Is This Computer Worth $226?
- Thread starter BraveSirRobbin
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It's 168pins memory according to the ad, but I suggest you use the Crucial memory scan tool to find out what you need.
http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/
http://www.crucial.com/systemscanner/
I openend it up and confirm it is indeed PC133 Dimm Memory. The stickers on the Ram Chips state 128Meg and 256 Respectively.
As for the memory having to be in pairs, thats not the case. I was 99% sure of this, and just pulled the 128 stick out and booted it up to the desktop to make sure. The "pairs" thing really only applies to much older motherboards around the 233Mhz times.
As was mentioned above, there is one single thumbscrew to turn loose, and the cover slides right off... VERY easy access.
Ok, now my memory is fading with age... BUT in the original ad, did it not say it was a "DVD CDRW Combo Drive Speeds vary"? I could SWEAR that is what it said.... Now when I go back it simple says CDRW drive. I remember clearly thinking the DVD would be a nice addition to this PC's specs.
As for the memory having to be in pairs, thats not the case. I was 99% sure of this, and just pulled the 128 stick out and booted it up to the desktop to make sure. The "pairs" thing really only applies to much older motherboards around the 233Mhz times.
As was mentioned above, there is one single thumbscrew to turn loose, and the cover slides right off... VERY easy access.
Ok, now my memory is fading with age... BUT in the original ad, did it not say it was a "DVD CDRW Combo Drive Speeds vary"? I could SWEAR that is what it said.... Now when I go back it simple says CDRW drive. I remember clearly thinking the DVD would be a nice addition to this PC's specs.
AutomatedOutlet
Senior Member
Mine looks new also.
No, I think the ad said CDRW.
No, I think the ad said CDRW.
AutomatedOutlet
Senior Member
Rupp,
Keep your eye on Staples. Sometimes they run great deals on 17" flat screen monitors.
Keep your eye on Staples. Sometimes they run great deals on 17" flat screen monitors.
I know it NOW says on the page that it is a "CDRW drive" but I could swear when I bought it last week that it said it was a DVD CDRW combo drive. I just emailed them and will wait and see what they have to say.
I just went and bought another one.... I think this will make a nice little dedicated HS machine. My HS machine is currently a goliath tower with just 1.4Ghz CPU and sounds like an airplane cleared for takeoff. I will just have to switch to either a USB or serial modem for the caller ID info. The power savings, as well as being so quiet will make it worth the effort.
It's a shame that there is not a single PCI slot in the machine, as it would make a nice little Media center PC.
If anyone is thinking about getting one of these machines, the offer ends tommorrow, 09/17/05.
EDIT:
Rupp, HERE is a great brand new 15" LCD monitor in sealed box for $89.
I just went and bought another one.... I think this will make a nice little dedicated HS machine. My HS machine is currently a goliath tower with just 1.4Ghz CPU and sounds like an airplane cleared for takeoff. I will just have to switch to either a USB or serial modem for the caller ID info. The power savings, as well as being so quiet will make it worth the effort.
It's a shame that there is not a single PCI slot in the machine, as it would make a nice little Media center PC.
If anyone is thinking about getting one of these machines, the offer ends tommorrow, 09/17/05.
EDIT:
Rupp, HERE is a great brand new 15" LCD monitor in sealed box for $89.
WayneW
Senior Member
Based upon Electron's comments & others on the first page of the thread, it appears that it was a CD-RW since the beginning. But maybe that is where you got the DVD idea?JohnWPB said:
To make it a real simple media center machine, couldn't you use one of the USB based TV tuners? Are the USB ports 1.1 or 2? I haven't fired mine up yet.
XP Media Center Edition is pretty picky about what hardware, as far as tuners, that it will work with. There might be a USB one out there that is compatible though... Or you could just go with another Media Center Program. I personally went with XP Media Center due to the fact of the no hassle TV schedule downloading.
I was not intending to do this myself, as I have a working MCPC and honestly do not need to go by a 3rd one of these systems!
I was not intending to do this myself, as I have a working MCPC and honestly do not need to go by a 3rd one of these systems!
