[Pc_Support] MB/CPU combo for general office use

[William A. Mahaffey III]

Tim McDonough wrote:

> I'm looking for recommendations on a good deal for motherboard and CPU 
> combos for general office type applications.
>
> Need a built-in LAN and video. I have accumulated up 3 ATX machines 
> with motherboards that have various maladies such as dead video, dead 
> LAN ports, etc. I'd like to refurb them and be able to use them for 
> interns and part time help. No exotic apps, just basic word processing 
> and maybe some spreadsheet work along with one app for our truck 
> system that has low demands. The machines will use WinXP Pro.
>
> With most things electronics the rule is "Fast, Reliable, Inexpensive. 
> Pick any two". I need reliable and inexpensive. Quiet would be a plus.
>
> Thanks for any pointers.
>

Oh, I can't resist .... WalMart has AMD Sempron-64 systems, model # 
SR1603WM-B, for $448.00, w/ XP already there, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB HDD, w/ 
17" Flat-screen monitor, a turn-key solution. Buddy of mine got 1 for 
his daughter. Not bad for a 7-year-old girl to have her own 64-bit PC 
:-). It is (considerably) faster than CRAY's I worked on in the mid 
'80's ....

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