HellasVagabond
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| System Name | SECONDARY RIG / PRIMARY RIG / THIRD RIG |
|---|---|
| Processor | i920@3.6GHz / i920@4GHz / AMD Phenom II 955 |
| Motherboard | Gigabyte EX58-UD4P / Gigabyte EX58-UD7 / ASRock 890GX3 |
| Cooling | CoolIT Domino ALC / Thermalright Silver Arrow / Thermalright VenomousX |
| Memory | 12GB DDR3 @ 1800MHZ / 6GB DDR3 @ 2250MHZ / 4GB DDR3 @ 1600MHZ |
| Video Card(s) | XFX ATI RADEON 5970 / GAINWARD NVIDIA GTX 580 / 2xGEFORCE GTX295 |
| Storage | 1550GB / 6TB SAS - SSD / 160GB SSD |
| Display(s) | NEC 26WUXi2 / NEC 3090WQXi / SONY 55A2000 (1080P 55inch) |
| Case | COOLER MASTER HAF 932 / COOLER MASTER ATCS 840 / ANTEC DARKFLEET DF85 |
| Audio Device(s) | Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Music / SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty Pro / Realtek Onboard |
| Power Supply | CWT 1200W / Enermax Revolution 85+ 1250W / Ikonik Vulcan 1200W |
| Software | Windows 7 x64 / Windows 7 x64 / Windows 7 x64 |
Wal-Mart To Sell 300$ PC With OpenOffice
Wal-Mart Inc. opened its campaign for the back-to-school PC sales season on Wednesday by introducing a 298$ desktop from Everex which combines three top characteristics, an open-source software, a power-efficient processor, and a lack of bloatware. The Monitor-Less Everex Impact GC3502 runs on a energy saving 1.5GHz C7-D processor from Via Technologies and Includes Microsoft Windows Vista along with OpenOffice.org 2.2 version of word processing and spreadsheet tools.
With this bundle Everex hopes to attract buyers by avoiding the free "trial software" that annoys many users, according to Eugene Chang, a product manager at Everex, of Fremont, California. Dell did a similar thing back in July when it withheld bloatware from its new Vostro line of PCs.
"It's not surprising that Wal-Mart, of all retailers, will sell the $298 Everex desktop; it's a good marriage with their biggest audience-- budget buyers but it has a couple of problems, one is that it uses a Via processor, which is almost unknown to U.S. consumers. And it runs at just 1.5 GHz, so it's unknown how it will handle Microsoft Vista ,and also running OpenOffice is kind of a unique tactic. It's anti-Microsoft, since Microsoft obviously owns the market for productivity software. So users may have some concerns about compatibility." said Toni DuBoise, a senior analyst with Current Analysis West.
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Wal-Mart Inc. opened its campaign for the back-to-school PC sales season on Wednesday by introducing a 298$ desktop from Everex which combines three top characteristics, an open-source software, a power-efficient processor, and a lack of bloatware. The Monitor-Less Everex Impact GC3502 runs on a energy saving 1.5GHz C7-D processor from Via Technologies and Includes Microsoft Windows Vista along with OpenOffice.org 2.2 version of word processing and spreadsheet tools.
With this bundle Everex hopes to attract buyers by avoiding the free "trial software" that annoys many users, according to Eugene Chang, a product manager at Everex, of Fremont, California. Dell did a similar thing back in July when it withheld bloatware from its new Vostro line of PCs.
"It's not surprising that Wal-Mart, of all retailers, will sell the $298 Everex desktop; it's a good marriage with their biggest audience-- budget buyers but it has a couple of problems, one is that it uses a Via processor, which is almost unknown to U.S. consumers. And it runs at just 1.5 GHz, so it's unknown how it will handle Microsoft Vista ,and also running OpenOffice is kind of a unique tactic. It's anti-Microsoft, since Microsoft obviously owns the market for productivity software. So users may have some concerns about compatibility." said Toni DuBoise, a senior analyst with Current Analysis West.
View at TechPowerUp Main Site
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bottom line i wouldn't waste my money on it!