Sage Client Machine?

[traker1001]

I am looking at the HP s7600n slimline machine for my clients, These can be had at my local Bestbuy for 469 with a 15" Flat display, I can sell the displays at around 120ish either locally or Ebay, Bringing my price to 349, However I need a descent video card, Looking at the new LowProfile HDMI cards on newegg for 130ish.

Now for the question, Anyone know how I could get descent slimline client pc's for less than say $300 a system. And yes for me I would like PC's, MVP's dont give me enough control.

[mikesm]

Have you looked at the Dell C521? Small form factor AMD X2 based system, 6150 graphics built in, plus a PCI-E slot, and even cheaper than the HP system esp when an occasional sale comes along..

Thanks,
mike

[traker1001]

How about dell optiplex gx240 p4 1.7ghz,256mb,20gb,cdrw, Windows 2K, If I upgrade the video card on this to a better card will these work? I can have 5 of these at little over $100 a piece.

[traker1001]

anyone, Will those specs work for a client pc?

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by traker1001

anyone, Will those specs work for a client pc?

Doesn't thave have the integrated Intel graphics? If so it's worthless for video playback.

Thanks
Mike

[stevech]

Originally Posted by mikesm

Doesn't thave have the integrated Intel graphics? If so it's worthless for video playback.

Thanks
Mike

??? just put in your own video card and disable on-board?

[stevech]

Originally Posted by traker1001

How about dell optiplex gx240 p4 1.7ghz,256mb,20gb,cdrw, Windows 2K, If I upgrade the video card on this to a better card will these work? I can have 5 of these at little over $100 a piece.

Probably need more memory, of course bigger EIDE disks or USB2 disks. CPU speed probably OK. I run Sage on a laptop (quiet) that's about this speed. Has s-video out. USB2 drives.

[ke6guj]

Originally Posted by stevech

Probably need more memory, of course bigger EIDE disks or USB2 disks. CPU speed probably OK. I run Sage on a laptop (quiet) that's about this speed. Has s-video out. USB2 drives.

For a client, I don't think he'd need more HD space. Even 256megs of RAM on a Windows 2K box would probably be fine.

Just have to make sure that you can upgrade the video. Something that old probably doesn't have PCI-E, but hopefully AGP. OK, I just did a quick Yahoo search, and it does look like it does come with a AGP 4X slot, so you should be ok.

[traker1001]

I was actually going to find a way to remove the harddrive altogether and I have a few LP Nvida 256mb AGP cards from some systems I upgraded for a friend a little while back.

My main concern was CPU and memory.

[blade]

Originally Posted by traker1001

My main concern was CPU and memory.

The cpu should be fine depending on the video card you use. My main client is an Athlon XP underclocked to 1300 mhz with a 6600GT and it has no problems doing SD or HD with VRM9 at 1080i resolutions.

[traker1001]

I ended up realizing that I wanted surround sound and digital out on my main tv, So I purchaed the dell c521 (athlon x2 3800, ATI X1300, 1GB ram, 80GB hdd, DVDrw) for it. I figure this way Ill also be able to play a small game or two on my big screen.
I went with the smaller lower end computers for other tv's that dont need anything special.

thanks for the help guys, as always these forum are GReeeeeaaaate!

[mattdcknsn]

How has the x1300 video card worked for you? Are you using this on an HD display? I was looking at this little computer and the price is right I am just worried about the video card.

[traker1001]

The X1300 seems a little slow, It works fine on the SD, however when I Start streaming DVD's it will stutter from time to time.

[mikesm]

Originally Posted by traker1001

I ended up realizing that I wanted surround sound and digital out on my main tv, So I purchaed the dell c521 (athlon x2 3800, ATI X1300, 1GB ram, 80GB hdd, DVDrw) for it. I figure this way Ill also be able to play a small game or two on my big screen.
I went with the smaller lower end computers for other tv's that dont need anything special.

thanks for the help guys, as always these forum are GReeeeeaaaate!

I thought the C521 came with 6150 graphics? With purevideo, this may be better than the x1300 for video playback.

thanks,
mike