Hey there, He has a 3.2 Ghz CPU which is much more then this 3800 but the only thing that the 3800+ is good is that it has 2 cores but still same low share ram ( I had one of these in the past). Eliezer On 28/11/13 12:29, John R Pierce wrote: > On 11/26/2013 3:58 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: >> $300 desktops? Where? > > how about under $100 for a complete desktop? > > http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?nm_mc=EMC-SD112013&cm_mmc=EMC-SD112013-_-SD112813-_-item-_-83-155-932&et_cid=3212&et_rid=117069 > > you'll need to subscribe to newegg's shellshocker list before you can > order it, and this deal is only 'visible' and valid from 3-6pm PST > tomorrow (Thanksgiving Day), its a refurb Dell OptiPlex GX740 stripped > model, miditower with an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ dual core 2Ghz, 2GB ram, > 80GB HD, keyboard, mouse. For $95 (after a $10 mail-in-rebate). > I'd want to add at least 4GB more memory (it will take max 4 x 2GB == > 8GB DDR2 dimms... I suspect it comes with 2 x 1GB), and my existing > SATA disks (it has 4 SATA ports). > > >