Re: Cheap equipment

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I've purchased a number of PCs from MicroCenter.  I've also built computer from parts I bought there. Building your own is a bit more expensive, but you get exactly what you want.  It's not difficult, mostly you need a couple of screwdrivers, a pair of needlenose pliers and a small magnifier if you wear bi-focals.

Bill

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From: PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx
Sent: Aug 26, 2011 10:08 AM
To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students
Subject: Re: Cheap equipment

Any suggestions about a new computer?

 

Minor power drop on Saturday. Windows came right back to regular screen. Although plugged thru two spike protectors power supply was kaput on Sunday morning. Couldn't check out computers online so I opened up B&H Winter 2011 catalog and picked a HP computer for $1200+.  On the way to VA today stopped at Best Buys, HH Gregg. they had the upgrade of the picked computer for $899.00. On B&H web site  they had the upgrade for $879.00 I'm surprised the i7quad core (2600S vesion) goes at only 2.8 vs 2.66 Ghz of my old machine

 

The system is powered by a quad-core 2.8GHz Intel Core i7-2600S CPU, which can be overclocked to 3.8GHz via Turbo Boost. It boasts 8GB of RAM and a 1TB 7200rpm hard drive. The AMD Radeon HD 6570 GPU features 1GB of dedicated memory, giving you enough visual horsepower to drive the latest 3D computer games. Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit) is the installed operating system.

 

No one seems to be using Nvidia graphic boards. Dell had a ATI Radeon HD 6770 graphics in one of their computers.

Roy

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