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skyhigh

skyhigh

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what do ou think of this computer my freind searchs for me

pentium 3 1.0ghz
aopeon atx mos pci32 30
nvida nv18 acp 98 64 mb


i think that is what he wrote i cant realy make out his writing so please help i dont want a computer that will make me spend over £115
 
I assume that's a laptop? If so, then I would see if you could get another fifteen pounds taken off, then that would be a pretty good deal. At its current price it's a little high, not bad, but still high...
 
no it is a desktop and i dont want to spend much on a computer i will upgrade it when i can afford it
 
Im his friend, and yes, my writing is bad :)

What he has now is a VERY old IBM, 266Mhz AMD, i think, and after he saw me building mine, he wanted a custom computer.

Now hes only 12, and his mum is a little strict when it comes to him buying stuff.

When i was croozin ebay, i thought i might put toghetr a sub £200 system, using used parts.

Now since its ebay, the parts are always changing, so ill just give an rough guide of what i think would suit his needs.

Intel P3 1Ghz

Mobo - Aopen seems to be quite a good P3 brand, but ASUS pwns, so ill look
for one of them

RAM- 256MB minimum, hopefully 512MB

Graphics - Either AGP 4x or a good PCI card, ive seen a nvidia NV18, 64MB, so that should handle half life OK (I had an ancient dell with integrated 4MB, and it played it, but was much better with 32MB deicated)

Case + PSU - I think a nice looking case with a PSU included. The PSU doesnt have to be superb, its not going to be O/Ced etc

HDD - Just an IDE, around 20GB should be plenty

Opticals- DVD & CD-RW drive

It came to around £125, but if he can save £200, then there lots of room for improvment.
 
Not worth it. That computer can surf the net and play games such as Warcraft 2.
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Actually it is not far off the mark for the price I think. Not everyone wants to play games on their computer.
 
helmie said:
Well with that system you should he should be able to play old classics such as Half Life, C&C etc.
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yea most likely, the procesors a p 3 and it only 1 ghz? i had an old p3 and it was 1.8, im sure u can find a nicer processor for not too much more like 10-15US dollars.
 
ReturnToEmpire said:
yea most likely, the procesors a p 3 and it only 1 ghz? i had an old p3 and it was 1.8
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The fastest P3 is operating at 1.4Ghz, the slowest P3 is operating at 450Mhz.
 
no it is a desktop and i dont want to spend much on a computer i will upgrade it when i can afford it
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To upgrade that you'd have to replace everything

Aopen seems to be quite a good P3 brand
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Not particularly,

i had an old p3 and it was 1.8
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Considering they didnt go past 1.4GHz, im quite impressed as to how you acquired that super secret 1.8Ghz P3

hmm, probably a celeron then i know it was intel, was about 3 years ago, and im sure it was 1.8 ghz
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So what exactly do you know about the chip? Speculation and guesswork, being passed on as knowledge is misleading and helps no-one
 
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