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<blockquote data-quote="imported_SuXoR" data-source="post: 131077" data-attributes="member: 7931"><p>Unfortunately, I bought all of the boards at least 13 months ago. Some I bought 24 months ago. At the time, Leadtek was the first vendor to offer an N-Force 2 solution with onboard video. It was great because the boards were a good value considering the overall speed and features versus price. Also, if you recall, in mid to late 2003 a GeForce 4 MX class GPU would "run" most games (not at 1600x1200, but they were playable). Additionally, the onboard sound (Nvidia Soundstorm) rivals that of the soundblaster Live Audigy series. The chipset itself was a breakthrough for AMD systems: dual channel DDR, low latency single chip solution, comprehensive driver support. All of the systems that I built were also rock-solid. I was so impressed that I could offer such a stable, feature-rich system for a very cheap price. I put a mid range Athlon XP in, Western Digital special edition hard drives (they have the 8mb cache and 3 year warranty), Crucial RAM, Enermax Power supply and there you go.</p><p></p><p>FYI- The computers run fine until one day they lock up and then will not boot. Sometimes power on to a blue screen and sometimes power on to no screen. Open the case and see bulging and leaking capacitors. Remove motherboard, get RMA number, send to manufacturer, add a pinch of salt and let simmer on medium heat for about a week. Recieve board in the mail, put back into case, press the loud button, and BAM- everything is peachy. No fried CPU, RAM, whathaveyou. It is just fustrating to go through the process. Also it sux that the machine is down for 1-2 weeks. </p><p></p><p>Roight.</p><p></p><p>Now I just have one question. It has been established that a jiggawhat is 1 x 10^9 whats (or 2^30 binary). So what the hell is a gigolo (jiggalow)? Great Scott! That's alot of J-Lo!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="imported_SuXoR, post: 131077, member: 7931"] Unfortunately, I bought all of the boards at least 13 months ago. Some I bought 24 months ago. At the time, Leadtek was the first vendor to offer an N-Force 2 solution with onboard video. It was great because the boards were a good value considering the overall speed and features versus price. Also, if you recall, in mid to late 2003 a GeForce 4 MX class GPU would "run" most games (not at 1600x1200, but they were playable). Additionally, the onboard sound (Nvidia Soundstorm) rivals that of the soundblaster Live Audigy series. The chipset itself was a breakthrough for AMD systems: dual channel DDR, low latency single chip solution, comprehensive driver support. All of the systems that I built were also rock-solid. I was so impressed that I could offer such a stable, feature-rich system for a very cheap price. I put a mid range Athlon XP in, Western Digital special edition hard drives (they have the 8mb cache and 3 year warranty), Crucial RAM, Enermax Power supply and there you go. FYI- The computers run fine until one day they lock up and then will not boot. Sometimes power on to a blue screen and sometimes power on to no screen. Open the case and see bulging and leaking capacitors. Remove motherboard, get RMA number, send to manufacturer, add a pinch of salt and let simmer on medium heat for about a week. Recieve board in the mail, put back into case, press the loud button, and BAM- everything is peachy. No fried CPU, RAM, whathaveyou. It is just fustrating to go through the process. Also it sux that the machine is down for 1-2 weeks. Roight. Now I just have one question. It has been established that a jiggawhat is 1 x 10^9 whats (or 2^30 binary). So what the hell is a gigolo (jiggalow)? Great Scott! That's alot of J-Lo! [/QUOTE]
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