Posts by ajl_2118

And best buy gave me a gift card for the difference between my new HP and the price I paid for the 6811 2.5 yrs ago.. sweet! Just got a new 27inch TV for my basement!

Update.. the 6811 is dead. I now own a special edition HP dv1000 from best buy. Loving it so far.

3 year service plan only applies to hardware replacements.. not parts. I finally got rid of my POS 6811.. video card died (1st hardware), procesor went bad (2nd hardware), motherboard died (3rd hardware), just took it in a few weeks ago...

Update.... just sent in the 6811 for random shut downs again.... now they replaced the CPU but Best Buy claims that the fane replacement was actually only a fan cleaning and therefore didnt fall under the hardware replacement. This means...

Hey everyone! It's been a while since I posted in here, but I have some news on my emachines 6811. I originally bought an emachines 6809 way back in April of 2004, got the hinge problems, took it into BB and they gave me a 6811 since the...

Quote: Originally Posted by 1 of 42 The eMachine you linked to would struggle for decent gaming too... in fact, any eMachine wouls struggle for decent gaming. Are you serious? I did end up buying that PC at...

Good point. It took close to a month for me to get my pc back after my vid card fried so I am not too gung ho about shipping it out again.

Yeah I looked through there and didnt see anything spectacular. Mostly pcs that would struggle for decent gaming.

Title says it all. I need a reasonably priced desktop to replace my aging old dell (P3 900Mhz, 512 RAM). I would like something that has dedicated graphics, but since my wife and I just bought a house and have a baby on the way, the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Thunder_PC Under normal, general usage (not gaming or video encoding), the fan shouldn't ran at all or very little. My guess is BB will try to write it off as normal to avoid having a hit...