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A buddy from work gave me a comp that he dont use any more, its a emachine and i dont know to much about thigs like that. Can any one tell me how or if this is any good,

emachine T2542
intell extreme graphics 845gv
2.5GHz intell celeron processor
40gb ultra DMA harddrive.
10/100mbps ethernet card



also has a 48x cd-rw , stupid 56k modem. and 256 mb ram( i know i would have to up that)


the big thing is the vid card, its intagraded i belive last time i opened it. Is there any way to side step that to toss ina better one, if that one is not any good?


I dono what else it has in it, i have to get windows and format it and renstall all the drives if i can get them off the net,( didnt get any thing but the comp, no cds for anything) so if its not worth keepin and spendin the 80$ and ram and everything then i dont wanna do it. Tnx for da help

they are ok for browsing but crappy for games
you will have to find a pci card

I definitely wouldn't let it take over as a main computer but I'd keep it around for running a TS, browsing the internet, and downloading stuff.

aight whats a pci card anyways haha.. and i supose ya cant up grade it if its got intragrated parts without buyin a new motherboard

What're you using for a main comp atm lol? Generally those store bought pieces of crap aren't very easy to upgrade.. wires everywhere and not very many open slots for upgrades.

i got a dell 8200 pent 4 ,geforce 4 some other junk, plays any game out there so far, and a laptop that is just under what that is.


the other one seems more open then mine, it still has 4 diff slots down on the bottem free, i dono what i ca put in there but ya ahah. i know there is room to get a lot of ram in it, but if its not worth it i might just set it up for my dad to try and learn how to use comps lol.

Its a piece of junk. Thats all needs realy said about it.

lol target practic it is then, ill take a pic of the peices when i get done if i get a new cam soon haah.

The bottom slots are probably agp slots where you can put a video card, sound card, 56k modem, etc. I'd be surprised if it had more than 2 slots for ram.

Garal means they are pci slots!
my dell had like 3 or 4 slots i think that is pretty much average.


though an Emachine is a bit different so i'd assume there will probably be 2 or 3 lol