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is all-in-one Motherboard good?
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| Unregistered 2001-07-01, 12:25 am |
| Hi everyone, if you have used it please share your experience as I may buy a PC running on it. I am poor!!!
Thanks people. | |
| ace123 2001-07-01, 8:38 am |
| I don't like them.Unless it is a standered at or atx mother board they are very hard to replace.If you are lucky if part of the all-in one board fail you can at least disable it.When it comes to upgradeing them you can do very little to them.I have had problems with the on board video or audio working with some software .I would rather spend a little more at first then to more later buying a new pc.
I stay away from them if I were you. | |
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| I agree. I had one of them one one of my machines. Everything is integrated, so when you want to upgrade or change out some HW, you're stuck. You just have to build a whole new computer. | |
| freak 2001-07-01, 10:22 am |
| No  | |
| ccieToBe 2001-07-01, 11:01 am |
| I agree with everyone else for the most part. If you can find an all-in-one board that allows you to disable the integrated devices and has room for expansion (ie PCI/ISA/AGP slots) then it may be worth going for to save some money up fron though. | |
| TW2001 2001-07-01, 11:02 am |
| No. | |
| exar07 2001-07-02, 9:08 am |
| Those things are not suitable for any one.
"NEVER PUT ALL YOUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET"!
Save and buy what you want, that is the way
to go! | |
| Tekmazter 2001-07-02, 1:19 pm |
| It's amazing how many people here say no to these boards. Maybe if you're building your own personal machine I'd look elsewhere, but in a corporate environment, most companies are purchasing Dell, Gateway, Compaq etc, and guess what all...the majority of them all are now all-in-ones. I'm talking NIC, SOUND, and modem. The only thing not integrated (Thankfully) is the video. Personally we have all Dells here, and we don't upgrade machines as we have 750 of them. We phase just like everyone else. When it's too old, we donate it. Otherwise, if it breaks, we do the realistic thing...call the dell guy and have new parts ordered or if it's a laptop, have him come in. In the mean time, we give the user another machine. I thing the original post should have mentioned in which instance are these boards worth it, as every situation is different. My two cents. | |
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Originally posted by Tekmazter
most companies are purchasing Dell, Gateway, Compaq etc, and guess what all...the majority of them all are now all-in-ones.
That doesn't mean I have to like them. I still think it's more of a pain to get a new motherboard rather than just replace a faulty NIC. | |
| Bobby Digital 2001-07-02, 1:36 pm |
| I agree with Randy. We use Dell Dimensions at my office and I like the fact that if a user's NIC dies, I can swap it out and have the user back up in about 30 minutes. Compare that to the Optiplex computers that had all in one boards and if the NIC dies, you have to contact Dell, hold on the phone, go through the tech support ritual, then wait 1-2 days for a Dell certified tech to arrive onsite.
For my personal preference, I do not like or recommend them UNLESS it is for a cheap basic/generic test computer for a home network. I just can't see or justify spending a lot of money on building test computers.
BD | |
| ace123 2001-07-03, 7:06 am |
| All in one are ok for a word pusher and if you never plan to do anything to it.I still hate them  and the only good thing I can say about them is that they are CHEEP.unless you are tight for cash no good tech should ever get one. | |
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Originally posted by Unregistered
Hi everyone, if you have used it please share your experience as I may buy a PC running on it. I am poor!!!
Thanks people.
The company I work for bought 175 HP VL400's last September. They have everything on the system board. They are on 7x24 in a call center environment. I have had to replace 2 hard drives. Good performance and reliability. I would not for my personal computer buy one as I like to swap and try different boards. But for our corporate environment they are great. Complaints about being on the phone with tech support and the trouble with swapping system boards are sort of valid, but that is what we have jobs for and after a while it doesn't matter. This board or that, a good tech does it fast and smooth. | |
| EBlend 2001-07-04, 8:26 pm |
| they are great for budget ppl, i just installed a mobo with video and sound build it, works great.
I am running build in sound myself, cuz i neede it cuz i had no slots empty (now u can see how busy my comp is) | |
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| i think its okey to use aill in one i have made several pc's and had no problem replacing any part | |
| Randy 2001-07-05, 11:50 am |
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Originally posted by rg19
i think its okey to use aill in one i have made several pc's and had no problem replacing any part
Undoubtedly because there is only one main part that you can replace! | |
| Gareth Leung 2001-07-05, 12:03 pm |
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Originally posted by Randy
Undoubtedly because there is only one main part that you can replace!
 Randy, you're right. |
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