-=PCTechTalk=- Re: My Contraption
- From: "Don WIlcox" <Dwilcox3@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:43:51 -0400
Becky,
I've been out of this thread for a while also so these comments may not be
pertinent...
If your existing machine is only 866 MHz it is likely full of old and slow
technology. Unless the parts you want to carry forward are a lot newer than
the rest of the computer you need to take a close look at their speed and
their capabilities. Especially if you are going to upgrade to Vista at the
same time. Video card capabilities and memory are critical to take
advantage of many features in Vista.
Your old parts may be so slow as to create a bottleneck for your new
computer that will make it run as slow or slower than your old computer did.
Older harddrives run at 5400 rpm or slower and have very small onboard
caches. Older CD-RW drives are not only much slower but are also obsolete.
Newer drives are much faster and burn CDs and DVDs, including dual layer,
RAM and lightscribe discs.
If it is your plan to spend between 250 to 500 bucks on a barebones systems,
you might want to consider looking at complete pre-built sytems at Wal-Mart,
Sam's Club, Costco etc. At Wal-mart a 3GHZ computer with 1GB RAM, DVD super
drive and Vista Home Premium can be had for as little as $398.
Of course buying a complete pre-built system does nothing to teach you how
to put together and take apart a computer, so if that is important factor
that into your decision process also.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Becky kane" <bekkykane@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 5:27 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: My Contraption
> Hi GMan
> I guess it is my turn to apologize to you, sorry I've been away for so
> long. I do like the idea of a bare-bones system. I do think it would
> probably be my best bet, I really don't think I'll be using it for much
> more than what I'm doing now. Simple email and pictures but no real hard
> things. looking at web sites and such.
> The parts I would be carrying over are....
>
> the 2 drives 40 & 120 gig
> the 2 cdrw drives
> the usb card
> and the Nvida ge force2 MX/MX 400 video card
>
> cannot think of anything else I would want but the software, right now it
> has 512 megs of ram and it's a dell 866. I do not know what else it has
> but tell me and I will hunt for it.
>
> God Bless and Thank You
> Becky
>
>
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