Low end desktop PC at Outpost.com - $149

[RU482]

http://shop3.outpost.com/product/4714029

Not sure if this is hot or not. Cheap box for someone to play around with Linux.

Also, what are the details on that processor?"



CPU: AMD® Geode® NX1750 Processor
Front Side Bus: 266MHz
Chipset: SIS 741 GX & 964L
Memory: 128MB DDR (expandable to 2GB)
Hard Drive: 40GB Ultra Hard Drive
Multimedia: 52x CD-ROM
Motherboard :
Onboard 64-bit 2D/3D video graphics accelerator
Built-in sound system supports the AC97 audio codec
56K Modem Connection
10/100 Fast Ethernet Network Connection
Expansion Bays:
Two 5.25" drive bays for expanded flexibility
Expansion Slots:
One Open 4x AGP Slot (For Video Expansion)
One AMR slot for a special audio/modem riser card
Two 32-bit PCI slots for PCI 2.2-compliant bus interface
Memory Support:
Two DIMM slots for 184-pin SDRAM memory modules
Support for 200/266 MHz memory bus
Port Connectors:
Four USB ports
Two PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse
One Serial port
One Parallel port
One VGA port
One Game port
Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out
Accessories:
Keyboard
Mouse
Power: 250W
Case: Micro ATX form factor
Operating System: Linspire 5.0

 

[nismotigerwvu]

a 1.4 ghz throughbred core....not a bad starting point...might make a great little tivo box with a pvr150, a new hdd (dirt cheap anymore) and a dist thats a little more myth tv friendly 🙂

 

[ReDSkY]

*cough* *cough*

folding anybody?

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: ReDSkY
*cough* *cough*

folding anybody?

what?

 

[suicidalpigeon]

i got the one with a 2400 semprom back then. same price.

 

[addup]

Originally posted by: nismotigerwvu
a 1.4 ghz throughbred core....not a bad starting point...might make a great little tivo box with a pvr150, a new hdd (dirt cheap anymore) and a dist thats a little more myth tv friendly 🙂

Not sure if the CPU could handle mpeg decode smoothly... Anybody with first-hand experience?

 

[TheOverlord]

Originally posted by: addup

Originally posted by: nismotigerwvu
a 1.4 ghz throughbred core....not a bad starting point...might make a great little tivo box with a pvr150, a new hdd (dirt cheap anymore) and a dist thats a little more myth tv friendly 🙂

Not sure if the CPU could handle mpeg decode smoothly... Anybody with first-hand experience?

i have a 1.6 tbred core and it is ok for everything except hdtv encoded in h.264 where it stutters badly.

 

[TheJollyFellow]

Same, except mine is a 1.4 tbred core. But hey, for $150, I'm not going to compain about lack of power 😉

 

[THRILLHOv]

those geode chips run insanely cool right??
like pvr with a low rpm low air flow type?
be worth it to gut this and put it in a smaller desktop case?

 

[egeekial]

It's showing as $269.99 now.

 

[Parasitic]

That actually looks cheap and nice enough as a desktop system upgrade with Win2000 or so.
I have a bunch of spare parts that I wouldn't mind stuffing it all in this computer (TV tuner, 6 channel PCI sound card, FX5200, etc).

 

[AcuraTLSFan]

Originally posted by: TheOverlord

Originally posted by: addup

Originally posted by: nismotigerwvu
a 1.4 ghz throughbred core....not a bad starting point...might make a great little tivo box with a pvr150, a new hdd (dirt cheap anymore) and a dist thats a little more myth tv friendly 🙂

Not sure if the CPU could handle mpeg decode smoothly... Anybody with first-hand experience?

i have a 1.6 tbred core and it is ok for everything except hdtv encoded in h.264 where it stutters badly.

I have P4 3.2Ghz 1GB RAM and 1080p h.264 encoded quicktime still studders!. If you read the specs to play 720P and 1080P, it requires Core Duo 2.0

 

[cremefilled]

Deal is off for right now, anyway -- but $149 for the Geode is not nearly as good as $149 for a Tbred 2400+ system 6 months ago. These systems are barely OK, although the heatsink/fan is pretty noisy.

 

[shinson]

I have no experience with a Geode processor...
I got a Sempron 2400+ and a Sempron 2800+ when they were on sale last year.
I reformatted the HDD and put on XP.
Get a 15 - 17 inch LCD and they make nice internet/e-mail boxes for family and good game boxes for the kids.
I couldn't build one for that price.
Dell outlet has some nice deals for @ 199.00 (with XP included)

 

[abre]

Originally posted by: addup

Originally posted by: nismotigerwvu
a 1.4 ghz throughbred core....not a bad starting point...might make a great little tivo box with a pvr150, a new hdd (dirt cheap anymore) and a dist thats a little more myth tv friendly 🙂

Not sure if the CPU could handle mpeg decode smoothly... Anybody with first-hand experience?

You'd probably want to use a video card with built-in mpeg2 decoding for a myth box, to offload some of the work from the processor. The nvidia 5200 cards are good for that and cost around $35. The specs indicate that the motherboard does have an AGP slot.

Also worth mentioning that myth is a front-end / back-end system, so you could do all of your video capture on this box and have multiple remote front ends to watch TV.

 

[Trey22]

Originally posted by: cremefilled
Deal is off for right now, anyway -- but $149 for the Geode is not nearly as good as $149 for a Tbred 2400+ system 6 months ago. These systems are barely OK, although the heatsink/fan is pretty noisy.

Yeah, I'm waiting for those $149 Tbred based systems to come back around.