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Windows 7 Memory Question
On 12/21/2010 4:59 PM, Von Fourche wrote:
"Christopher wrote in message t... On 12/21/2010 4:14 PM, Von Fourche wrote: "Christopher wrote in message t... On 12/20/2010 7:59 PM, Von Fourche wrote: A relative of mine needs a new tower PC and some other relatives are chipping in to buy her a low priced one. We found an E Machine. It comes with Windows 7. I'm on XP and know nothing of anything beyond Windows 7. I know my Dell is rock solid. It comes with an AMD Sempron 145 2.8GHz processor and 2GB of RAM. Will my relative get decent performance from this kind of machine? All she does is surf the net, pay bills, and do email, and maybe watch video on netflix. Her son does gaming on his x-box along with netflix. This PC tower is going for around $295 at Wal Mart. Thanks $298 walmart emachines EL1352G-01w with amd sempron 145 (passmark 916), 2gb (1gb in each of two available slots), 500gb 7200rpm sata, 16x dvdrw, geforce 6150se graphics (g3dmark 53), media card reader, gigabit ethernet, windows 7 home premium 64, 1 year warranty (unclear if it is on site). http://www.walmart.com/ip/eMachines-...G-01w/15062989 $349 dell inspiron 570 (shipped free) with amd anthlon x2 240 (passmark 1591), 3gb (1gb in three of four available slots), 500gb 7200rpm sata, 16x dvdrw, ati hd4200 graphics (g3dmark 147)), media card reader, gigabit ethernet, windows 7 home premium 64, 1 year on site warranty http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-57...d=inspiron-570 the $350 dell is their lowest cost machine and it is a good entry level configuration. but there is no mistaking that $350 is both $50 and 16% more than $300. what it buys you is a 50% faster processor, a 300% faster video card, and little more memory which helps the overall How bad is the Sempron compared to the athlon? I've not dealt with those cheaper processors before. Whenever I get a computer I make sure it has a good processor. as previously stated, the anthlon is 50% fater than the sempron in these particluar machines. plus the video card is 300% faster in the $350 machine. the slow machine will work, but it doesn't offer the as much potential in a long usable life. what machine are you used to using? what model and processor? in order for any comparison to be meaningful you must have a reference. Heck, I don't know anymore. It's a Dell. It's rock solid and does for me. I don't play games on it though. I'm looking at the Device Manager and see Intel Pentium 4 3.000Ghz. Manufacture date tag on my computer is 12/2005. Wow. I had no idea my computer is five years old. a p4 3ghz has a passmark rating of 491. the sempron 145 has a passmark of 916, and the anthlon ii x2 24o has a passmark of 1591. and a mid-range machine today with something like an i5 680 would have a passmark of 4,223 and high performance machines would weigh in with passmarks 6,000 to 9,000 range. these numbers represent a very rough way to compare the performance between different machines. the bottom line is that the sempron is totally functional, but the anthlon system mentioned along with the much better video card and additional memory sockets makes it a much better value. but $50 is $50 and if that means the difference between their being food on the table or not then who cares how fast the computer is... |
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