Compaq Deskpro EN Series, A Great System!!! (Compaq Deskpro EN)

Member Name: Daniel Whitehead

Product:	Compaq Deskpro EN
Date:	28/06/07 (329 review reads)
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Advantages: Very well built, Cheap, Efficient, Accepts a wide rage of Hardware and runs at a cold temperature.

Disadvantages: Prone to failures, requires hardware maintenance, CPU+Storage Controller works loose.

Brought Several of these pc's at a very low price and I have found them a joy to work with. Although these machines are quite old, they still have their uses.

One very unique feature of this series of computer is the ability for it to accept a wide variety of CPU's. All you need to do is to buy a socket 370 (PGA370) to a Slot 1 socket. Some of mine have got 1.4GHZ Celerons in them and they boot fine, this was a large improvement over the standard Pentium 2's and 3's which they were designed for.

Another nice feature about these computers is the sheer durability of the design, the cases are so well built that you can physically drop them, and they will be fine, however I do not recommend this.

The computers also have a very good power supply in them, which is very well built, but also they run at a very cold temperature. This is a good feature because it lowers the overall system temperature to around 20-30deg. This is very good if you are planning to use them as a server which is what I do with mine.

One small problem with them however is the fact that they have a removable storage controller. This is a problem because it does have the tendency to work loose during excessive movement, but this is a simple problem to rectify. The same can count for the slot 1 CPU's which also suffer with this problem, this can be solved with a simple clip.

Overall these computers are perfect for being used as low-grade cheap servers, and low spec desktop pc's/workstations. I would not recommend these machines as gaming PC's unless you are planning to play solitaire lol.

Summary: Great machine, just would not recommend for someone who does not know about the internal workings.

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