My dad had this computer made for me..., is this good or is it shit? |
 Feb 26 2005, 04:43 PM
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I know next to nothing about computers. I can turn one on and run almost every program blind folded. I'm an expert at making websites,graphics and such but when it comes to the guts of the computer I know jack. My dad had a computer built for me. This is whats in it. Can anyone tell me what each part is and if its quality or crap.
BIOStar M7Vig 400 motherboard 2.2 gig Athon Chip Oversize temp. control chip fan 80 gig harddrive 52x32x52x CDRW 40x CD 3 1/2 floppyDrive 128 meg. PC 2700 RAM Chip 256 meg. PC 2700 RAM Chip 500 Watt CPU case It also has Win. Xp. Pro. This is word for word what the builder says is in it. What should I do with it? |
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Feb 26 2005, 04:59 PM
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well it has a good harddrive
and the CD/CD-RW Drives r good... good ram not sure bout rest though |
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Feb 26 2005, 05:25 PM
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BIOStar M7Vig 400 motherboard <Not sure if it's good or not.
2.2 gig Athon Chip <If it's a Athlon 64 chip, good, if it's an Athlon XP chip, it's okay. Oversize temp. control chip fan <Good to have. 80 gig harddrive <Enough. 52x32x52x CDRW <Good.. if all you want to do is burn music 40x CD <I guess that's good to have also. 3 1/2 floppyDrive <Good, but no one really uses floppies anymore. 128 meg. PC 2700 RAM Chip 256 meg. PC 2700 RAM Chip <Good speed. Enough memory for what most people do. 500 Watt CPU case <More than needed, but good. It also has Win. Xp. Pro. <That's great. |
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Feb 26 2005, 05:34 PM
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Win Xp. Pro.
how is that great? Mac OS X Tiger could blow it away anyday same w/ Red hat |
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Feb 26 2005, 06:05 PM
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Considering those parts are meant to run with windows (most likely,) Windows XP Pro is the best choice IMHO. And I know that OS X could blow Windows away.
And since when does great mean best? 
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Feb 27 2005, 01:02 AM
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QUOTE(BlueEyezBlind @ Feb 26 2005, 3:43 PM) . BIOStar M7Vig 400 motherboard 2.2 gig Athon Chip Oversize temp. control chip fan 80 gig harddrive 52x32x52x CDRW 40x CD 3 1/2 floppyDrive 128 meg. PC 2700 RAM Chip 256 meg. PC 2700 RAM Chip 500 Watt CPU case It also has Win. Xp. Pro.  well depends on what you are trying to run... its not a very good gameing computer per say i mean you can probley run some good games maybe? does it have a graphics card? haha or on board video? haha at least you got usb 2.0 on the mobo other then that its an avrage computer |
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Feb 27 2005, 01:05 AM
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shit. lol. omgosh itz that sexy redhead again *drools*
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Feb 27 2005, 03:38 AM
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500 watts sounds a little suspicious <.< other than that good general use computer
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Feb 27 2005, 12:04 PM
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You'd want to put more memory in. Above I said it was okay, I thought it was 768mb.
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| *Fallen_Fairy* |
Feb 27 2005, 12:08 PM
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good for being made
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| *chaneun* |
Feb 27 2005, 08:41 PM
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haha.. i have a 160GB HARDDRIVE!!!
MWAHAHAHAHA!!! well.. the computer seems to be good... but im not sure of it |
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Feb 27 2005, 08:47 PM
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QUOTE(chaneun @ Feb 27 2005, 7:41 PM) haha.. i have a 160GB HARDDRIVE!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!! well.. the computer seems to be good... but im not sure of it i have 2 120s and a 40 and im getting a 200 next week 
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Feb 27 2005, 09:11 PM
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QUOTE(chaneun @ Feb 27 2005, 8:41 PM) haha.. i have a 160GB HARDDRIVE!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!! well.. the computer seems to be good... but im not sure of it freak... i have a 120 internal... a 30G internal... and i have two 60 G externals.... can u add? if u cant thats 270G... |
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Feb 27 2005, 11:12 PM
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QUOTE(Baku @ Feb 27 2005, 7:47 PM) i have 2 120s and a 40 and im getting a 200 next week i have a 30. and a 20, but on antoher comptuer. neither are full. needless to say; i don't have that many picturess or video. audio takes up a small amount, as most of it's on my DAP. |
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Feb 28 2005, 08:41 AM
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I have one 200gb hard drive. And why are you calling Chaneun a freak.. because she says she has a 160gb hard drive. Maybe she didn't know you could go much higher..
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Feb 28 2005, 09:27 PM
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It ain't too bad compare to mine. I wish I had the money to build a new pc for myself.
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Feb 28 2005, 09:33 PM
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QUOTE(JC4P @ Feb 27 2005, 8:11 PM) freak... i have a 120 internal... a 30G internal... and i have two 60 G externals.... can u add? if u cant thats 270G... o.O why do you need to external hdds? waste of desktop space if you ask me o.o all my stuff is inside in a nice need compact box :D |
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| *Programmer* |
Mar 1 2005, 04:57 AM
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it's an ok version.....
overall compatable computer for a work based theme.... not really ment for games...  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ on another note post 700 w00t |
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| *kryogenix* |
Mar 1 2005, 08:20 AM
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QUOTE(Baku @ Feb 28 2005, 9:33 PM) o.O why do you need to external hdds? waste of desktop space if you ask me o.o all my stuff is inside in a nice need compact box :D I'm guessing he has no more internal bays. |
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Mar 1 2005, 04:48 PM
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baker o.O Group: Member Posts: 446 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 97,190 |
QUOTE(kryogenix @ Mar 1 2005, 7:20 AM) I'm guessing he has no more internal bays. must have a crappy case if it can only hold 2 hdds and maybe a floopy :/ mine can hold 4 hdds and 2 floppys |
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| *kryogenix* |
Mar 1 2005, 08:29 PM
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QUOTE(Baku @ Mar 1 2005, 4:48 PM) must have a crappy case if it can only hold 2 hdds and maybe a floopy :/ mine can hold 4 hdds and 2 floppys not necessarily crappy. it depends what form factor your case is and what your needs are. space is something you need to save, especially if you're in a college dorm. A huge full-tower ATX case might not be the way to go (even if it can fit 6 3.5" drives), so you'd probably want a mATX or even a mini-itx case. |
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Mar 1 2005, 10:23 PM
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baker o.O Group: Member Posts: 446 Joined: Feb 2005 Member No: 97,190 |
or do what im going to do and put a 15" lcd in the side of my tower
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