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Author Topic: My cheap P3 MD Willington. Platinum Member Member # 488 posted                    I received an IBM Netvista with an Intel P3 733, & Intel Whitney i810e mainboard for free off a guy at work, had powering up problems. I replaced 3 bad caps on the mainboard. I picked up an old optical mouse and a old compaq keyboard for free. Bought a used 17" Dell brand monitor. Total cost of the system $23USD... Running Win XP Pro SP2... Not bad Posts: 1161 | From: WA State USA / BC Canada | Registered: Jan 2004 JHawk Gold Member Member # 74 posted                    OK MD, you have "low cost" nailed. Let us know what you can do for the "high performance" part. -------------------- Get Firefox -- the one that blocks all the schmutz. - My ECS/PCCHIPS/Amptron PCs - ASRock K7VM2 Posts: 928 | From: Wichita, KS, USA | Registered: Jun 2003 MD Willington. Platinum Member Member # 488 posted                    I've got a spare 7200 RPM 2mb cache drive for it...although it may not be much of a performer, no agp, and it uses PC133 ram, which has become expensive compared to DDR...which is the way it always goes with RAM...LOL. I think I'll pack it up and send it to my parents, they're still using a k6-2-400... MD Posts: 1161 | From: WA State USA / BC Canada | Registered: Jan 2004 pcguy Platinum Member Member # 539 posted                    you want to see that thing fly? put windows 3.11 and opera web browser on it. It will run like greased lightning and still be able to update/run av on it to boot... -------------------- Posts: 1322 | From: Orlando, FL | Registered: Feb 2004 MD Willington. Platinum Member Member # 488 posted                    LOL... It's pretty quick as is...probably because it's not packed to the nuts with extra software... MD Posts: 1161 | From: WA State USA / BC Canada | Registered: Jan 2004 midnightwolf Platinum Member Member # 572 posted                    Dang, I go to work and when I get back I a P3 cheapo topic. If you want to talk cheap system, my Proview 17in. monitor was free, free P3 mobo, free P3 coopermine, free ATI Rage 128 Pro(rage 128 GL) free, free 64MB of ram for it, free mouse, free keyboard, free thingy that looks like a sound card but isn't(has RCA Phono Plugs that are unlabled), free HP DeskJet 932C printer, and hsf. Actually assembling the PC priceless. Oh well, out of the stuff listed I am using the monitor on the P3, the Ram is for when I need it, P3 mobo needs a FC-PGA2 adapter so it can run my Celeron-T, the thingy that looks like a sound card is in my pile of stuff for PCs, the ATI card is in the PC Chips M810LR board, the printer needs ink, and the HSF is being used. The free case with PSU houses the PC Chips M810LR. Sorry if I stole your glory. -------------------- Asus TUA266 Pentium-III Tualatin 1133GHz@8.5x133(1.13GHz) Vcore@1.47 Crucial 512MB PC2100 40GB Seagate,Lite-on DVD±RW, JLMS DVD-ROM eVGA GForce4 MX440,RealTek ethernet card,SBLive5.1 Posts: 1605 | From: Where the Army puts me | Registered: Mar 2004 MD Willington. Platinum Member Member # 488 posted                    Nope... No problem at all! I just got my BP6 with two celeries 366's on it, came with some big ol global win fans... The board will not come up though, dead to the world... But I've got a matched pair of celerons and some wiched big heatsinks to go with it! Posts: 1161 | From: WA State USA / BC Canada | Registered: Jan 2004 NPlack Platinum Member Member # 479 posted                    Any luck getting that BP6 up yet? Nice job on the free systems Those are the best! -Plack -------------------- Lap: Dell Vostro 1500/1.6GHz C2D/4GB RAM/Nvidia 8400GS 128MB/15.4" Desk: E8400 9x433(3.9GHz)@1.35v/Gigabyte G33M-DSR2/4GB RAM/ATi 3850 256MB/37" Westinghouse 1920x1080 My Photo works on Deviant Art Posts: 1313 | From: Hephzibah, GA | Registered: Jan 2004 p35man-- Senior Member Member # 2805 posted                    i like these low buck boxes. i have a asrock dual vista MB that i am going to run again one day --when i upgrade my ip35's to either wolf dales or quads-- Posts: 101 | From: little rock | Registered: Aug 2006

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