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Probably mostly to hear from DD on this one but others, too.
Here is my computer situation.
I am wondering if I should upgrade or build a new PC.
I have as my main PC, the Shopss.com P3 500 on the Luckystar BX board. It has 192 MB of RAM in 3 64 MB PC100 DIMMs. Components include the WD 13 GB HDD as my secondary and a maxtor 2.4 GB as the primary. I also have a DVD-ROM and an internal Zip. The video card is a Voodoo3 3000. I am also running an OEM SB Live, a US Robotics Performance Pro PCI 56K modem, and a DLink NIC.
I also have an AMD 400 with 64 MB of RAM running with a 2 GB and 6 GB HDD's. I also have 2 CD-ROMs in there. It has a Rage 128 and a Voodoo2. Sound is a POS ESS Solo PCI card, and I have a winmodem and 3Com ISA NIC. I also have a 486/66 with an AWE 32, a NIC, a couple of 1 giggers and a couple of CD ROMs. Nothin great about him as he is my printer server, TV host machine, and a place to dump files.
I want to know. Should I upgrade my shopss PC or just keep as is and sell off the other 2 to build a new one? Should I expect too much from the other machines?
Either way, I am looking to spend as little as possible to get as much as possible!
I'd say $700 is my MAX budget to play with, here.
I definitely welcome any thoughts, here.
Thanks!
<font color="#000000">[Edited by JHowse on August 23, 2000 (edited 1 time)]</font>
Here is my computer situation.
I am wondering if I should upgrade or build a new PC.
I have as my main PC, the Shopss.com P3 500 on the Luckystar BX board. It has 192 MB of RAM in 3 64 MB PC100 DIMMs. Components include the WD 13 GB HDD as my secondary and a maxtor 2.4 GB as the primary. I also have a DVD-ROM and an internal Zip. The video card is a Voodoo3 3000. I am also running an OEM SB Live, a US Robotics Performance Pro PCI 56K modem, and a DLink NIC.
I also have an AMD 400 with 64 MB of RAM running with a 2 GB and 6 GB HDD's. I also have 2 CD-ROMs in there. It has a Rage 128 and a Voodoo2. Sound is a POS ESS Solo PCI card, and I have a winmodem and 3Com ISA NIC. I also have a 486/66 with an AWE 32, a NIC, a couple of 1 giggers and a couple of CD ROMs. Nothin great about him as he is my printer server, TV host machine, and a place to dump files.
I want to know. Should I upgrade my shopss PC or just keep as is and sell off the other 2 to build a new one? Should I expect too much from the other machines?
Either way, I am looking to spend as little as possible to get as much as possible!
I definitely welcome any thoughts, here.
Thanks!
<font color="#000000">[Edited by JHowse on August 23, 2000 (edited 1 time)]</font>