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December 5th, 2008, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by him61  The OS?
And BTW, this sounds fun, I'll post my best after my classes are done today. | Ding ding ding!!! So far none of the builds have included an OS.
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December 5th, 2008, 08:27 PM
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Rich seems to be on a roll here guys, he wins again. Challenge 3 will be posted shortly.
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Originally Posted by pullmyfoot Aha. Well that was a waste of time I feel quite stupid now | Quote:
Originally Posted by Figgey CPU: AMD 64 Pentium 4 (939 Socket) |
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December 5th, 2008, 08:32 PM
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Your mother is using a very old and slow computer from eons ago. She has asked you to upgrade her machine so that its faster. She wants the desktop to look the same so you will be putting windows XP back on the system but the CD-Key was lost from the old computer so you have to get another copy from Newegg. She has allotted you $750 to accomplish this task. You will be doing a full system build for her. She doesn't play any games except what comes with windows. She uses office applications as well as email. She is hard of seeing and needs a bigger monitor to relieve the strain on her eyes. What do you build? | |
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December 5th, 2008, 09:04 PM
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Originally Posted by nickslick74 Ding ding ding!!! So far none of the builds have included an OS. | That is were linux comes in to play, I didn't forget I intentionally left off any MS based OS to get the most out of the parts.
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December 6th, 2008, 12:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Fizur2002 can we get a sticky for this thread? | There is NO reason to sticky a "for fun" thread!
A. it's just that.... A for fun thread...
B. its going to be dated in 4-6 weeks... What's the point?
Prices will be different and you'd pick different parts...
C. There is no long term relavent info to be gained from this...
Sticky's are there for future recall and easy access to pertinent info. | |
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December 6th, 2008, 12:36 AM
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She is hard of seeing and needs a bigger monitor to relieve the strain on her eyes. What do you build?
| a cheap PC with a ridiculously huge moniter that takes up more than half the budget | |
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December 6th, 2008, 12:42 AM
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Originally Posted by JPMiller There is NO reason to sticky a "for fun" thread!
A. it's just that.... A for fun thread...
B. its going to be dated in 4-6 weeks... What's the point?
Prices will be different and you'd pick different parts...
C. There is no long term relavent info to be gained from this...
Sticky's are there for future recall and easy access to pertinent info. | Not to mention in most cases you are trading off things like a good quality mouse/keyboard, larger drive, better case, newer boards ect for something that is cheaper and faster. So even though some of the builds might sound great on paper for a real world build you'd probably change a few things.
edit: btw my entry for challenge 3 Newegg.com - Acer Aspire AX1200-BE5600A 22" wide-screen TFT LCD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ 3GB DDR2 320GB NVIDIA GeForce 8200 Windows Vista Home Premium (English / French) - Desktop PCs 
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December 6th, 2008, 01:28 AM
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__________________ PII 720BE X3 @ 3.7Ghz | Gigabyte 790GX | HD4850 | 4gigs OCZ Reper | WDC 640gb Black Athlon II 250 X2 @ 3.80Ghz | Gigabyte 770 | HD4670 | 4 gigs OCZ Reper
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December 6th, 2008, 01:50 AM
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that is stunning there pullmyfoot. thats pretty close to what a entry level gaming rig looks like too, just throw in a discrete graphics and would be set. | |
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December 6th, 2008, 01:55 AM
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Aww come on that its overkill for my dear ol' mom. I'd save her some cash and go a little cheaper than the $750 limit that way she could have the extra spending money for bingo...lol
and no I wouldn't actually go with the ACER, I just didn't have time to make up a build right now. | |
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