Re: Cheap equipment

Bob <w8imo@xxxxxxxx> · Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:29:58 -0400



    If you haven't bought one
        yet I would suggest looking at    http://www.tigerdirect.com   
        Many years ago one of my Customers used them and told me about
        them when I was working on their mainframe.  Tiger has been
        around quite awhile.  My son and I both have had  good
        experiences with Tiger over the years.

        
        Bob

      
    Money can't buy happiness--- But somehow
      it's more comfortable to cry in a Porsche than a Kia.
    
    
    On 8/26/2011 10:08 AM, PhotoRoy6@xxxxxxx wrote:
    
      
                  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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