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Phranq

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Ok so what specs would I need for strictly browsing the web and using the computer as my cd player...that's it. I'm trying to be real thrifty, I just want something in my room for when I want to check out the forums, talk on instant messenger and stuff, no games. Cheap please :)
 
aww cmon...any ideas where to find a cheap pc? or at least what kinda power I'll need minimum.
 
Athlon XP (cheap), Any Via KM400 Mobo with integrated video, 512MB RAM, 80GB hard drive, DVD-ROM, speakers and a monitor. Should be able to come in under $300 on that.
 
Buckus said:
Athlon XP (cheap), Any Via KM400 Mobo with integrated video, 512MB RAM, 80GB hard drive, DVD-ROM, speakers and a monitor. Should be able to come in under $300 on that.
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yeah, that's all you need...
 
Phranq said:
Ok so what specs would I need for strictly browsing the web and using the computer as my cd player...that's it. I'm trying to be real thrifty
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Ill get you a good deal on my P133 packard bell. 64 megs of ram, 4.3 gig hard drive, 10Mb ethernet, 12x cd rom. Im not fucking kidding either.

I browse the hardforum and ebay on that thing while my AMD machine is encoding video. I play my MP3s on it also at the same time.

I really dont get why people think they need a steaming-hot fast cpu to do stuff. windows 98se, and a K6-II 300 would do you damn good.
 
yah, say like a friend with a p3 256mb ram that I could just get it off him for $20 or something, would that do the trick?
 
easily

only. well the OS has a basic amount of resources its likely requires, and while if your initiated you can do a thin Linux install to get around that, if its a Windows platform you really cant run Win95 or 98 securely

W2K requires a minimum of 64MB
XP 128MB

and both are dogs near those figures
so depending on the total of both the OS and the aps...

256MBs will likely do
and you can strip the OS of unessesary components with an ap like XPLite to free up even more, the price of PC100 and PC133 is depressingly high, so its best if you can get antique components used
 
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