Cheap PCs from Wal-Mart

[Sam Daniel]

The only problem with these is that the C3-933 runs all floating point
at half the processor speed. If you're trying to really solve a problem,
that could be a big drawback. For a home system, it wouldn't be so bad.

Unless you really need the 1U form factor, you can beat the price by
nearly 50% by putting together the same hardware in a mini-atx or
mid-tower case of your own choosing.

VIA recently released the C3-1GHz with a new core, called "Nehemiah",
which is supposed to run the FPU at full speed, but I haven't seen
confirmation of that in any tests yet. The cost will only be $10-$20
more than the C3-933. Using the new processor will make these systems a
lot more attractive, with even lower power consumption than the C3-933.

Sam

On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 19:51, Robert wrote: 
> Hello
> 
> these guys make small foot print 1U rackmountable low powered units and 
> they can also be wall mounted, real cool units for clusters for starter's.
> http://www.ironsystems.com/products/iservers/aclass/a110_low_power.htm for 
> $499..
> 
> Rob
> 
> 
> At 04:19 PM 5/29/2003 -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
> 
> >hi ya
> >
> >cheap PCs can be gotten almost anywhere ??? doesnt have to be 
> >walmart/circuit city/emachines/etc
> >
> >$ 30    cheap pc case ( that makes the PC their widget )
> >$ 70    generic motherboard w/ onboard nic, onboard svga
> >$ 70    Celeron-1.7G 478pin fsb400 cpu
> >$ 25    128MB pc-133
> >$ 25    50x cdrom
> >$ 60    20GB ide disk
> >----    -------------
> >$ 280   grand total
> >
> >$  25   oem ms license
> >
> >mb, cpu, disks can be lot lower in $$ if you use p3 and pc-133 meory
> >
> >via series mb w/ p3-800 is about $85 total  ( subtract ~ $60 from above )
> >
> >same cost estimates for amd duron/athlon based systems
> >
> >you can save the shipping by bying locally...
> >and might be zero sales tax in some states too
> >
> >stuff all that into a 1U chassis and add $100 - $250 extra ...
> >and take out the cost of the "generic midtower case"
> >
> >and if there's a problem w/ the pc, i'd hate to worry about how to return 
> >it and get a better box back or is it, as typically the case,
> >that they'd simply send out a different returned PC .. since its a 
> >warranty replacement, they dont have to send you a brand new pc
> >like they would have to with a new order
> >
> >On Thu, 29 May 2003, Jim Lux wrote:
> >
> > > For those of you looking to build a cluster on the (real) cheap, Walmart
> > > has mailorder PCs, with Lindows (a Linux variant) installed for $200 (plus
> > > sales tax and shipping, of course).
> > >
> > > I just bought one of these for my daughter (with WinXP, for $300.. I guess
> > > the MS license is $100) and while it's no ball of fire, and the keyboard
> > > and mouse are what you'd expect for a $200 computer, it DOES work ok..at
> >
> >magic !
> >
> >have fun
> >alvin
> >
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