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eMachines T5082 (discontinued)

eMachines T5082

Entered CNET Catalog: 02/15/2007

SKU: T5082

Manufacturer: eMachines

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Manufacturer description

The eMachines T5082 desktop is designed with a powerful Intel Pentium 4 Processor 631 with Hyper-Threading Technology for fast multitasking speed to power your productivity, gaming and multimedia. Manage home finances and create documents and spreadsheets with pre-installed Microsoft Money 2006 and Works 8.5. Use the DVD±RW optical drive to create and burn up to 8.5GBs of your favorite music, photos and videos, as well as backup your important files. With the high-performance 15-in-1 Digital Media Manager quickly transfer media from your digital devices and store your content on the large 160GB hard drive. Enjoy the latest Windows Vista Home Basic operating system for a safer and easier computing experience with a rich, new interface.

User opinions

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User Rating: 1/10

not enough ram to run vista.locks up when running videoby dalyw - April 25, 2009

Pros: cheap,if you spend the money for xp pro,might be ok.

Cons: have had problems since day one.not enough ram to run vista without long waits.upgraded with additional 1 gig.and added dvdr r/w drive now locksup everytime i play video.

Review: would probably be a good computor with another operating system,as long as i don't play videos it is ok, but will replace it as soon as i can.I must admit I let my warenty run out before I went to emachine for help,and once that happens you are on your own.

User Rating: 4/10

Not Good Out of Boxby wesleydawson90 - June 30, 2008

Pros: Can be upgraded. Good for it's price.

Cons: Factory Configuration is horrible.

Review: This was a fairly decent machine. Directly out of the box, it doesn't have enought memory to run vista smoothly. It comes with 512MB. When running with all the pre-installed apps, 79% of the RAM is used up just idling. It has a good processor that could handle a lot if the RAM would be upgraded. I suggest 1GB to 2GB since the max RAM accepted is 2GB. Once the RAM is upgraded, (which is inexpensive on ebay) it is a really great computer!

User Rating: 8/10

Great machine for the money.by swmagner - September 6, 2007

Pros: Fast and reliable

Cons: needs more ram

Review: If you?re looking for a inexpensive home machine this unit it?s the way to go.
I immediately upgraded to 2 gigs of ram and put a new 256 Mb video card and it works great, I run MS Vista Home basic and have removed the extra programs that came with the machine, they are just extra processes that slow the machine down.
The hard drive is plenty big however I use an external hard drive for running weekly back ups.
Overall, its great for the price, but I would suggest some simple upgrades (memory and video card) to make a great machine better.

User Rating: 5/10

good, but not good enoughby kcihtred2 - April 19, 2007

Pros: probally one of the best you can get for the price...

Cons: not good enough

Review: you need at least 1Gb of Ram in a vista computer! this only comes with 512. The intergrated graphics also takes away from the ram! so you are left with less than 512 ram in this case. The pentium is good, but not capable of gaming! you need at least a new graphics card and another 512 Mb of ram! get the T5224

User Rating: 9/10

I love this computerby brettsocc - March 12, 2007

Pros: Great bang for the buck! Fast

Cons: more RAM, HD is on the small side

Review: I love this computer my dad has a mac mini. My computer blows it out of the water. Idk why but his mini is really slow. Anyway this computer could use more RAM. I put a 256(ask ur friends if they have an old computer and take their RAm) in w/ the 512. It runs faster now. I have not had any reliability issues, I've owned it for 3 months now.

User Rating: 8/10

great computer, great price, bad with vista, awesome with XPby kev1085 - March 11, 2007

Pros: good cpu speed, great game performance with a vid card upgrade

Cons: pre installed garbage, windows vista (horrible)

Review: The t5082 is a great pc.. only if you wipe out the pre-install of windows vista and install a nice copy of XP.. ever since runs like a dream, games run smoothly with no lag.. even with the intergrated graphics.. half life 2 is playable at nice settings on it.. but i still recommend getting a new video card since it does have a pci xpress slot =).. highly recommended buy.. but make sure u get rid of the garbage pre-installed if you choose to stay with vista (only comes with 512 mb of ram sadly.. so either upgrade more ram or go to xp)..

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eMachines T5082 specifications

  • General
  • Type Personal computer
  • Product Form Factor Tower
  • Built-in Devices LED panel
  • Width 7.2 in
  • Depth 16.5 in
  • Height 14.5 in
  • Weight 21.2 lbs
  • Processor
  • Type Intel Pentium 4 631 / 3.0 GHz
  • 64-bit processor Yes
  • Installed Qty 1.0
  • Max processors supported 1.0
  • Processor main features Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology
  • Cache Memory
  • Type L2 cache
  • Installed Size 2.0 MB
  • Cache Per Processor 2 MB
  • Mainboard
  • Chipset type ATI Radeon Xpress 200
  • Data bus speed 800.0 MHz
  • RAM
  • Installed Size 512.0 MB / 2.0 GB (max)
  • Technology DDR2 SDRAM
  • Memory Speed 533.0 MHz
  • Memory Specification Compliance PC2-4200
  • Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
  • Features Dual channel memory architecture
  • Configuration Features 1 x 512 MB
  • Upgrade Rule Max 2 x 1 GB module
  • Storage Controller
  • Type 2.0 x IDE - Integrated
  • Storage
  • Floppy drive type None
  • Hard Drive 1.0 x 160.0 GB - Standard - IDE - 7200.0 rpm
  • Hard Drive (2nd) None
  • Hard Drive (3rd) None
  • Optical Storage
  • Type DVD±RW (+R DL) - IDE
  • CD / DVD read speed 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD)
  • CD / DVD write speed 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD+R DL)
  • CD / DVD rewrite speed 24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW)
  • Optical Storage (2nd)
  • Type None
  • Storage Removable
  • Type None
  • Monitor
  • Monitor Type None.
  • Graphics Controller
  • Type Integrated
  • Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Shared video memory (UMA)
  • Video Memory 128.0 MB (max)
  • Max Allocated RAM Size 128.0 MB
  • Audio Output
  • Type Sound card - Integrated
  • Sound output mode 5.1 channel surround
  • Speaker(s) 2.0 x Right / left channel
  • Input Device
  • Type Keyboard , Mouse
  • Mouse
  • Mouse features Scroll
  • Telecom
  • Modem Fax / modem
  • Max transfer rate 56.0 Kbps
  • Protocols & Specifications ITU V.92
  • Audio Input
  • Type None
  • Networking
  • Networking Network adapter - Integrated
  • Data Link Protocol Ethernet , Fast Ethernet
  • Expansion / Connectivity
  • Expansion Bays Total (Free) Front accessible - 5.25" x 1/2H , Front accessible - 3.5" x 1/3H , Internal - 3.5" x 1/3H
  • Expansion Slots Total (Free) 1.0 ( 1.0 ) x Processor - LGA775 Socket , 2.0 ( 0.0 ) x PCI Express x16 - DIMM 240-pin , 1.0 ( 1.0 ) x Memory
  • Interfaces 6.0 x Audio - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9) ( 2 in front ) , 1.0 x Network - Generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style) ( 1 in front ) , 1.0 x Serial - Line-in - RJ-45 ( 1 in front ) , 1.0 x Mouse - Line-out - RJ-11 , 1.0 x Microphone - Phone line - 4 pin USB Type A , 1.0 x Audio - Input - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm , 1.0 x Display / video - RS-232 - 15 pin HD D-Sub (HD-15) , 1.0 x Hi-Speed USB - Output - Mini-phone mono 3.5 mm , 2.0 x Modem - Generic - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25) , 1.0 x Headphones - VGA - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm , 1.0 x Keyboard - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style) , 1.0 x Parallel - Mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
  • Printer
  • Type None
  • Power
  • Power device type Power supply
  • Operating System / Software
  • OS Provided Microsoft Windows Vista , Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic
  • Software Adobe Reader 8.0 , AOL 9.0 (with 6 months membership included) , Microsoft Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 (Trial) , BigFix , Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 , Drivers & Utilities , RealPlayer , Google Desktop , Microsoft Works 8.5 , CyberLink Power2Go , Apple QuickTime , Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student Edition (Trial) , Napster 3.0 (Trial) , McAfee Internet Security Suite (90 days subscription) , Microsoft Money 2006 , Google Toolbar
  • Manufacturer Warranty
  • Service & Support 1 year warranty
  • Service & Support Details Limited warranty - Parts and labor - 1 year
  • Card Reader
  • Card reader 15 in 1 card reader
  • Supported flash memory cards CompactFlash Card type II , Microdrive , Memory Stick Duo , Memory Stick Pro , Memory Stick , RS-MMC , Memory Stick PRO Duo , MultiMediaCard , SD Memory Card , miniSD , xD-Picture Card , MultiMediaCardplus , CompactFlash Card type I , MultiMediaCardmobile , SmartMedia Card
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