eMachines rules!
Written: Feb 28 '04
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Pros: Inexpansive, Smaller body, Silent
Cons: No AGP Slot
The Bottom Line: You can save money for buying a better monitor.
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| jungyha's Full Review: eMachines T1742 PC Desktop |
eTower 366i, eTower 500i, eTower 533id, eTower 566i, T1090, T1742 and W2785 are the model name I have bought from eMachines believe or not. Yes, I bought 5 machines from them not just because the machines are inexpensive but also because they work excellent.
None of them disappointed me, never, oh, wait a minute, the second one (eTower 500i) had bad power on/off switch (on the front) after 11 months use and they exchanged it to new eTower 533i (newer model) without any charge!
NOISE ****
T1742 and W2785 are still kept in my room. Both have Western Digital (WD) HDD, 40GB 5400rpm & 80GB 7200rpm, respectively. WDs are the most silent HDD and very reliable as I know. Fan noise from T1742 is less than W2785 which has AMD2700+ CPU. T1742 is quiet as other big brand such as HP.
PERFORMANCE ****
Most of Celeron models including T1742 are not designed for heavy softwares such as 3D games or some graphic s/ws. Integrated Graphic chip shares up to 64mb ram memory of 128mb total. I upgraded it to 256mb making it faster. I bet it'll be more faster if I put a 512mb RAM. Other than that it works perfect when you use common Office S/Ws and 2D games.
EXPANDAVILITY ***
This has 6 USBs (2 in front 4 in back) wouldn't need a hub for years. Network card is of course integrated. One extra 5.25" bay can hold another optical drive you might want to put. It also has one extra 3.5" bay for extra HDD. Bad thing, it doen't have AGP slot for video card upgrade.
DESIGN ****
Middle tower saves space on your desk or under. Simple and silver good looking case is my favorite. Audio output in front helps you to save time to be connected.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 289
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Intel Celeron
Processor speed: over 1000
RAM: 128
Internal Storage: CD-ROM
Hard Drive (GB): 31-40
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