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Thread ID: 50310	2004-10-17 00:08:00	Advice please on 'near enough' Presario 6060 specs	oggy (1250)	Press F1

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281772	2004-10-17 00:08:00	Hi Still looking for my next PC. Doesn't have to be the latest as I won't be doing high end stuff but I don't want my compromises to come back and bite me in the ass in a couple of years. Looking at a Presario 6060 from Dick Smith. Pretty good all round but a couple of things that I don't know if they are issues or not. 1) Processor is Pentium 2.8 at 533 MHz. Presumably without hyperthreading and obviously not running at the latest 800MHz. Issue? 2)Video Card is ATI Radeon 9200 MCE/128-bit AGP. PCI Extreme is on the way in so will only having AGP be an issue in a couple of years? (We don't currently do video editing or play anything like the latest 3D games) Cheers	oggy (1250)
281773	2004-10-17 00:29:00	Yup you're right there . 533mhz / fsb motherboards need a 3 ghz + 533 fsb/mhz CPU for Hyperthreading . 800 mhz / fsb motherboards all you need is a 2 . 4 + CPU for Hyperthreading . Know nothing about ATI cards . I dont use one myself .	Spacemannz (808)
281774	2004-10-17 00:30:00	800 mhz / fsb motherboards all you need is a 2.4 + CPU for Hyperthreading This should say it needs a 2.4 800 fsb/mhz CPU for HT.	Spacemannz (808)
281775	2004-10-17 03:25:00	>I don't want my compromises to come back and bite me in the ass in a couple of years. Unfortunately no matter what you buy now it will be old hat in a couple of years. Such is the nature of computers. (Moores Law) Personally I wouldn't buy a "Brand name PC" as most of them severely limit your upgradeability options later on Also the issue of how long a repair will take compared to buying a generic PC from a local shop. You say We don't currently do video editing or play anything like the latest 3D games. Do you think you might in the future? If so, a pressario is not the right PC for you If not, it will probably be fine	45South (4769)
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