Re: Need help with PC purchase

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From: Smitty
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 01:20

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Dont get some Pentium 4 peice of crap.  Those things cost waaay to much for
the performance.  I was reading some reviews where the Tbird 1.2 beat it.  I
even saw one where they underclocked it to 1 Ghz and the Pentium III kicked
the crap out of it.

Chris Youngblood <zel...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> I will soon purchase myself a brand new PC.  I can't decide if I want to
> go with a Dell system with nice extras and a P4 1.4 GHz processor, or a
> Falcon NorthWest system with the same extras but a P3 900 MHz.  I hear
> Falcon NW puts out the best gaming computers (I like games) but I have
> always heard good things about Dell as well.  Does anyone have any input
> to help me make a decision?  Or suggestions on another maching?
>
> Zelomax

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Subject: Re: Need help with PC purchase
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 20:20:37 -0500
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