I just wanted one.
But will it be shipped to India

ifactester wrote:I just wanted one.
But will it be shipped to India

Nope. Not even if you wanted it to be shipped there.

http://woot.com/WhatIsWoot.aspx#q14

Why isn't my state/country/province listed; do you ship internationally?
No, we do not ship outside of the continental United States at this time. We do not ship to Canada, Mexico, Alaska, Hawaii, nor to Maggie's Nipples, Wyoming or Assinippi, Massachusetts at this time.

kevitra wrote:Here are a few reviews of a similar one. It's an older processor but is fine for most users. Most people really don't need an i7...

fine for most? fine for 99.8% more like it...i7 is only for hardcore gaming and even that not night a day from this cpu.

namorama wrote:It is definitely faster than an Atom netbook.

For more info in terms of performance: benchmark here.

You can probably put in 4 hard drives if you wanted to (not that you want to, hard drive will heat up beyond the comfort zone if you do). Should be a good fit for WHS.

Thanks for the benchmark link! It answers a lot of questions for someone who wants a cheap HTPC.

It looks like, compared to the Atom 330 / ION combo, like what's in the Acer AspireRevo AR3610-U9022, which is $330 at Amazon, you'll see this:

The Revo is significantly smaller, quieter, and less power hungry (though this is pretty stingy for a desktop). The Revo is also HTPC-ready since it has HDMI and SPDIF optical audio connectors, plus it comes with a wireless mouse and keyboard.

To get this eMachines HTPC-ready, you'll end up spending enough (graphics card, power supply, wireless keyboard and mouse) that you'd probably find better HTPC options for the same total price.

Performance-wise, the Revo will be slower at almost everything, importantly Flash-heavy websites and 1080p YouTube, but it might have comparable performance for H.264...maybe. With the latest version of Flash pushing the work onto the ION, the Revo should be "good enough" for most sites.

This computer will probably be a little faster at WoW, particularly in areas with lots of mobs where the extra RAM will help, but based on the gaming benchmarks, the performance difference might be smaller than expected, probably thanks to the Revo's hyperthreading dual cores and not-horrible ION GPU. Neither computer will be a raid monster.

The Revo doesn't have a DVD drive, and this does. It's also considerably more expandable and upgradable.

never ever again. I made the mistake of buying an eMachine back in 2002 and still can't get over how terribly built the entire machine was. Even for 200 bucks, it still isn't worth it.

While I don't have this exact model, I have had good luck in the past with eMachines refurbished computers. If you want a local source and have one close by, Micro Center also sells eMachines refurbs. In fact, they have one with very similar specs to this one except with a Pentium E5300 for $299 on sale right now (model ET1831-03). I bought one yesterday but haven't set it up yet.

why not get it's bigger brother with a full powered cpu for less?

$290 refurb at
http://www.recoupit.com/eMachines-ET1331-02-PC/Desktops/eMachines/E-Series-p8625105.html

same wimpy power supply and graphics and a little bit smaller HDD at 320 gigs.

it was the costco special

stevesds wrote:Is this thing faster than saaay, an Atom netbook?

Would this be a good candidate for a new Windows Home Server??

Answer 1: Yes, it's way faster than an Atom netbook.

Answer 2: No. The best route to building a Windows Home Server is making sure you have a system that can take more than just 1-2 hard drives easily, so you can expand storage. You're better off either buying a case for the purpose and building such a system, or buying a pre-built system like an HP Mediasmart EX490 or EX495.

So there is a video card slot?

plg911 wrote:So there is a video card slot?

yes... if you can believe the picture posted with the side cover off...

1) E-Machines: Fail
2) Refurbished: Double Fail
3) Dual Core: Ancient Fail
4) DDR2: Ancient Fail^2
5) Price: Epic Fail

Eight years ago they were still using TriGem motherboards. The eMachines and Gateway brands are now wholly owned by Acer . Whole different kettle of fish. I've picked up a few Acer, eMachine and Gateway refurbs for friends & family friends this past year and have found 'em to be wholly adequate, if somewhat underwhelming, machines...

dansutter wrote:never ever again. I made the mistake of buying an eMachine back in 2002 and still can't get over how terribly built the entire machine was. Even for 200 bucks, it still isn't worth it.

cubbiemi wrote:I wish Woot! could figure out how Newegg does the zoom in thing with their pics. I can almost make out the model number on the motherboard. Then I could use my awesome google skills and try to find more details...

Looks like a total of 4 sata ports 2 filled
and it looks like the hard drive is mounted in "sideways" with the power and drive connector facing the side instead of the back of the case. Which makes me wonder how you get screws on both sides to secure more drives in place. No one likes taking the front side off of a case. It looks like there might be a screw at the top of the hard drive cage so that might be how. I am much more interested now in how the hard drive operates, with no power connected to it. Perpetual motion maybe?

Then the question is how much space between the back of the drive and the side of the case. You'd think it doesn't matter, but some power supplies have "flush mount" power connectors and some stick out.

Speaking of power connectors, anyone else notice that the hard drive power isn't even plugged in on the PC in the photo, your average non-techie computer user would be in for a big disappointment when they got this one and tried to boot up this unit ;-)

Cant speak for e-machines, but I bought a Gateway (who owns e-machines) lx6810 off woot a while back and I am loving it, there is no way I could have built a quad core PC as cheap as that thing sold for. That said, this isn't as good of a deal, a crusty old X2 for $325, no thanks.

I got one of these at a function as an attendance prize. Other people are right, it is just fine for things like hulu, youtube, playing poker online, etc.

I paired it with a cheap 24" monitor and it does great. Plenty fast for surfing.

stevesds wrote:Is this thing faster than saaay, an Atom netbook?

Would this be a good candidate for a new Windows Home Server??

Windows 7 Home Premium isn't ideal as a server (Ultimate is a better option), but if it's a standalone server, or you don't have more than 10 devices in a peer-to-peer network setup, it should be acceptable.

EDIT: eMachines are not very good candidates for servers, however. Lack of RAM, processor speed, etc. Better used as spare parts.

Here's a chart that shows how the AMD Athlon II X2 Dual-Core Processor 250u compares to the i7 and many other common CPUs:

http://www.cpubenchmark.net/common_cpus.html

If PCs are the central focus of your life -- this is not the machine for you.

If you use your PC as a tool -- word processing, net surfing, non-maniacal gaming, etc -- it should be fine.

Holy Moly! Is that really a PS-2 Keyboard and mouse?? 1998 called. It wants it's ports back.

Yeah, eMachines kinda shot their wad with me when I bought one for my wife about 8 years ago and it was a piece of shyte.

They may have improved a lot in the last few years, but if so they should change their name because they've established a horrible reputation.

tytiger58 wrote:It's good for your child's first computer.

This would be really good for a childs early computer, or even one to use for research, homework and emailing. Not everyone plays system intensive games on their pc. If most people were honest they could use this computer fopr almost all of their needs except for computer aided design and advanced gaming.

stevesds wrote:Is this thing faster than saaay, an Atom netbook?

Yes. It's dual core (vs. single in the atom based netbooks), has 4GB RAM standard (usually 2GB max in netbooks), and with 7 home premium being 64 bit, it'll accept up 8 GB according to the manfacturer (Link http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=ET1331G-05w ), and I'm not entirely sure, but it seems like the processor may be able to be upgraded as well. Short answer: Yes. WAAY faster

stevesds wrote:Would this be a good candidate for a new Windows Home Server??

If you're going to expect it to perform demanding tasks such as video editing, gaming, etc.: probably not. You'd find the processor a bit lacking.

For a networked storage, printer, etc. server: Yes, it'd do the job.

bigchief76 wrote:But then again, who gets their child a desktop these days. Unless they are like 8.

I got my 8 year old a netbook. *shrug* It was also cheaper than today's woot, especially since it didn't require a separate monitor.

Seems like this machine from Tiger Direct might be a better deal. It has 6GB DRAM vs 4GB, 2.7GHZ uP vs 1.6GHz, and for only about $60 more or so. (the machines look to be the same at that point....perhaps the warrantee is different....not sure)

http://tinyurl.com/32w8fd7

Can I play my farmville with this?

eMachines tend to be pretty terrible. You are better off buying a notebook or for $100 more you could get a decent desktop that could play games.

How do you guys feel about refurbished computers? Is it refurbished by Emachines?

I've always felt they were well tested and thus a bargain. However, lately my refurbished Flip video (ordered from Woot) failed after just a few weeks. So now I'm quite suspicious, any thoughts?

This is not a very good deal. Two years ago I bought a Gateway computer at Fry's for $600. It was exactly the same (down to the integrated video) except the HDD was a little smaller and the processor was about half again as fast.

Re: the video card, it's not that bad for integrated video as the computer has a lot of RAM to share with it. It will play Half Life 2 at good resolutions at medium detail, but Portal turns it into a slideshow even at the lowest settings. Though below the system requirements, I could play the Bioshock demo at lowest settings, but it was very laggy. But if you aren't into newish games, it will get the job done.

namorama wrote:It is definitely faster than an Atom netbook.

For more info in terms of performance: benchmark here.

You can probably put in 4 hard drives if you wanted to (not that you want to, hard drive will heat up beyond the comfort zone if you do). Should be a good fit for WHS.

That's nowhere near the same board. The one here is sporting DDR2, not its faster counterpart, DDR3. The integrated GPU (Graphics) of the board you listed are Radeon 4200, which supports a PCI-Express 2.0 slot. The one here is an Nvidia Geforce 6150, a Direct x9 based IGP, which is terrible for 3d by todays standards. Also, if there is a PCI Express slot, it's only PCI Express x16. No 2.0 for you. This isn't terrible for the average user, and if it's someone who does want something to get them by, especially with low power, but can hold lots of music and pictures, this is it.

The Emachines IET1331G-05W refurb I bought from another online outfit just showed up today. I went home at lunch to set it up. I was so pleased with it initially that I was on WOOT just about to order 2 of these for my 2 sons when my refurb Emachines box just shut itself off. I tried restarting it, but it continued to power itself off during the boot up sequence. Needless to say, my plans to purchase 2 of these boxes from woot have been canceled.

I have the same processor, only 2.00 Ghz, in my laptop, and it's super fast. Every other computer I've used is slowed compared to mine.

Why did I feel like icky when i clicked on:
eMachines ET1331G-05W Computer Rear Ports

Acer owns the names. Was it Acer or someone else who used to make those funky XT and Apple II clones that were flat with keyboards built in the front? Sears used to sell them.

pettettc wrote:1) E-Machines: Fail
2) Refurbished: Double Fail
3) Dual Core: Ancient Fail
4) DDR2: Ancient Fail^2
5) Price: Epic Fail

I agree to all but the Dual Core.

Dual core is still exceptional, but it will for sure not compare to a quad-core or six-core processor(s) that are out today. I mean Emachines is disgusting and everyone with the right mind knows this. For the price as well, I mean 1.6ghz dual core? Frig off, for like 499 you can get a Quad-core AMD Phenom II X4 at like 2.8ghz with 4gb ram 500+hd etc, plus it wouldn't be Emachines.

cubbiemi wrote:If you purchased a PCIe graphics card that had HDMI on it, it could. But then you'd need to buy that card and probably a larger power supply.

http://www.viatell.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=74&products_id=223

Best computer w/ HDMI for streaming HD video. I got one a few weeks ago and would def recommend it its also small and fits right in with your entertainment center.

kevitra wrote:Here are a few reviews of a similar one. It's an older processor but is fine for most users. Most people really don't need an i7...

True but this is a long, long way from an i7 an I would argue that most people need more than this except for for users only using a computer for a single, low-powered task like emailing or word processing.

Seems like it is a great computer for the price.

timbrrr wrote:eMachines ET1331G-05W unboxing! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riluRRO2m5A

Jeez, someone get that guy a box cutter or something so he doesn't have to look like Norman Bates going at that box.

I cringe at the whole "unboxing gallery/video" phenomenon. Seems a little too crassly materialistic. Especially for something like this thoroughly ordinary Wal-Mart computer in a thoroughly ordinary box.

I guess it is useful for wooters, though. Moving video gives you a different view of the build quality, particularly the light weight of the keyboard and the thin stamped steel of the back panel.

Interestingly, no sign of a mouse in that video.

I think it is a bit overpriced. Hopefully you get two extra power supplies for the price (you'll probably need them).

stevesds wrote:Is this thing faster than saaay, an Atom netbook?

Would this be a good candidate for a new Windows Home Server??

With the RAM it has it will be faster, this will be perfectly adequate for a home server, or lightweight web server. I am using a DELL from 1999 for my file server works great so there really isn't much horsepower needed to serve up files 24/7

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