The: What Computer Part did you buy this week thread (Page 8)

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#89057

2002-11-06 23:24

My P4PE lets you set memory independant of Bus Speed, so I can Really Crank up the memory, giving it the same Bandwidth as PC1066, with lower Latency

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#89058

2002-11-07 05:23

I just ordered a cheap Dell laptop for school.

P4 1.7GHz
256MB RAM (going to 512 as soon as it arrives)
32MB GF2Go
8X DVD ROM
15" SXGA display
Onboard NIC and Modem
30GB drive

All the software is getting canned and replaced with Debian/KDE (maybe Fluxbox).

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#89059

2002-11-07 06:45

How much was it, out of curiousity?

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#89060

2002-11-07 07:45

$1375 + shipping and tax. I couldn't even get a refurb for that cost. Dell has promotions for some universities, and they had a special for University of Wisconsin (where I'm going in January).

Jerry Atrik

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#89061

2002-11-07 16:58

yea thats an excellent price

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#89062

2002-11-07 20:35

OK, scratch that, I found a better combo:

P4 1.7GHz-M
128MB 266DDR-RAM (getting another 512MB from Crucial, and the unit can go to 1GB, vs. the 2650 being capped at 512MB and used 200MHz DDR)
40GB HDD (free upgrade from 30GB HDD)
32MB GF4 440 Go
Internal NIC/Modem
Free spare battery
15" UXGA display (1600x1200)

And this one was $1369.

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#89063

2002-11-07 21:21

I was looking at that one too.

The PX now sells Dell direct with free shipping and no taxes plus special interest rates

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#89064

2002-11-07 21:31

Ahh, the Navy. I haven't heard "PX" since living in GTMO...

adamvjackson

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#89065

2002-11-07 21:39

It was BX in the USAF... Ahh, the memories.

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#89066

2002-11-07 22:42

Cool thing about Hawaii, you have a Huge BX, and a Huge NEX, and they are so much cheaper then local shops

They have actually started mixing the commisary and BX/PX now.

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#89067

2002-11-08 00:56

Yeah, the did that in GTMO back in '90, and you could even buy cars and Harleys through the base exchange (not like there were any other dealers on base). It was this mega-mall thing.

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#89068

2002-11-11 08:44

Sony 48x 24x 48x burner,

Flashed firmare to make it 52x 24x 52x

Jerry Atrik

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#89069

2002-11-12 04:34

got a motorola cable modem
now i can stop paying monthly for the old one i had for years and years

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#89070

2002-11-27 18:55

Bought a case for a system I'm working on for someone else and a green LED'd 80mm fan that I've put on a Volcano 7:D

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#89071

2002-11-28 00:05

Bought A 3rd Computer

ASUS A7N266-VM

Athlon XP 1700 Retail
256MB PC2700
Enlight Mini Tower w/300w Power Supply

Only 219 Bucks

Shipping was 67 tho

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#89072

2002-12-01 04:39

This week i got these -

Intel Pentium 4 2.533Ghz 533Mhz <--- Got her running sweet at 2.8 might take her further
ASUS P4S533-E
512MB 333Mhz PC2700 RAM
Creative Geforce4 Ti4600
Thermaltake Active Memory Cooling Kit
Coolermaster IHC-L7 Fan (not delivered yet)
Antec Arctic silver which should come with the Coolermaster fan
400Watt Power Supply Unit <-- Got home and plugged it in and it made a loud pop noise and lots of flashing so thats going back

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#89073

2002-12-02 00:57

Just bought a new 4D Optical mouse and a 48x LG CDWriter

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#89074

2002-12-11 22:00

Bought myself -

19" Philips CRT monitor (smallest 19" front to back space requiring monitor)
2x 80GB Western Digital Special Edition HDD's 8mb cache
1x raid controller
200 48x cdr's

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#89075

2002-12-12 13:32

Brought a new MEC Extreme 919 case for my new PC which I'll build next week