wish id bought 2x 512 sticks now, but my 2x 256s should do.
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 4:12 pm
by fac51
OK new PC is ordered and the final specs are:
AMD AthlonXP 2600+
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Nforce 2
Chieftec Dragon Silver
Enermax 350w VE PSU
MSI GeForce 4 Ti4200 128mb DDR
1GB Corsair XMS2700 DDR SDRAM (2 x 512MB sticks)
160GB Western Dig ATA100/7200 8MB Cache (2 x 80GB drives)
LG 52 CDROM
LG 12x8x32x8 CDRW/DVDROM
Creative Live Digital 5.1 surround
3?" Floppy Drive
thanks for the advice everyone
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 4:26 pm
by 117
how long u gotta wait then?
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 4:37 pm
by fac51
they said thursday/friday.. which i really hope it is but i wouldnt be suprised if it took longer
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 4:48 pm
by 117
can i have ur old one? pretty please?
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:14 pm
by fac51
LOL would u really want it? proceesor is too slow for games these days
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:19 pm
by 117
it's better than the pc i own (or lack of one)
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:21 pm
by fac51
yeah but u have access to a better one than this (especially now ive removed all the decent bits)
not sure what to do with this one tbh.. may give it to my mum (she's just had hers nicked) or use it as a server or something? actually can turn it into a TiVo
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:27 pm
by 117
yeah but it'd be a base for me to build my own!
no mate give it to your mum if her's has been nicked
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:32 pm
by fac51
wouldnt be a very good base is what im saying - thus me buying a new one - would have loved to upgrade the old one.. the mobo is crap and u cant upgrade the processor. u would be best off buying a ?250 base unit form a local pc shop with say and athlon 1700+ that u can build up from there.
i made a big mistake with this one and bought it from micredirect who ripped me good and proper. bastids!
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:34 pm
by 117
rite k
Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2003 5:41 pm
by fac51
well why dont u invest then when u have some cash?