eMachines Desktop PC with AMD Athlon(TM) XP Processor 3000+ (T3025)

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Manufacturer: EMACHINES
Price at amazon.com: New from $625.99

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Average Customer Rating:

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Comment: eMachine has did a 180 turn around! Rating:
I'm a computer geek and have always built my own systems. Well this time around I was tired of dealing with the hassle of building and shopping for the best prices on parts that I just wanted to buy one. I did some looking around. This Emachine had the best value and best parts compatibility than any other computer system. eMachine use to be crappy but since they have been bought out by Gateway (supposedly, i was told) and Gateway has changed there ways..the eMachine is looking good. It plays excellent on the DVD's and the games! the motherboard is made by FIC. hard drive is Western Digital and otehr great name brands. this system is like a custom built pc. I did throw a Gforce FX5200 128DDR card in mine..its sweet! works great. the integrated video that comes with this is great too..no need to go out and buy another card if you dont have the money. I would definitely recommend this computer to everyone.

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Comment: A great buy for the money Rating:
I purchased this wonderful PC about 3 weeks ago, and let me tell you, it was money well spent. When my old Gateway died, I found that there was nothing I could do to replace the power supply which had failed. Gateway made it a proprietary part, and I would have had to have paid them 200 dollars to replace it. Needless to say, that is an exorbitant amount of money to pay to repair a 4 year old computer.
With that in mind, I went looking for a computer with high quality parts that were replaceable with parts off the shelf. I quickly found out that other pc makers like HP also use proprietary parts, and that their wiring/mobo layouts are atrocious.
I finally saw the EMachines T3025, and its specs were quire impressive. I determined by calling their technical support that all of their parts are end user replaceable, and that they use high quality parts. Some of these are not listed on any of the detailed specs, but some examples where others would cut corners are: The Hard Drive is a Western Digital ATA 133, 7200 RPM, not some cheap knockoff.
The Power Supply is 300 watts, which supplies more than ample power (compare to HPs usual 150 Watts). The Nforce 2 Motherboard, one of the best chipsets, and it takes ddr 333 memory.
Enough of this technical hodgepodge, how does it run? The answer is that it runs amazingly well. Its functionality is great, and its speed is unmatched in its price range. The Athlon 3000+ and the 512 mb of ddr ram make this thing fly. Its sound is excellent, and it is handled by the motherboard. The integrated Ethernet works well, as does the media card reader and USB ports.
Gaming on this PC is good, but I highly recommend an upgrade in that department for serious gaming. I installed a radeon 9600, which helped immensely, and still ended up at 800 dollars. For that price you get a PC that is immensely reliable, upgradeable, and FAST. It is comparable, benchmark wise to a Dimension XPS costing 3 times that much, but Dell also uses proprietary parts.
Emachine's Tech Support is great as well. I called 14 times, and averaged less than 50 seconds on hold each time before a (GASP) Real Human Being picked up.
This computer has earned my highest recommendation for its budget friendly price, quality of parts, upgradeability (standard micro-atx mobo, Atx power supply, 2 GB ram maximum,), blazing performance, and of course, friendly technical support. A 3 year on site warranty is available via Emachines for the low price of 140 dollars as well - less than 1/2 of what Dell and Gateway charge. Buy this computer, and you will not be disappointed.

Posted at November 11, 2003 05:20 AM | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)