£199 PC @ PC Wolrd - Athlon 3000+, 256MB RAM etc

welshblob

Patr100 wrote:

only two Usb ports almost certainly not USB

Thats a great observation ;-)

Patr100

welshblob wrote:

Thats a great observation ;-)

I meant not USB2 I think - I need to lie down again.......

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Mark_LJ

Slightly strange spec

AMD 3000 @ 2ghz would imply a socket A cpu so it is well out of date (socket 754 and 939 3000 cpu's run at 1800). However, no socket A chip ran with a 533 fsb - thats indicative of a quad pumped Intel fsb. If ordering one of these I would check the specification thoroughly.

robv_3

After a little chat with the local pcw manager he agreed to sell one of these with a 17" monitor for 200quid.

It has 6x USB ports. 4 back and 2 front. It runs the amd mobile athlon.

robv_3

also has 3 pci slots and a pci-e free

paul.carter

robv wrote:

After a little chat with the local pcw manager he agreed to sell one of these with a 17" monitor for 200quid.

It has 6x USB ports. 4 back and 2 front. It runs the amd mobile athlon.

Can't argue with that, superb value. What did the 'little chat' entail?

robv_3

Looked closer and it has a 754 socket...Athlon 64. Confirmed by CPUid. The spec is listed here.....(expect the cpu is wrong)

http://www.pcservicecall.co.uk/layout.aspx?ID=!!0836b21f-ed2c-4556-a1ae-6b43687ac4a2}&CatID={c981f809-e73d-465a-a3fd-aa37027687ba}

welshblob

From that site it quotes ....

CPU AMD Athlon™ XP 3000+ (2.167 GHz)
Memory 256 MB DDR RAM - PC2700
Motherboard ECS 761GX
Hard Drive 40GB Seagate
CD / DVD Drive Lite-On® SOHC-5236V DVD/CD-RW
Video / Graphics Card SiS 761 integrated
Sound Card SoundMax integrated digital audio
Network Card SiS 900-Based PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter
Ports EiSystem Ex01 guide
Mouse Standard PS/2 mouse
Keyboard Standard PS/2 Keyboard

On the motherboard .....
Supports AMD Athlon / Sempron processor
2 x PC3200 DDR slots
1 x PCI-Express x16 slot
3 x PCI slots
SiS 761 chipset

Looks a fairly good deal the. Robv how quiet is it as I'm thinking of using it as a htpc?
Cheers
Rob

withabix

So, are we saying it's and Athlon64 inside or not? Has anyone bought one?

The spec seems to be up the creek on PCWorld site.

Any ideas anyone?

For £199 it looks OK for the spec.

I'm contemplating merging it with the other bits of my existing PC, the result being a 'new' PC for the kids appearing at the other end, containing what's left. Theirs is currently a Cel700 junkbox and mine's an Athlon 2400+ on an MSI KM4M-V mobo.

robv_3

welshblob wrote:

Looks a fairly good deal the. Robv how quiet is it as I'm thinking of using it as a htpc?

54db @ 300mm

I would not call it quite.