guys, what do you think of this deal?
http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/889432

i have an extra pci-e card and 1gb ddr2 ram lying around, but i still cant decide whether to go for a 2nd hand budget am2 system or this?

yeah, since it has 2 ide, i can straight plug in my current 2 hdds, and able to switch to sata anytime. however, it's also possible to find a dual core amd am2 proc and mobo for around that price. my haert still kinda half half on the biostar + 3.0 combo or the amd combo.

yeah, not really in a hurry..coz this is for my home rig. besides that i also have plans to upgarde my own rig

where got rich
i'm just an average person..hehe
everytime have to go bargain hunting at garage sales
have to plan my budget very carefully first, then sell of some hardwares to cover up..

This post has been edited by dlwl: Mar 11 2009, 11:24 PM

usually the difference can only be seen when you benchmark the gc rite?

edmin also seldom play games rite?
2400 shud be just fine for him

yeah, true also, didn't thought of it.
i'm sure the temptation will be very very strong

the 2 cards look exactly identical if not for the fans
is there a possibility of 7300GT a stepped down version of 7600GT's core?

coz normally i see the same identical cards have the same core, but different model. like the one i used to have 6200 but using a 6600GT fan and board, and can softmod to 6600GT too

hehe edmin i saw your sales thread at the garage sales already

yeah, initially i didn't know that too. got one card for my bro, 256mb ddr3 but 64bits. first i couldnt believe it coz seldom got ddr3 cards with 64bit memory, but was confirmed after i check using gpu-z. i would 7300gt ddr3 can also beat this thing. now it's lying in my room, and i'm wondering what to do with it now. the card is still quite new..about a year old only.

yeah, wanted to get that too. pm-ed a seller at garage sales few weeks ago, until now no reply

hey guys, my friend is facing some problems with his dell p4 machine. having random hangs. can anyone help?

http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=989195

even quaddies oem like q6600 can get around that price. if rm500 can get xeon 3320 also, equavalent to q9300
q6600 would be a good buy also, although kinda old already, it's a good oc-er, better than q8200 IMHO

btw, thanks to those who dropped by at my thread to offer your help. appreciate it

q8200 is not considered old, quite new actually. in fact i think it's newer than e8400. but q8200 is made from the e7xxx series or the e5xxx series, forgot already, so it has lesser cache than e8400, thus making it slower than e8400 in some applications that require more use of the cache.

yeah, pentium d had the same heat issues that prescott cores have too

btw, i just got a old dell p4 cpu from my friend. tested it, seems to boot up but no display. tried with my lcd and crt, both came up with no signals. most probably IGP on the mobo kong? it doesnt even have a AGP slot

cant see any foxconn label on it..maybe due to the tight dell casing and many wires around
it's a really weird mobo design btw, no agp slot
i dont have a pci graphic card, so now cant test the system, cant check the specs. but everything else seems to be fine though, can boot.
my friend asked me to sell it for him. any takers?

finally found out the problem with my friend's dell. ran a thorough check of each components again and this time i discovered that the gc's caps were bulging already. tested it on another pc and it caused the same random hang problem. thanks to members here who dropped by my thread to offer your help

now i have another dell cpu with me, dont know how to test it as it doesnt have any agp slot..

This post has been edited by dlwl: Apr 9 2009, 02:34 PM

i think with your budget you can get yourself a decent amd x2 processor, which performs much better than a celeron dual core.

i also have that problem, my apacer pc133 running at weird speeds as you mentioned. it cant run together with my kingston pc133, the pc will boot but keep restarting at the windows boot screen. what i did was to downclock it to pc100 only, but then it's kinda wasted to downclock it

what i got is this.

ASUS M2N68-AM (178)
ATHLON X2 5000+/5200+ (~200)
1GB RAM (40)

that would total up to RM418. slightly overbudget

for intel setup it's harder to fit that budget if you go for slightly higher step procs like pentium dual cores. can go for this setup

ASUS P5KPL-AM (178)
Pentium Dual Core E5200 (239)
1GB RAM (40)

total : RM 457.

maybe you could try to check if lower spec models are still available, like intel e2xxx series or athlon x2 4xxx series. can lower down your cost.
you can try asking at the recommendation thread at hardware q&a. maybe they can give better recommendations than me