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**shenanigans** · 03-15-2005, 07:59 PM

I might have one upped you, well sort of...

Compaq Presario R3000Z
Compaq Presario R3000Z ($50 Instant Savings taken off the price);
AMD XP-M 2800+ (1.6 GHz);
15.0" TFT XGA Screen;
256MB DDR SDRAM (1x256MB);
Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Home Edition with SP2;
60 GB 4200 RPM Hard Drive;
8X DVD Drive;
64MB NVIDIA(R) GeForce(TM) 4 440 Go + 1394;
54g(TM) Broadcom 802.11b/g WLAN;
12 Cell Lithium Ion Battery;
Microsoft(R) Works/Money

nothing insanely fast, already going to up the RAM when I get it to at least 512mb...

Total cost shipped after instant $50 rebate $843.99

$843.99
-100 rebate
-150 rebate
-30 rebate
_____________

$563.99 to my door.

Nothing that will rock people's worlds with speed, and I have to wait 3-4 weeks since its ordered through Office Depot, but more then adequate, and If I need more that is what my desktop is for [img]smile.gif[/img] I couldn't pass up this deal, I see, computers with less then 1ghz, go for $500 used. This is new with a few upgrades.

If I order the same computer now, from office depot, its ~$1022.XX And only a $30 rebate offered, so $992.XX, before shipping.

[ March 15, 2005, 08:04 PM: Message edited by: shenanigans ]

**andrew.brandon** · 03-15-2005, 08:13 PM

very similar to you viper

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/673250/3

going with the second vid card sometime this summer, currently deciding if I want either 2Gb of 400Mhz ram or 4Gb of 333Mhz(the maximum's of the board)

this fall I am going to get some water blocks and water cool the CPU and the vid cards

**andrew.brandon** · 03-15-2005, 08:16 PM

Originally posted by viper04af:
i know the vid card wont work..... lol whoops fogot to look at is interface

I assume you ment to go with the Nvidia card ;)

only the 6600GT and 6800GT/Ultra will work in SLI mode

[ March 15, 2005, 09:02 PM: Message edited by: andrew.brandon ]

**Skapimp** · 03-15-2005, 08:30 PM

my future (near) 1000 pc... http://www.popularelect.com/mpx300.html

**3.4 slow to go** · 03-15-2005, 08:56 PM

and it all will be worth $300 this time next yr.

**shenanigans** · 03-15-2005, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by 3.4 slow to go:
and it all will be worth $300 this time next yr.

lol... computer has to be the worst depreciating thing out their.

I remember back in the day my dad got a $8,000 computer from his work for free... thing was a speed demon, forgot what, but it was a 486 33 mhz, with 8mb of ram wooohooo.

**vanbibber** · 03-15-2005, 09:48 PM

Originally posted by shenanigans:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 3.4 slow to go:
and it all will be worth $300 this time next yr.

lol... computer has to be the worst depreciating thing out their.

I remember back in the day my dad got a $8,000 computer from his work for free... thing was a speed demon, forgot what, but it was a 486 33 mhz, with 8mb of ram wooohooo. </font>[/QUOTE]have you looked at f-bodies lately... that is the one of the worst dereciating thing out there.lol

**TealV6** · 03-15-2005, 09:50 PM

Plugs right into my monitor! [img]graemlins/bowdown.gif[/img]

Nuff said [img]graemlins/rock.gif[/img]

**3.4 slow to go** · 03-15-2005, 09:55 PM

no, 95~99 s-10 blazers are.

and Steve, only 3 people actually use macs, so they don't count

**TealV6** · 03-15-2005, 10:00 PM

Originally posted by 3.4 slow to go:

and Steve, only 3 people actually use macs, so they don't count

Show me where you get your info... I've got about 2K at the office... and we are just one company working under http://www.omnicomgroup.com/OurCompanies umbrella. [img]tongue.gif[/img]

(yeah.. I'm feeling fisty today)

**57s98Camaro** · 03-15-2005, 10:05 PM

Bleh, Macs. Maybe if they concentrated on making their PC's not suck instead of looking good I'd be willing to give it a try.

Be a man and build your own computer [img]smile.gif[/img]

**TealV6** · 03-15-2005, 10:07 PM

Originally posted by 57s98Camaro:
Bleh, Macs. Maybe if they concentrated on making their PC's not suck instead of looking good I'd be willing to give it a try.

[img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

You must not know the power of Unix.... I think I'll take a *nix core over anything M$ can produce... maybe one day they'll ship Longhorn.

**3.4 slow to go** · 03-15-2005, 10:33 PM

my company is just one of many under the umbrella of this company
and we don't need no stinking macs.

that;s what subcontracting is for [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[ March 17, 2005, 09:28 AM: Message edited by: DrSquirts ]

**mike h** · 03-15-2005, 10:41 PM

check out my beast! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

MEGA PC case by MSI
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=431

2.66GHz Pentium 4 processor

128MB NVidia 5200FX vid card

768 MB RAM

XP Pro

40 GB hard drive

external CD-RW 52x32x52

all costed roughly $600 (january 2002). i dont game much, maybe americas army here and there, other than that its just for surfing the net and listening to music.

Originally posted by andrew.brandon:
this fall I am going to get some water blocks and water cool the CPU and the vid cards

have fun with that. unless you are some really big gamer guy, it is pointless as long as you have good fans and airflow through your case. plus you dont have to worry about water next to your vital parts. [img]tongue.gif[/img] im a guy who needs heavy duty cooling. i had to get an exterior CD rom because an internal wouldnt fit, becuase the power cables to the mobo were in the way, because i had to move them to fit my vid card in. :rolleyes: its ok though, it looks nice and is 6" tall.

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