After a bit of a struggle I was able to get Puppy performing very well for a few months on my 9 year old E-machine 400i. Last week it started to lock up or shutdown for no apparent reason and became difficult to reboot. Finally it would not reboot at all (not Puppy related) sometimes not even completing the BIOS check. A few days of troubleshooting and Memtest86 leads me to believe that my memory is failing. Either I can't load into memory or can't retain addresses. 9 years on a computer isn't a bad time span for the $ $ !
I am considering building a new computer if I don't find a "cheap" but suitable used machine. If building I would like to, if possible, re-use my recently purchased "upgraded" (relative to OEM E-machine 400i) ultra ata/100 hdd and Sony crx 230 cd.
I am looking for suggestions for an "economical" mobo/cpu suitable for my needs:
75% of my usage is dial-up web surfing & e-mail
some low level CAD (worked fine on my machine)
some image viewing
no gaming
no wifi
I know that everyone wants to suggest the latest, fastest, most powerful components but that is not what I want.
I need a Honda Civic, not a Ferrari!
Economical, basic and reliable.
Mike
building Puppy friendly computer
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813135060
59.99
ECS mobo on-board vga. Has pci express x16 for add-on graphics card
bundled cpu is an AMD sempron 3000+ it didn't specify clock speed but I'm sure you can find it elsewhere.
ok so it supports ddr 400 ram one sec (tick tock tick tock)
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820220027
Patriot 512mb 24.99
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231036
G.Skill 1gb 47.99
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820220079
Patriot 2 x 1gb 106.99
I've used price grabber and pricewatch.com for sometime now and I've found that newegg was in the top 3 for all my searches 85 to 90 percent of the time for what ive needed newegg ftw!!!
59.99
ECS mobo on-board vga. Has pci express x16 for add-on graphics card
bundled cpu is an AMD sempron 3000+ it didn't specify clock speed but I'm sure you can find it elsewhere.
ok so it supports ddr 400 ram one sec (tick tock tick tock)
...........
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820220027
Patriot 512mb 24.99
_____________________________________
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231036
G.Skill 1gb 47.99
_______________________________________
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820220079
Patriot 2 x 1gb 106.99
I've used price grabber and pricewatch.com for sometime now and I've found that newegg was in the top 3 for all my searches 85 to 90 percent of the time for what ive needed newegg ftw!!!
Adventurer: I seek knowledge and strength.
Seer:Knowledge comes from experience.....Strength comes from battleaxes.
Seer:Knowledge comes from experience.....Strength comes from battleaxes.
$200 PC
http://paulstamatiou.com/2008/01/25/diy-200-dollar-pc
Also, an earlier post with some cheap (under $100 USD) iron:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 578#155578
Also, an earlier post with some cheap (under $100 USD) iron:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 578#155578