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JakeR · 06-10-2001, 11:25 PM

i picked up a pc pretty cheap today, and i have till 2morrow to play with it and if i dont like it i can take it back.. now it runs ok for me, but i dont know much about 'athlons'
my buddy won it off an auction at ubid but he changed his mind and wanted to know if i can buy it off of him..

875$
this is all copied and pasted off the ubid site, so, um are athlons good, or should i stick to a pentium?

Computech Hercules Athlon 1.3GHz 512MB RAM

200 Mhz AMD Athlon Front Side Bus
VIA KT133
VIA 686B
Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI)
2 168-pin DIMM sockets
Award Plug and Play BIOS
SOFT MENU and Jumper Free
1 4X AGP Slot
5 PCI Slots
1 Floppy Port (up to 2.88MB)
2 IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100 devices
1 Parallel Port (EPP/ECP)
2 Serial Ports
2 USB Connectors
2 PS/2 Ports

512MB PC133 SDRAM

168 Gold Pin connectors for maximum performance
133Mhz Clock Speed
7ns Synchronous Data Output

Hard Drive
40GB ATA 100 Hard Disk
Ultra ATA 100 Interface
2MB SDRAM Cache buffer
9.5ms Seek Time
Upto 100MB Per Second Data Transfer Rate

Video Card
32MB ATI Radeon DDR Dual diaplay Graphic Card
Powered by the RADEON? VE graphics processing unit (GPU)
With DDR memory you have twice the memory bandwidth for the highest data transfer rates through the pipeline
Flexible multi-display support enabling any combination of VGA; digital flat panel and TV with HydraVision? Multiple Monitor Management Software
DVI interface with integrated TMDS for digital flat panel support
Accelerates all of today's top 3D games
Supports 3D resolutions (32-bit color) up to 2048x1536
RADEON? supports more features of DirectX® 8.0 than any other graphics board on the market

TheWatcher · 06-11-2001, 12:19 AM

Thats a good deal there bud.

Run adobe photoshop 6 and adobe golive and adobe image ready at the same time and see what it does =o)

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TFCash · 06-11-2001, 04:40 AM

JakeR -

Don't want to burst you bubble, but if you look at pricewatch.com you can get this.

Barebones Athlon system - $ 299
ATI Radeon DDR - $75
Maxtor 40GB ata 100 drive - $90
PC133 512Mb ram - $ 75

Total price $539. Granted you have to buy from a couple of different spots, but if you look you could probably get them all from one place for less than $600 including shipping. You would then also have a full warranty. Of course you didn't mention a sound card, which I assume there is one, a SB Live would bump the price up another $100 or so. So my advise would be to check out pricewatch and spec out a system that is an exact match to what you have, then you can decided if its a good deal

Tim

JakeR · 06-11-2001, 11:13 AM

thanks tim, i was surfing around the site found some great prices... but, how hard is it to put everything together? or do you know what the avg. cost would be to get someone to put it together for me? im not to great with computers other than popping in some ram!

misterwalrus · 06-11-2001, 11:36 AM

Wait, it's only a 200Mhz computer. Could definately put something together much much faster for the same price.

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tgpman21 · 06-11-2001, 12:12 PM

misterwalrus, that is the front side bus, 200mhz is decent, considering most Intel machines have 133mhz bus.

JakeR, for $875 you are getting a great deal!
That ATI Radeon video card alone is $250. And that motherboard looks very upgradeble.

I would buy that in a heartbeat.

If you have anyother questions reguarding PC Hardware, ICQ me (61587837)

Later,
Xero

boneprone · 06-11-2001, 01:12 PM

good deal.. Ive bought 3 pc's from UBID.. you have to be carful. They are all refurbished.. I had to get rid of one that had memory problems.. Dank curretnoy owns it now.. But in general they are ok place to buy from only if you have to..

The computer is good, but the place you are buying from is risky.

JakeR · 06-11-2001, 03:41 PM

boneprone, did your pc's come with any warranties? i think this one has a 90 day warranty, which is pretty shitty

boneprone · 06-11-2001, 07:36 PM

Im not sure.. I was pissed. I should have boxed the heavy thing back up and had em fix it.. Instead I just gave it to dank.

He wont know the difference.

06-10-2001, 11:25 PM	#1
JakeR Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: il and nc Posts: 1,760	hey computer xperts gimme some feedback! i picked up a pc pretty cheap today, and i have till 2morrow to play with it and if i dont like it i can take it back.. now it runs ok for me, but i dont know much about 'athlons' my buddy won it off an auction at ubid but he changed his mind and wanted to know if i can buy it off of him.. 875$ this is all copied and pasted off the ubid site, so, um are athlons good, or should i stick to a pentium? Computech Hercules Athlon 1.3GHz 512MB RAM 200 Mhz AMD Athlon Front Side Bus VIA KT133 VIA 686B Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI) 2 168-pin DIMM sockets Award Plug and Play BIOS SOFT MENU and Jumper Free 1 4X AGP Slot 5 PCI Slots 1 Floppy Port (up to 2.88MB) 2 IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100 devices 1 Parallel Port (EPP/ECP) 2 Serial Ports 2 USB Connectors 2 PS/2 Ports 512MB PC133 SDRAM 168 Gold Pin connectors for maximum performance 133Mhz Clock Speed 7ns Synchronous Data Output Hard Drive 40GB ATA 100 Hard Disk Ultra ATA 100 Interface 2MB SDRAM Cache buffer 9.5ms Seek Time Upto 100MB Per Second Data Transfer Rate Video Card 32MB ATI Radeon DDR Dual diaplay Graphic Card Powered by the RADEON? VE graphics processing unit (GPU) With DDR memory you have twice the memory bandwidth for the highest data transfer rates through the pipeline Flexible multi-display support enabling any combination of VGA; digital flat panel and TV with HydraVision? Multiple Monitor Management Software DVI interface with integrated TMDS for digital flat panel support Accelerates all of today's top 3D games Supports 3D resolutions (32-bit color) up to 2048x1536 RADEON? supports more features of DirectX® 8.0 than any other graphics board on the market

06-11-2001, 12:19 AM	#2
TheWatcher Confirmed User Join Date: May 2001 Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico Posts: 563	Thats a good deal there bud. Run adobe photoshop 6 and adobe golive and adobe image ready at the same time and see what it does =o) ------------------ - TheWatcher Peace will come, just kill them all... MyGayLinX MyGayLinX - TGP MyGayLinX - TGP Submitter XboYX - TGP

06-11-2001, 04:40 AM	#3
TFCash Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1,738	JakeR - Don't want to burst you bubble, but if you look at pricewatch.com you can get this. Barebones Athlon system - $ 299 ATI Radeon DDR - $75 Maxtor 40GB ata 100 drive - $90 PC133 512Mb ram - $ 75 Total price $539. Granted you have to buy from a couple of different spots, but if you look you could probably get them all from one place for less than $600 including shipping. You would then also have a full warranty. Of course you didn't mention a sound card, which I assume there is one, a SB Live would bump the price up another $100 or so. So my advise would be to check out pricewatch and spec out a system that is an exact match to what you have, then you can decided if its a good deal Tim

06-11-2001, 11:13 AM	#4
JakeR Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: il and nc Posts: 1,760	thanks tim, i was surfing around the site found some great prices... but, how hard is it to put everything together? or do you know what the avg. cost would be to get someone to put it together for me? im not to great with computers other than popping in some ram!

06-11-2001, 11:36 AM	#5
misterwalrus Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burbank, Ca Posts: 270	Wait, it's only a 200Mhz computer. Could definately put something together much much faster for the same price. ------------------ FUCK ALL Y'ALL

06-11-2001, 12:12 PM	#6
tgpman21 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Seattle,CA,USA Posts: 9	misterwalrus, that is the front side bus, 200mhz is decent, considering most Intel machines have 133mhz bus. JakeR, for $875 you are getting a great deal! That ATI Radeon video card alone is $250. And that motherboard looks very upgradeble. I would buy that in a heartbeat. If you have anyother questions reguarding PC Hardware, ICQ me (61587837) Later, Xero

06-11-2001, 01:12 PM	#7
boneprone Hall Of Fame Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Portland Oregon USA Posts: 34,415	good deal.. Ive bought 3 pc's from UBID.. you have to be carful. They are all refurbished.. I had to get rid of one that had memory problems.. Dank curretnoy owns it now.. But in general they are ok place to buy from only if you have to.. The computer is good, but the place you are buying from is risky.

06-11-2001, 03:41 PM	#8
JakeR Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: il and nc Posts: 1,760	boneprone, did your pc's come with any warranties? i think this one has a 90 day warranty, which is pretty shitty

06-11-2001, 07:36 PM	#9
boneprone Hall Of Fame Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Portland Oregon USA Posts: 34,415	Im not sure.. I was pissed. I should have boxed the heavy thing back up and had em fix it.. Instead I just gave it to dank. He wont know the difference.