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Strengths: Great value for the features, decent components
Weaknesses: ATI integrated graphics too weak for gaming. May arrive with problems. eMachines, are you listening?
Summary: I ordered three(3) refurbished machines as part of a technology uplift for my whole family through TigerDirect.com. One machine arrived with a loose disk drive flopping around in the case that was dead on arrival (now I'm going through the whole RMA procedure), another machine works except that its DVDRW drive wouldn't write, just read (I going through a warranty replacement procedure with eMachines for just the drive). The third machine works perfectly. I boosted its RAM to 1GB (yes, you have to add DIMMs in pairs) and installed a GeFORCE 6600GT (yes, you have to uninstall all ATI software first) as this was suitable for the 300 watt power supply the machine comes with. The result is an Athlon 64 3200+ Socket-939 machine that rocks for little bucks! Just wish quality control was better.
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