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compudog
07-13-2003, 05:24 PM
This board is about as far away from the bleeding edge as you can get. BUT, it's new, very cheap and all-inclusive. If you think it would be of interest, please respond here or PM and I will do a bit of a "review," or detail my experiences with this $110 USD upgrade board.

A handicapped client of mine wanted to do an upgrade of her aging Celeron 300 but wanted to keep things as inexpensive as possible. She does some digital pics, and occasional board games, but spends a majority of time surfing the net.

Her existing system was a Celeron 300A with 32 MB of PC-66, 13.6 GB HDD, 32X CD-ROM, 4MB Trident PCI video, 16-bit generic sound, and generic 56K modem. Windows 98 OS.

She recently had a broadband connection (cable) installed in her home and needed a NIC. Since the cable company installed the NIC, her PC was completely unstable (Win98) crashing and rebooting. This is what made her decide on the upgrade.

Again, let me know if you are interested in this uber-cheap board.





Edited for spelling

compudog
07-16-2003, 05:50 PM
Since no one bit on this...:(


This board is unremarkable. Set up rather nicely after figuring out PCI conflict with modem (not even necessary...)

Absolutely no tweaking options at all. :scratch:

Duron 1300 CPU. I won't even bother with benchies. :wack:

Client should be happy with upgrade for under $200 though!

Chuck232
07-17-2003, 04:06 AM
Hehe... well as long as the guy's happy...
:wave:

DAPUNISHER
07-18-2003, 10:21 PM
I built some workstations for a medical office a ways back using the K7SEM and 1ghz Duron. These weren't the combo board with the CPU welded in BTW. They are all still running along happily so I think it's a great old All-in-one board :)

compudog
07-19-2003, 07:01 AM
I have in the past used a couple integrated board (PC-Chips LMRT series) and only have ever had one bad one, so I figured for something that is never going to be upgraded, that is fast enough for the client's needs, I'd try it.

Overall, not a bad experience for the price ($120.00)

Duron 1.3, 256MB, SiS Integrated video, LAN and sound.