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what would be the better comp to get

eMachines- Model: ET1161-07 for 380
specs
Windows Vista Home Premium with SP1
AMD Athlon™ X2 dual-core processor 4050e
3GB DDR2 memory
320GB Serial ATA II hard drive (7200 rpm)
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE graphics
will replace fx card




or a dell $419
Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1
Intel® Pentium® dual-core E5200
3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
again will replace the gfx card.


out of the two what one you you get?and why and on a side note will i lose any speed from what i have now?

p4 2.8 hyper thread
1gb ddr ram
180 seagate hd
xp media ed

thanks for the help i would just build one but i dont think i buy the parts for as little as the builds are

Dell

Never get an e-machine unless its free, in fact even then don't take it

Brent wrote:Dell

Never get an e-machine unless its free, in fact even then don't take it

I agree with this!

Brent wrote:Dell

Never get an e-machine unless its free, in fact even then don't take it

To add further to this...

If you get paid to take an e-machine, either sell it on Ebay or consider the payment a disposal fee and junk it in the local dump.

ok so what do i gain or lose in speed? my current gfx is POWERCOLOR R96-C3G Radeon 9600PRO 128MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X

well for one that mobo aint gonna have an AGP slot

Get the Dell and spend a few bucks to get a PCI-Express video card. Done.

ya i wasnt going to use my current gfx card just trying to see what speed i will lose is my current p4 2.8 faster then a dual-core E5200 i know the new comp has more ram and better hd so they will be faster.

ya once i get the comp ill see what slot i have open then shop for a gfx card

horsemen_ wrote:ya i wasnt going to use my current gfx card just trying to see what speed i will lose is my current p4 2.8 faster then a dual-core E5200 i know the new comp has more ram and better hd so they will be faster.

ya once i get the comp ill see what slot i have open then shop for a gfx card

The E5200 sjhould be faster, its a 2.5ghz dual core chip, doing more per clock than yours as well.

Not sure how much of a difference it will feel like, but its a better CPU.

The Dell has an Intel chipset and CPU, both combinations of that generation will be superior to the AMD e-machine.

spend a little more and get a quad core Inspiron.. I love mine. Added a XFX 8600GT for 50$ more and the ram for them is very cheap.. like 11$ a chip.

Dell Inspiron 530 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz Desktop (4GB/500GB) $499

follow this link off Techbargains for it http://www.techbargains.com/jump.cfm?af ... rg=DDDADG4

You get all this for that
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz; 4GB RAM; 500GB HDD; DVD burner; Vista Home Premium; 1yr warranty

Sava700 wrote:spend a little more and get a quad core Inspiron.. I love mine. Added a XFX 8600GT for 50$ more and the ram for them is very cheap.. like 11$ a chip.

Dell Inspiron 530 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz Desktop (4GB/500GB) $499

follow this link off Techbargains for it http://www.techbargains.com/jump.cfm?af ... rg=DDDADG4

You get all this for that
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz; 4GB RAM; 500GB HDD; DVD burner; Vista Home Premium; 1yr warranty

hhmm how much ram did you add? and did u get the gffx from newegg?

horsemen_ wrote:hhmm used your link all the same but the gfx options i dont see the xfx 8600

Add that yourself later after you get it..

you can shop for your own card options through newegg..

the card I have they don't maek no more..but here is a nice BFG card for 50$

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814143125

but here is the one that I got...as you can see its deactivated now

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150247

someone correct me if i am wrong, but having 3GB of ram is using one 1GB stick and one 2GB stick, so that would eliminate dual channel for the meomry, right ?

or even three 1Gb sticks would do the same ?

or should i shut my pie hole

Mark wrote:someone correct me if i am wrong, but having 3GB of ram is using one 1GB stick and one 2GB stick, so that would eliminate dual channel for the meomry, right ?

or even three 1Gb sticks would do the same ?

or should i shut my pie hole

from my understanding if you had 3 1 gb 2 would run in dual ch 1 wouldnt
1 stick at 1 gb and 1 stick at 2 gb i think your right not sure on that one but i think they have to be a matching pair

There are some nice deals on 9800GTs in the 100ish price range as well.

Mark wrote:someone correct me if i am wrong, but having 3GB of ram is using one 1GB stick and one 2GB stick, so that would eliminate dual channel for the meomry, right ?

or even three 1Gb sticks would do the same ?

or should i shut my pie hole

I believe they are setting it up with 2(1gig sticks) and 2 (512 sticks) ...thats just how dell usually sets their systems up to save money and charge you more for each single 1 gig chip - usually 50$ each. When I purchased my inspiron from them it came with 1 gig.. so it had two 512 chips.

I ended up taking both of them out and selling them to someone else.. and dropping in 4 1gig chips that I got from newegg for 11$ each.

Sava700 wrote:spend a little more and get a quad core Inspiron.. I love mine. Added a XFX 8600GT for 50$ more and the ram for them is very cheap.. like 11$ a chip.

Dell Inspiron 530 Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33GHz Desktop (4GB/500GB) $499

follow this link off Techbargains for it http://www.techbargains.com/jump.cfm?af ... rg=DDDADG4

You get all this for that
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz; 4GB RAM; 500GB HDD; DVD burner; Vista Home Premium; 1yr warranty

i try to do the build at dell and at the military dell Premier site and both site come out to be more then urs lol

horsemen_ wrote:i try to do the build at dell and at the military dell Premier site and both site come out to be more then urs lol

Techbargains always posts up the good deals and often coupon codes to use for them and lots of other things..I think you will be happy with it if you set it up like I did.

ya was just looking to see if i could remove upgrades and buy them after the fact cheaper

A Quickie

Not sure about PSU I've been out of the game for a while

http://i44.tinypic.com/2larjhl.jpg

Also no Vista of Course

Not bad, the only iffy thing for me would be the mobo, but thats mostly cuz I don't like MSI.

no more antec power supplies for me, corsair has great units for similar prices.

I disagree with the PSU, motherboard, ram and the HDD...

You can get a cheaper better HDD of WD Caviar 1T which have better reviews and with the screw up here recently of the firmware by seagate I'd wait a while before getting another.

For ram look at some OCZ or Corsair. And with the open box motherboard you might not get what you need as in parts cause thats usually all thats in it. No cables and everything. For a PSU - PC Power and Cooling FTW..I won't really buy anything else cause they are well built and have come down in prices too.

At least get 1066 MHz RAM so you can run the CPU at its normal FSB speed. Don't let the lure of cheapness to ever allow yourself to put an open box mobo in your cart.

I haven't had any probs with Open Box Parts, but I changed some of it last night anyways.


Changed Mobo, PSU as well as HDDs last night.
Just changed the Ram also.
I didn't put the 2 1TBs back in to keep the price down and comaparable to the Dell Machine.


That's what this site is here for though
Changed my original post to a link.

He can sub. the mobo to one one of those for about $30 more also if he doesn't like the mATX.
Would give him the ability to add more RAM in the future also (with 64bit). Actually I think the 32bit is only going to 'see' 3gigs anyways.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Productco ... 72&bop=And


If I was making any money, I'd buy those parts except throw in a Quad Core.

For another 120$ you can get a Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz LGA775 Quad-Core Processor which would be far more future proof and perform better than that Dual Wolfdale chip.

Dell Small Business has the Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz Socket LGA 775 Quad Core Desktop Processor (RETAIL) for a low $232.49 after 25% off Coupon Code: 5NSKFK1HL?CRDN (Exp 4/1). Free Shipping. Tax in most.

After the jump, search for item #: A1499200

That came directly off Techbargains.. and to be honest I've looked at it really close too and perhaps pulling my 9300 out and upgrading to it

Or you can wait a while for the better Energy Efficient chips the 65W versions compared these versions that are using 95W

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/29/inte ... on-to-65w/