On Wed, 25 May 2005, Daniel Jarboe wrote:
> I'm about to buy a budget/value desktop to replace a flakey Pentium Pro
> system, and am currently looking at isorm
> (http://www.isorm.com/product_info.php?cPath=21&products_id=197
> minus $90 for no OS = $299) which is located on N Florida by Bearss.
> Does anyone have any good/bad experience with isorm, or recommend any other
> local tampa stores instead?
256 MB RAM isn't much. You will probably want to upgrade that pronto. I
would avoid onboard components in favor of things on cards, if possible.
They're usually more flexible and of better quality.
For instance, my latest motherboard (Asus A7V-333) came with onboard sound.
I saw no way around that. But, it has only three jacks. If I upgrade to 4-
or 6-channel audio, I lose either my microphone or line in or both. I used
a Soundblaster Live! I had used with my former motherboard, and it has
enough dedicated jacks for all that plus more. And, it (or ALSA) would mix
overlapping sounds, which wouldn't happen with the onboard card.
Is anything wrong with your case, power supply, or hard drive? Why not just
replace the motherboard, CPU and memory if not?
You pay some extra for a storefront, maybe 25%. So what costs $300 locally
can probably be found on the net for $225. Or, if you've already decided to
spend $300, on the net you could find a $300 computer which would cost $400
locally.
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