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Any Comments on the eMachines T3304 Sempron 3300+ at $350?
I had some horrible experiences supporting eMachine's fisrt generation of products but I'll let bygones be bygones and let the current products stand on thier own merits.... I'm looking at; http://www.emachines.com/products/pr...tml?prod=T3304 Sempron 3300+ 256MB memory (exp to 2GB) 100 GB disk integrated video and 100MB nic XP/Home OS some other stuff in the box For $350 (no monitor) it seems like a good deal. I'd shove at least a GB of memory and a 10K swap/workdisk into it. The heaviest use would be Photoshop. I don't do games. I've not been paying attention to the sempron. If I don't buy this, I'll go the other extreme and buy a Atthlon46X2+mobo+memory package for about $800 and build my own system. Obviously I'm not comparing these two systems. My current system is an AMD2700+ with a GB of RAM. How much faster is the Sempron 3300+? -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. |
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Any Comments on the eMachines T3304 Sempron 3300+ at $350?
"Al Dykes" wrote in message ... I had some horrible experiences supporting eMachine's fisrt generation of products but I'll let bygones be bygones and let the current products stand on thier own merits.... I'm looking at; http://www.emachines.com/products/pr...tml?prod=T3304 Sempron 3300+ 256MB memory (exp to 2GB) 100 GB disk integrated video and 100MB nic XP/Home OS some other stuff in the box For $350 (no monitor) it seems like a good deal. I'd shove at least a GB of memory and a 10K swap/workdisk into it. The heaviest use would be Photoshop. I don't do games. I've not been paying attention to the sempron. If I don't buy this, I'll go the other extreme and buy a Atthlon46X2+mobo+memory package for about $800 and build my own system. Obviously I'm not comparing these two systems. My current system is an AMD2700+ with a GB of RAM. How much faster is the Sempron 3300+? It looks good for the price, I bought an eMachine about fours years back. It was terrible, all ways something wrong. I was going to school, living with two roommates; lets just say it was all I could afford. My mother purchased one around a year ago, it is a whole completely different animal. Much more upgradeable then the HP I got some six months prior and paid much more for. From my understanding, now that Gateway bought them, they are putting the same parts that are in Gateway branded machines, the only downside is less tech support. -- WooHoo2You |
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Any Comments on the eMachines T3304 Sempron 3300+ at $350?
Your wasting your money
-- XP2600@171 AIW9600XT, A7N8X-X WD120gb + 80gb HD 8mb buffers Plextor PX-712A, SB Live OEM Thermaltake Lanfire, 420 Watt PS Micrsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 Joystick ViewSonic 19" A91f+ CRT OverAll score 2066, cpu_score-2926 in 3DMark2005 basic 1078X768, No AA "Al Dykes" wrote in message ... I had some horrible experiences supporting eMachine's fisrt generation of products but I'll let bygones be bygones and let the current products stand on thier own merits.... I'm looking at; http://www.emachines.com/products/pr...tml?prod=T3304 Sempron 3300+ 256MB memory (exp to 2GB) 100 GB disk integrated video and 100MB nic XP/Home OS some other stuff in the box For $350 (no monitor) it seems like a good deal. I'd shove at least a GB of memory and a 10K swap/workdisk into it. The heaviest use would be Photoshop. I don't do games. I've not been paying attention to the sempron. If I don't buy this, I'll go the other extreme and buy a Atthlon46X2+mobo+memory package for about $800 and build my own system. Obviously I'm not comparing these two systems. My current system is an AMD2700+ with a GB of RAM. How much faster is the Sempron 3300+? -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. |
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Any Comments on the eMachines T3304 Sempron 3300+ at $350?
Sorry, didn't read all your message properly. If all your using is
photoshop, then why bother upgrading at all? You won't notice much of a difference. I've overclocked my processor to XP3200 barton speed and saw marginal difference when playing games and not much else. I'd say go dual-core or save your money. -- XP2600@171 PC3200 Samsung 512mb AIW9600XT, A7N8X-X WD120gb + 80gb HD 8mb buffers Plextor PX-712A, SB Live OEM Thermaltake Lanfire, 420 Watt PS Micrsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 Joystick ViewSonic 19" A91f+ CRT OverAll score 2066, cpu_score-2926 in 3DMark2005 basic 1078X768, No AA "Al Dykes" wrote in message ... I had some horrible experiences supporting eMachine's fisrt generation of products but I'll let bygones be bygones and let the current products stand on thier own merits.... I'm looking at; http://www.emachines.com/products/pr...tml?prod=T3304 Sempron 3300+ 256MB memory (exp to 2GB) 100 GB disk integrated video and 100MB nic XP/Home OS some other stuff in the box For $350 (no monitor) it seems like a good deal. I'd shove at least a GB of memory and a 10K swap/workdisk into it. The heaviest use would be Photoshop. I don't do games. I've not been paying attention to the sempron. If I don't buy this, I'll go the other extreme and buy a Atthlon46X2+mobo+memory package for about $800 and build my own system. Obviously I'm not comparing these two systems. My current system is an AMD2700+ with a GB of RAM. How much faster is the Sempron 3300+? -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. |
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Any Comments on the eMachines T3304 Sempron 3300+ at $350?
Looking at the specs in the E-machine and your current system. I'd say maybe
upgrade to 2GB memory in your current system and be happy( if your current setup is stable and doesn't give you any problems.) 3300+ isn't going to be alot faster than your 2700+. If you need a fast hard drive for just swap files than I think 2GB ram +7200rpm drive with 8mb cache+ would be a more cost effective route. Buying a new system from a previously unproven company isn't a great idea unless it's a great upgrade at a great price and you are willing to try it. In this case it isn't a great upgrade. The AMD64 combo package would be a nice upgrade, I'd still try to stay with 2GB of ram though. I know that soon amd will be releasing a new socket and uses DDR2. So it might also be worth waiting a couple more months to see what the new tech is, and maybe just hold out for the price breaks. My 2 cents Chris "Al Dykes" wrote in message ... I had some horrible experiences supporting eMachine's fisrt generation of products but I'll let bygones be bygones and let the current products stand on thier own merits.... I'm looking at; http://www.emachines.com/products/pr...tml?prod=T3304 Sempron 3300+ 256MB memory (exp to 2GB) 100 GB disk integrated video and 100MB nic XP/Home OS some other stuff in the box For $350 (no monitor) it seems like a good deal. I'd shove at least a GB of memory and a 10K swap/workdisk into it. The heaviest use would be Photoshop. I don't do games. I've not been paying attention to the sempron. If I don't buy this, I'll go the other extreme and buy a Atthlon46X2+mobo+memory package for about $800 and build my own system. Obviously I'm not comparing these two systems. My current system is an AMD2700+ with a GB of RAM. How much faster is the Sempron 3300+? -- a d y k e s @ p a n i x . c o m Don't blame me. I voted for Gore. |
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