Author: Uri Blass
Date: 03:21:32 05/19/04
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On May 18, 2004 at 14:51:18, K. Burcham wrote: > >Uri If you choose to not bouild your own, here is a PC I think would make a good >Chess PC for you. I just bought this PC and so far it is working ok. >The cooling is very quiet. >Chess programs are running very good with this so far. >The 9800 video card is more than I need---but I wanted to run some bench tests >with video. Th hard drive is larger than what I need but it is working ok. >XP pro is not necessary but I wanted this. >I got the extra 3 year warranty for about $100. >I got as many PCI cards as they offered without running integrated. >Network card is integrated---works ok. >the 1 GIG of ram seems ok for me. >I got this cheaper because HP offers Kimberly-Clark employee discount. >I already had good monitor and speakers. >If you go to HP and build your own with same processor and memory----you can >lower this price. > >After I got mine I cleaned it up. >No icons in tray. >No pop ups. >No AOL. >No auto updates. >only chess icons on deaktop. >no programs in msconfig. >ETC... > >Not as fast as FX53 but still very fast compared to AMD XP and Intel. > >kburcham > > >price $1,638.98 * >mail-in rebate − $50.00 >price after rebate $1,588.98 >you saved 3.1% >as low as $49/mo+ >Pay $0 for 6 months > >Estimated Ship Date >May 26, 2004 > >Click "edit" to modify your customized pc order. > >Processor AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3400+ operating at 2.2GHz edit >Operating System Microsoft(R) Windows(R) XP Professional Edition edit >HP Extended Service Plans 3-year HP extended service plan edit >Memory 1 GB DDR / PC3200 (2 DIMM) edit >Hard Drive FREE UPGRADE from 200GB to 250GB 7200 RPM edit >Primary CD/DVD Drive 48x max. CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive (48x24x16x48x) >edit >Front Productivity Ports 2 USB 2.0, 1 Firewire ports + WinDVD edit >Removable Storage 3.5 in. 1.44MB Floppy Drive edit >Graphics Card 256MB DDR ATI Radeon(TM) 9800 w/ TV-out & DVI cap edit >Sound Card Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS with front audio ports edit >Keyboard and Mouse HP Internet Keyboard, HP Optical Mouse edit >Productivity Software Microsoft(R) Works Suite 2004 includes Word 2002 >edit > >kburcham Thanks for the information. I think that I will try first to build my computer(it was suggested to me in the past in the following link but I did nothing about it http://chessprogramming.org/cccsearch/ccc.php?art_id=286214 Uri
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