Run a P4 2.8? Or is that too light of a load?
I ask because I need a faster computer for my room than my 450Mhz Pentium 3. I thought it would be OK for music and light web browsing, but I was wrong. I used to have a P4 2.53 up in here but it was reassigned as the downstairs family computer a few months back, and my laptop and the P3 just aren't cutting it.
P4 2.8's show up on CL around here all the time for $65~$100. I figure if the motherboard isn't some ECS piece of shit and you popped it into a nice case with a 550w AcBel, it would make a decent computer for under $250. I have no need for a fancy new C2D.
EDIT: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/sys/1263155096.html
We're in the middle of emails right now, but he just confirmed he still has it. If the motherboard is not some cheap piece of shit, I'm probably gonna buy it.
I ask because I need a faster computer for my room than my 450Mhz Pentium 3. I thought it would be OK for music and light web browsing, but I was wrong. I used to have a P4 2.53 up in here but it was reassigned as the downstairs family computer a few months back, and my laptop and the P3 just aren't cutting it.
P4 2.8's show up on CL around here all the time for $65~$100. I figure if the motherboard isn't some ECS piece of shit and you popped it into a nice case with a 550w AcBel, it would make a decent computer for under $250. I have no need for a fancy new C2D.
EDIT: http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/sys/1263155096.html
We're in the middle of emails right now, but he just confirmed he still has it. If the motherboard is not some cheap piece of shit, I'm probably gonna buy it.
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