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Wanting new Machine for Multimedia.. Help?
theprophet:
What about the Idea of grabbing a cheap used computer I am currently looking at the following machine.
Dell Optiplex GX280
Processor - 3.2
Ram - 2 GB
Then going to grab an AGP card with HDMI output and throw in 2 2TB drives. Only paying $100 for the computer this way. Think this is a good plan or better to just get a new system for more money? Opinions?
halfelite:
why not buy a popcorn box or something. 179.00 for the A200 and im sure you have a spare drive to stick in it if you dont want to stream from a pc.
bcr123:
--- Quote from: theprophet on February 23, 2010, 06:44:14 PM ---What about the Idea of grabbing a cheap used computer I am currently looking at the following machine.
Dell Optiplex GX280
Processor - 3.2
Ram - 2 GB
Then going to grab an AGP card with HDMI output and throw in 2 2TB drives. Only paying $100 for the computer this way. Think this is a good plan or better to just get a new system for more money? Opinions?
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Not enough cpu horsepower for 1080 but it'll do 720, I have a small-form-factor GX280 (It cost me all of $39)
theprophet:
I mostly run 720 on video or lower depending on if I can find a decent version of them or not. But I would think a 3.2Ghz processor would be more than capable of running 1080? Maybe I'm wrong..
I think I am going to grab this Optiplex and just run with it for now. Thanks for everyone's input on this!
Xiong Chiamiov:
--- Quote from: theprophet on February 23, 2010, 06:44:14 PM ---Processor - 3.2
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That's not a processor. While I can guess that you mean 3.2 GHz, there's more to a processor than clock speeds.
I find that trying to repurpose prebuilt computers causes me more pain than it's worth. You get crappy hardware, and they generally aren't very expandable.
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