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Is my pc crap?
« on: April 29, 2007, 08:31:55 AM »
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OS-WindowsXP SP2
CPU-Intel P4 3.06GHz
Onboard sound and graphics
256Mb RAM
CD/DVD Burner
crap case (HP Pavilion standard case)
4 neons (thought i'd add that for fun :P)
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    Re: Is my pc crap?
    « Reply #1 on: April 29, 2007, 08:41:05 AM »
    512 Ram would do fine. But this is also not bad. ;)
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    Re: Is my pc crap?
    « Reply #2 on: April 29, 2007, 08:46:56 AM »
    lol well i know my pc is crap but i still love it, so it's biased. i have to ask other ppl :P. i am going to upgrade soon. i'll probably go with 2 dual channel ddr2 corsair sticks at 533 and i'll get 2 xfx7650 GTX's. i'm pretty sure that's what i ordered in. i'd have to check
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    Re: Is my pc crap?
    « Reply #3 on: April 29, 2007, 09:04:34 AM »
    I wouldn't call it crap unless you're a heavy gamer.  Really, I would say just increasing the amount of RAM and installing on add-on video card makes that a decent system for many purposes.
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    Re: Is my pc crap?
    « Reply #4 on: April 29, 2007, 09:07:00 AM »
    What is the PC used for?
    A PC that is complete and utter rubbish for, say, gaming, could be perfect for office tasks.
    Your PC is OK for web browsing, office tasks, playing old/bad graphics games, and so on.
    For anything intensive, it's not great.
    It needs graphics and more RAM mainly.
    A new CPU may be appropriate for some tasks, but that may necessitate a new motherboard, as may a graphics card.
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    Re: Is my pc crap?
    « Reply #5 on: April 29, 2007, 09:09:56 AM »
    It is my second computer for games and editing :P but it also always comes up with real weird thing, eg. my RAM the other day was apparently 2170Mb..... now.... that's not even possible so i'd like to know how my pc came to that conclusion lol
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      Re: Is my pc crap?
      « Reply #6 on: April 29, 2007, 10:38:01 AM »
      If it doesn't turn on like my mega $$$$ brand new build>  model,  I call them kinds  CRAP!!!   :-X
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      Re: Is my pc crap?
      « Reply #7 on: April 29, 2007, 10:52:37 AM »
      So what was the point of this post? Are you seeking reassurance? Agreement?
      « Last Edit: April 29, 2007, 04:17:44 PM by GX1_Man »
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      Re: Is my pc crap?
      « Reply #8 on: April 29, 2007, 04:21:49 PM »
      Yes.
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      Re: Is my pc crap?
      « Reply #9 on: April 29, 2007, 05:23:36 PM »
      Can you help us find assurance, GX1_Man? Lead us to the crap light.
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      Re: Is my pc crap?
      « Reply #10 on: April 30, 2007, 06:32:48 PM »
      Get thee behind me!  8)
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        Re: Is my pc crap?
        « Reply #11 on: May 01, 2007, 08:54:01 AM »
        Quote from: reaper_tbs on April 29, 2007, 08:31:55 AM
        specs
        OS-WindowsXP SP2
        CPU-Intel P4 3.06GHz
        Onboard sound and graphics
        256Mb RAM
        CD/DVD Burner
        crap case (HP Pavilion standard case)
        4 neons (thought i'd add that for fun :P)

        my test rig is worse and i can do some weak gaming on it lol
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        Re: Is my pc crap?
        « Reply #12 on: May 02, 2007, 05:55:03 AM »
        This rig is only about good for web surfing and word processing :'(.

        I saw a cheap rig for <300$ on slickdeals yesterday. It was an HP with a Pent D 805 with 1gig mem, 200g hd, with onboard A/V.  What do you want to do with your rig?
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          Re: Is my pc crap?
          « Reply #13 on: May 02, 2007, 08:56:01 AM »
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          This rig is only about good for web surfing and word processing .

          I saw a cheap rig for <300$ on slickdeals yesterday. It was an HP with a Pent D 805 with 1gig mem, 200g hd, with onboard A/V.  What do you want to do with your rig?

          there you go Mofd

          Quote from: reaper_tbs on April 29, 2007, 09:09:56 AM
          It is my second computer for games and editing :P but it also always comes up with real weird thing, eg. my RAM the other day was apparently 2170Mb..... now.... that's not even possible so i'd like to know how my pc came to that conclusion lol
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          Re: Is my pc crap?
          « Reply #14 on: May 02, 2007, 10:27:50 AM »
          Quote from: MofD on May 02, 2007, 05:55:03 AM
          This rig is only about good for web surfing and word processing :'(.
          This is a bit of an exaggeration.  I pulled one of my 256MB modules to bring my system down to 256MB.  I have Outlook Express, Firefox, Word, Excel, and Adobe Reader open, and I'm not really noticing much degradation in performance.  Now, granted, I have an AGP video card w/128MB. 

          But, still, I find your comment an exaggeration.   As I said in a previous post, one or two upgrades, meaning RAM and/or a video card, will make that system quite good for many tasks and some fairly heavy multiple tasking.   
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