Re: motherboard & prosser


confused wrote:
I recently purchesed a costom built desk top computer,it was sold to me as a combo MB863G Pro 3800+,512 MB memory,80 GB hard drive XP HOME after about a month I stated haveing alot of trouble with the thing.I notcied in my computer properties it would read XP-M 1900+ ,I carried it back and the fastest the man could make it run was 2500+ and said my motherboard was bad,he would replace it.Ok he installed an P4M80-M4,My system properties reads (computer Intel(R) Celeron(R)CPU2.26GHz2.26GHz,448 MB of RAM).My problem is Im new at all this and I dont know if i have what I paid for right on or not,or if I have my 3800+ or not,my computer is still slow and eratic im confused and at my wits end could some one please help strighten me out on some of this?


Neither motherboard is anything to write home about. Both are
low-end systems and "slow" is a relative term. Moreover, the
PCChips MB863G uses an AMD Duran CPU whilst the Biostar P4M80-M4,
an Intel Celeron with VIA chipset.

As a general rule, buying a custom-built system is not the route
to take for a neophyte computer buyer. There were better choices
from the major OEM brands.
.

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