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OK So long story short is I looked for information on buying a budget
desktop and somehow I couldn't find two bad words said about the
Emachines W3080, Athlon XP 3000, or TigerDirect. Reluctantly, I
ordered a refurbished system that seemed like a really good deal
because everyone I asked said that refurbished systems are the way to
go.
[OK so thie story isn't that short SKIP DOWN TO BOTTOM IF YOU JUST
WANNA GIVE ME TECH ADVICE]
Well, I got the computer quickly and set it up.. and I was very
pleased to start with. I don't do any heavy gaming... mostly just do
web design, normal internet use, and some graphics editing... so I was
fairly impressed with the computer's speed and all. Then after about a
whopping 36 hours the computer froze, would not respond, and never
booted up again. I went through the paces with emachines support,
trying safe mode, trying resetting bios, trying restore CDs, all the
stuff and in the end they said it sounded like I had a defective Video
card or ram or something.
Of course, when i went researching this problem I came across 8
million people who were aware that Emachines are notoriously crappy.
Not to mention a stack of complaints a mile high about Tiger Direct at
Ripoffreport.com and other review sites. So as it stands I had to send
the computer back to be replaced or possibly (hopefully) get a store
credit if they are out of that model. I am fairly certain I am going
to be stuck with another emachine w3080.
My Question is: How can I make the best of this situation? Anyone have
any suggestions as to what would be the most important parts to
upgrade or replace from the start? I am not experienced with hardware
upgrades but I have alot of spare time to learn how and I'm not too
stupid. Someone suggested I get a better motherboard or a better video
card since it has an open AGP slot. Should i swap the standard RAM
out? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The specs on the
system are :
emachines W3080
athlon xp 3000+ processor
512MB DDR
Integrated video and audio
DVD rom drive and a CDRW drive.
Here is a link to the full specs-
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=934497&Sku=E400-W3080
Thanks - Jeoffory
Please email me at (e-mail address removed)
desktop and somehow I couldn't find two bad words said about the
Emachines W3080, Athlon XP 3000, or TigerDirect. Reluctantly, I
ordered a refurbished system that seemed like a really good deal
because everyone I asked said that refurbished systems are the way to
go.
[OK so thie story isn't that short SKIP DOWN TO BOTTOM IF YOU JUST
WANNA GIVE ME TECH ADVICE]
Well, I got the computer quickly and set it up.. and I was very
pleased to start with. I don't do any heavy gaming... mostly just do
web design, normal internet use, and some graphics editing... so I was
fairly impressed with the computer's speed and all. Then after about a
whopping 36 hours the computer froze, would not respond, and never
booted up again. I went through the paces with emachines support,
trying safe mode, trying resetting bios, trying restore CDs, all the
stuff and in the end they said it sounded like I had a defective Video
card or ram or something.
Of course, when i went researching this problem I came across 8
million people who were aware that Emachines are notoriously crappy.
Not to mention a stack of complaints a mile high about Tiger Direct at
Ripoffreport.com and other review sites. So as it stands I had to send
the computer back to be replaced or possibly (hopefully) get a store
credit if they are out of that model. I am fairly certain I am going
to be stuck with another emachine w3080.
My Question is: How can I make the best of this situation? Anyone have
any suggestions as to what would be the most important parts to
upgrade or replace from the start? I am not experienced with hardware
upgrades but I have alot of spare time to learn how and I'm not too
stupid. Someone suggested I get a better motherboard or a better video
card since it has an open AGP slot. Should i swap the standard RAM
out? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The specs on the
system are :
emachines W3080
athlon xp 3000+ processor
512MB DDR
Integrated video and audio
DVD rom drive and a CDRW drive.
Here is a link to the full specs-
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=934497&Sku=E400-W3080
Thanks - Jeoffory
Please email me at (e-mail address removed)