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Motherboard, CPU, Memory
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Fri, 28 Jun 2002 02:11:47 GMT
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Hey Y'all:
I am trying to help a friend with her computer woes and I think it may be
necessary for her to simply upgrade to a more robust system at this time
(she currently has one of those old Celeron all-in-one deals, the modem
seems to have died). As I do the legwork to accomplish this seemingly small
task, I realize that I am WAY out of the hardware loop. All I want is a
solid recommendation for a motherboard of ATX configuration (because I have
an available midsized case with 6 fans), CPU speed of about 1-1.5G, and
memory of about 256-512 MB. But already I have entered into the madness of
competing socket formats, etc. and I don't want the latest and greatest
stuff. No point in making my pal pay to be a beta-tester, right? Besides
which, she doesn't play games; and all she really does do is email and
author an Irish folk-harp newsletter (this includes a little Photoshop and
Publisher) -- but that's it.
Anyway, I don't need brand obsessed recommendations but I don't want to
purchase brands I've never heard of either -- Intel or AMD is fine. 133-266
Bus speed ram is probably fine too (is there faster?). Recommendations of
whatever people are using and happy with is good too.
I use to keep up with this stuff just for drill, but most of the free mags
one could find easily sorta disappeared of late. I did find one called
"ComputerUser", a mere shadow of it's former self: "Computer Currents". I
guess Microtimes went belly-up also -- Microtimes was the preferred free
mag. ::sigh::
Many thanks in advance,
-- Hop-Frog
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| (...) It did? That's news to me. I saw them only a few months back, last time I had occasion to notice. Their website doesn't seem to be answering though... maybe you're right. Bummer. It was a thin shadow of its former self too, just a quarter inch (...) (22 years ago, 28-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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