I just bought an eMachines at Circuit City!
Now before you point and laugh hear me out. The computer has the following specs:
AMD Sempron 3100+ (according to benchmarks I've seen this is roughly the same chip and comparable in performance to the the AMD Athlon 64 3200, without the 64 bit instructions).
256MB RAM
DVD Burner
Media Card Reader
60GB HD
Now the kicker is, it had an open AGP port, which is super rare in cheap computers! And the price? Get a load of this - $249 after rebates!!!
So I bought it, took it home, put in an old GeForce MX4000 64MB AGP Card in there for now.
I ordered a GeForce 6600 128MB AGP off of egghead along with 512MB of RAM to add to it for $180 total.
So $249 + $180 = $429
At that price its going to have solid video and gaming possiblities, already has a capable processor, and the RAM is going to total 768MB.
Not bad huh? I think it was a heck of a deal.
I dont think I couldve put together a better system from scratch. I mean a good case by itself would run $60 at minimum, a motherboard at least $70, a DVD burner about $90ish, a media card reader another $20, so we're already at almost $250 and I haven't even added any RAM or Processor to it nor a Hard Drive.
I am happy. A half decent system for so cheap. Thank you eMachines for including an AGP port thus making your system adequate for upgrading and purchasing! *thumbs up*
In case you want to look up the system the model is T3101.
It was $399 before rebates at Circuit City and had 2 rebates totaling $150, thus the price after rebates is $249.
Now before you point and laugh hear me out. The computer has the following specs:
AMD Sempron 3100+ (according to benchmarks I've seen this is roughly the same chip and comparable in performance to the the AMD Athlon 64 3200, without the 64 bit instructions).
256MB RAM
DVD Burner
Media Card Reader
60GB HD
Now the kicker is, it had an open AGP port, which is super rare in cheap computers! And the price? Get a load of this - $249 after rebates!!!
So I bought it, took it home, put in an old GeForce MX4000 64MB AGP Card in there for now.
I ordered a GeForce 6600 128MB AGP off of egghead along with 512MB of RAM to add to it for $180 total.
So $249 + $180 = $429
At that price its going to have solid video and gaming possiblities, already has a capable processor, and the RAM is going to total 768MB.
Not bad huh? I think it was a heck of a deal.
I dont think I couldve put together a better system from scratch. I mean a good case by itself would run $60 at minimum, a motherboard at least $70, a DVD burner about $90ish, a media card reader another $20, so we're already at almost $250 and I haven't even added any RAM or Processor to it nor a Hard Drive.
I am happy. A half decent system for so cheap. Thank you eMachines for including an AGP port thus making your system adequate for upgrading and purchasing! *thumbs up*
In case you want to look up the system the model is T3101.
It was $399 before rebates at Circuit City and had 2 rebates totaling $150, thus the price after rebates is $249.
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