Thursday, October 12, 2006

cheap computers on sale at staples/bureau en gros pt3

HP Pavilion a1540n $749.95

Athlon 64 x2 live 4200
2 gig ram
250 gig HDD
Lightscribe burner
Nvidia Geforce 6150 LE intergated video

17 inch xplio monitor

Pros
Fast AMD dual core CPU
2 gig ram (what kind??)
large HDD (SATA)

Cons
250 gig hdd probably IDE (find out in store)
Intergrated video
crappy 17 inch xplio lcd monitor ..(not for game playing)
$50 US mail in rebate

Conclusion
Nice price, run CPUZ to make sure this is socket AM2
Find out speed of ram if its only ddr 400 then might not be worth it
Check if HDD is sata

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