hi there, iam not an expert but what i did was to buy a pc kit which is not
much more than that system and you can customize it to what you want for my
kids i got a kit and parts for a bout 300,dollers had the moniter and os
they are running a amd duron 800 mhz with a 40 gig hard drive for gamein
and a pine 32 megabit videio card and running 256 megs of ram and they seem
pertty happy with that and its new and upgradable down the road, there are a
few good sites to check out like tigerdirect.com or buyaib.com they are
pertty good to deal with but that was my opinun, thanks for reading and have
some fun try somthing diff .jerry the fatboy crider
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Johnson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 10:46 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Advice on used computer?


> Hello,
>
> Wonder if I can ask for any advice or experiences with the following
> system that has been offered to me for about 150 dollars sans
> monitor.
>
> Mobo: MB748LMRT, I think the brand is Xcel 2000, system chips
> are SiS 620 by pcchips. It has a 300 MHz celeron in the slot 1 and
> also a 370 socket (not real sure about the terms, etc. here so bear
> with me). From searching the web, it seems that this will hold up to a
> PIII at 500. Any idea how much this processer should cost used?
>
> It comes with 32 MB memory, 8 of which is shared for onboard
> video. That'll probably have to go up to at least 64, no? Seems to
> have a decent sound system but the onboard modem seems to be
> fried. It has a modem card in it but was not configured (or doesn't
> work) when I looked it over briefly.
>
> The HD is a 3.2 GB fujitsu. Win98SE is installed and loads slowly -
> probably memory related? Perhaps putting Win95 on it would be
> better.
>
> I'm looking for something cheap for the kids to play with and basic
> inet connection and easy sorts of stuff, etc. I'm willing to work out a
> few kinks but what I don't
> want is a can of worms or continual time-draining headaches in
> keeping
> it running.
>
> What do you suggest?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Eric
>
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