Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Biostar's products are somewhat more reliable than Shuttle, in my experience. Not as nice as Gigabyte, but they're certainly high on the food chain of budget motherboard vendors.
mubs said:A 4400 X2 (2.2 GHz) pushed to 2.5 GHz, a total of less than 200 power on hours??? And it booted perfectly when I wiped the disks. Things sizzled only after connecting the front panel cables. :cursin:
Mercutio said:I think the better answer is just to avoid LG completely.
I like LiteOn (still). I like NEC. I have been punished when I have purchased anything else.
Mercutio said:$235.
It's a POS, sure, but I can build a $235 box today using all name-brand, new parts.
Celeron 315 (2.2GHz/533MHz bus)
512MB of OCZ RAM
Asrock P4VM800 motherboard (S3 graphics included)
Foxconn TLN436-C4002 chassis with 350W Sparkle PSU
20GB 5400rpm Seagate Hard disk (U-series X)
LiteOn 52x CD-RW
And that price includes shipping.
If I went to $260, I could have a proper 7200rpm, 80GB drive.
Vomit box? Or bargain for the money?
Mercutio said:That $450 machine you're talking about would be a mid-high end system for the people I deal with, ddrueding.
timwhit said:Mercutio said:That $450 machine you're talking about would be a mid-high end system for the people I deal with, ddrueding.
I agree. Some entry level computers still only have 256MB of RAM.
Mercutio said:That $450 machine you're talking about would be a mid-high end system for the people I deal with, ddrueding.
timwhit said:Wow. You must be bored.
That's the same combo we use for our cheapest system. That ASRock board is truely wonderful for the price.Mercutio said:Celeron 315 (2.2GHz/533MHz bus)
Asrock P4VM800 motherboard (S3 graphics included)
Mercutio said:Where else do you get a brand-new $30 hard disk?