i hate my work computer
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If you guys are into playing around a little bit, Corey and I each recently bought a PowerEdge 400SC server.
It's becoming some kind of cult classic.
You can find them all over the place for $200-$300.
Intel 875P chipset. Upgradeable all the way up to Prescott 4.0 GHz. Accepts 4 GB of RAM, does dual channel.
It'll come w/a puny PCI video card since it was designed as a server, and no modem. However, it has 8X AGP and you can plug in a pretty decent video card.
I'm having a fun time w/mine.
3.0 GHz HT and 1 MB of DDR dual channel. Runs great.
There's a good support forum for them, too: http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewfo...eeea85f666ddba
It's becoming some kind of cult classic.
You can find them all over the place for $200-$300.
Intel 875P chipset. Upgradeable all the way up to Prescott 4.0 GHz. Accepts 4 GB of RAM, does dual channel.
It'll come w/a puny PCI video card since it was designed as a server, and no modem. However, it has 8X AGP and you can plug in a pretty decent video card.
I'm having a fun time w/mine.
3.0 GHz HT and 1 MB of DDR dual channel. Runs great.There's a good support forum for them, too: http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewfo...eeea85f666ddba
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Originally Posted by George Knighton
If you guys are into playing around a little bit, Corey and I each recently bought a PowerEdge 400SC server.
It's becoming some kind of cult classic.
You can find them all over the place for $200-$300.
Intel 875P chipset. Upgradeable all the way up to Prescott 4.0 GHz. Accepts 4 GB of RAM, does dual channel.
It'll come w/a puny PCI video card since it was designed as a server, and no modem. However, it has 8X AGP and you can plug in a pretty decent video card.
I'm having a fun time w/mine. 3.0 GHz HT and 1 MB of DDR dual channel. Runs great.
There's a good support forum for them, too: http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewfo...eeea85f666ddba
It's becoming some kind of cult classic.
You can find them all over the place for $200-$300.
Intel 875P chipset. Upgradeable all the way up to Prescott 4.0 GHz. Accepts 4 GB of RAM, does dual channel.
It'll come w/a puny PCI video card since it was designed as a server, and no modem. However, it has 8X AGP and you can plug in a pretty decent video card.
I'm having a fun time w/mine.
3.0 GHz HT and 1 MB of DDR dual channel. Runs great.There's a good support forum for them, too: http://www.aaltonen.us/forums/viewfo...eeea85f666ddba
MR, ftw
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my work comp is a compaq with a p3 xeon 256 RAM with Win NT fugggin sloowwwww cause I am usually working a 500 MB database + 200 MB database + another database + 2 internet explorers and some other stuff. If I had my home comp at work then that would rule.
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Originally Posted by Epoch
Do they come in a rackmount case?
The case is a clamshell. You put it on the floor, push a button on each side, and it opens up.
Nothing requires a screwdriver. The CD, hard drive, PCI and AGP cards all easily clip in and out for upgrading.
Although it usually ships with a 7200 RPM hard drive, it has SATA on the mainboard. All you have to do is switch it on in the BIOS to use one of the 10,000 RPM Raptors or whatever SATA drive you want to use.
Since they were intended as servers, it ships with a PCI video card and Dell really has never researched what AGP cards work and don't work. The support forum is a help in deciding what video card to buy. My "ATI Radeon 9200 128 MB DDR" works just fine.
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I've got 3 work PC's at my desk.
1)Main PC is Pentium 4 with Dual 18" flat panels running XP
2)Laptop (for troubleshooting cisco wireless issues/upgrading firmware for wireless) 2000professional
3)Pentium 3 with single 18" flatpanel that rotates up down and all around.
1)Main PC is Pentium 4 with Dual 18" flat panels running XP
2)Laptop (for troubleshooting cisco wireless issues/upgrading firmware for wireless) 2000professional
3)Pentium 3 with single 18" flatpanel that rotates up down and all around.
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