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Geoffrey S. Mendelson Geoffrey S. Mendelson is offline
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Default Computer problem: motherboard or power supply

Daniel Prince wrote:
I have a home built PC with an Epox 8RGA+ motherboard. It has an AMD
Barton 2500+, and a gig of ram. I use the onboard video and sound.
My power supply is an Antec TruePower 420. Where would I look for a
similar working system?


Here in Israel, you can buy a dual core system that would be faster, two
Intel cores of 1.6gHz (if you want low power ATOM processors), 160g hard drive,
1g RAM (no optical drive), with ethernet, GMA 950 video and sound for $250,
including 16.5% VAT.

If you crank that up to $330 (inluding VAT), you get a 1.8gHz dual core regular
processor. 2G ram, 320gb hard drive, a 20x DVD burner, and a better graphics
chip. Another $20 gets you a 2.gHz processor.

As for the power supply, the one included is a cheap generic that probably
be tossed in a couple of years when the fan goes, however really good ones
are not that expensive.

Geoff.

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