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jigdish
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_ 		20. August 2006 @ 11:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I had a Dell p4 and it went to the death blue screen... i hate microsoft... my g/f gave me a dell p3... i would fix mine but i have some rd ram and it's about $150 for 512 memory.... and then a new hard drive on top of that.... I dont want a new computer... or i have a p3 machine that i can upgrade because it uses sd ram (which is cheaper) but i would still need to upgrade the hard drive...

Questions:

1. is 640k ram fast enough for the internet, burning DVD's, and downloading music? this is all i use it for...
2. how much difference will i notice using 1 gig vs. 640?
3. I see these 600gig hard dives out there i dont think i need this much space... will all of these work? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.asp?Submit=ENE&N=201015...

thanks

Jerry
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Niobis
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_ 		21. August 2006 @ 02:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
640 KB of RAM? That's certainly not enough for burning anything! Incase you meant 640 MB then you should be fine. You will notice very little difference between 1GB, especially just for common tasks you have listed.

Most of those hard drives should work. 80-160GB should be sufficient for what you have stated. 600GB would be overkill. :)
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janrocks
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_ 		21. August 2006 @ 17:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
How fast is that old Dell P3? Don't spend any money whatsoever on it.. It's worth about $25.. If it's less than 600MHz forget running XP as well. It will run on a 600 but not well, be prepared for a lot of fatal errors and lockups..and hanging around waiting for things to load.... They work quite nice with linux..This is a Dell P3 600 with 512 Mb ram and it's a treat with debian linux. I can burn..roam the internet and download/upload up to 6 torrents all at the same time, plus having my MSN going..not bad for effectively a yardsale pc.
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jigdish
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_ 		21. August 2006 @ 18:04 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks bro.... i didnt think there was much difference between 640 mb and 1gig... will this make burning time on dvd's quicker? Western digital is a good hard drive right?

Thanks for your help..

Jig
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lecsiy
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_ 		9. September 2006 @ 10:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Yes western digital is a well known good brand!!

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_ 		10. September 2006 @ 19:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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