help buying new pc

Anton2814

New Member
i would like to order a new pc off the net, ive looked at tigerdirect, ibuypower, and pcrightnow.com. Also i found one in an ebay store(99% positive feedback pcrightnow.com)
& was wondering if this is a good buy:
Black-Pentium IV 2.8Ghz HD 80 256DDR, Case Demon with Power Supply 500w Dual Fan ($429)
Assembled
* HD 80 Gb 7200 RPM
* Memory 256 Mb DDR
* Motherboard ASROCK P4S61
* 3 PCI slots
* 1 AGP slot
* Support for 800MHZ memory (max 3 Gb)
* Audio 5.1 On board
* Lan Onboard
* 6 USB 2.0
* Processor Pentium IV 2.8Ghz (fan + Heatsink ) (3 Year warranty from Intel)
* Floppy
* CD ROM 52X
* Modem 56K V.92
* CDRW X DVD COMBO
 

Timbo

New Member
It sounds like a pretty good deal. But it kinda depends if the 2.8 ghz pentium 4 has 533 front side bus, or 800.. ANd if you wanted to do any gaming you would wanna throw atleast 256 more ram, and a vid card which would prolly be 250 bucks and you'd be set..
 

Praetor

Administrator
Staff member
- Check to see if thats a NorthwoodB (533) or a NorthwoodC (800)
- The motherboard is a tad flakey (and regardless of the similarity, ASROCK has nothing to do with ASUS)
- Hmm... 800Mhz memory....now im seriously confused.... either thats an 800Mhz FSB miswritten or it's an RDRAM system but RDRAM systems dont support 2.8Ghz chips.....

Conclusion:
A decent setup regardless of the parts for $430 and for that price you should be happy -- as long as you realize they skimped out on a lot of the parts in order to get you that price :)
 
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