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Title: I Need To Buy A New Computer... (Suggestions?)
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Published: Feb 19, 2015
Author: Myself
Post Date: 2015-02-19 23:34:50 by Chuck_Wagon
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The Intel Atom 2 (a Foxconn 525) sizzled completely. I've bought only one AMD (an old Athlon) in my life. So I'm contemplating a 3Ghz-and-up AMD - for low bucks. Eh?
The (offline) Intel Atom 1 (Foxconn 330) has
been working just fine - but the keyboard sizzled.
With a new keyboard it is working just fine.
But hey - a new machine is needed.
(years ago.) Worked great. Until it no longer did (at all).
And the very ancient Celeron D (on which I'm posting this)
is a trooper - and still working at this moment.
Anybody got any ideas?
On reputable mail-oder places - not just machines.
Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated!
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#2. To: Chuck_Wagon (#0)
This website sometimes has some outstanding deals. Before Christmas they had a pretty good Asus Laptop for $300. They have desktops on specials too. This sounds pretty good: *NEW* Acer Aspire AT3-600-UR33 Celeron G1620 LGA1155, 4GB, 500GB Windows 8 Desktop PC for $179.99
Sounds pretty good - but now that I think of it, AMD APU FM2 5300 3.4GHz DUAL CORE BAREBONES DESKTOP - $217.00. 3.4GHz is FAST - ain't it? I'm coming to conclusion that if I want a fast fast, it's gonna be
DDR4 is already out.
What is the benefit of DDR4 other than speed? I don't need the latest/fastest/bestest/mammy-jammy thing -
CUSTOM AMD APU FM2 5300 3.4GHz DUAL CORE BAREBONES GAMING DESKTOP PC SYSTEM $217.00 Or the Dell 2.93 GHZ (Itel) - It comes down to AMD or Intel - bottom line.
Zotac Mini PC Barebones System ZBOX-BI320-U Well speaking of "bottom line" -- I don't do gaming (and have no desperate need for speed) so this is what I just ordered from Amazon. I expect it to arrive either tomorrow or Saturday... So for a grand total of $158 plus tax and FREE Shipping, I have my fingers crossed, hoping I did pretty good.
#30. To: Willie Green (#29)
Okay.
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#4. To: Operation 40 (#2)
Acer Aspire AT3-600-UR33 Celeron G1620 LGA1155, 4GB, 500GB
Windows 8 Desktop PC for $179.99 ...
I want FAST - as in FAST FAST. The following does not have any memory -
but I have a few random memory sticks floating around.
It also does not include a hard drive - but I recently bought a
'4 terrabyte' external USB drive (which actually turned out to be 3.4 TB).
So I'll buy a 250GB (or 500GB) to boot from - use the 340 TB for everything else.
some bucks bucks. But at least it's pretty spiffy looking...
#10. To: Chuck_Wagon (#4)
but I have a few random memory sticks floating around.
#22. To: Operation 40 (#10)
DDR4 is already out.
Who/what supports it at the present time?
unless I do, of course...
#23. To: All (#22)
#29. To: Chuck_Wagon (#23)
It comes down to AMD or Intel - bottom line.
Price: $111.99 & FREE Shipping
My "bottom line" was only $111.99 & FREE Shipping!!! plus another $36.99 for 4 Gb RAM to stick in it. I already have a 2.5" hard drives I can use in it with Linux Mint as the OS.
Oh... and I had to pick up a DVI-D monitor cable for it.
It has HDMI & DVI-D output, no VGA.
And my flatscreen monitor has VGA & DVI-D inputs, no HDMI.
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You are now the front-runner in the contest.
I shall keep you advised. Eh? Thanks!
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