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What do you do with your old PC????

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cycleman77

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I want to build a new PC, but I have to sell my old one first. I need themoney from the old one into the new one.
I was about to put it in the classifieds, but then I started thinking...
Why would someone want this old PC?? They could easily go out and get a brand new one for a little more money and also get tech support and a warranty.

Well anyways... I was just wondering what you do with your old PCs.

BTW, just in case you were wondering, here is my PC....I was thinkin of sellin it for $500.
AMD 1.33Ghz, Epox 8K7A, 512MB PC2100, 40Gig IBM HD, SB Live! Value, Geforce2 GTS, 16X Pioneer DVD, 12x10x32 TEAC CDRW, 3 1/4" floppy, 10/100 Linksys NIC, 56K V.90 modem
*NOTE: This is not an advirtisement. (Unless you really want it...lol ;) )
 
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Eli

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That's old? Why would someone want such an "old" PC?

Christ.

I'm still on a K6-3/400. Fsck off. :p
 
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Electric Amish

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Old 233mhz used to be a linux router.

I use my 450mhz to browse the internet and screw around if my main machine is occupied.

amish
 
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Eli

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Eli
That's old?

Christ.

I'm still on a K6-3/400. Fsck off. :p
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Sheesh, put up a WTB thread, you big baby. :p Even my backup rig is faster than you (C500/320/10GB)

- M4H
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My point exactly! :p

I don't really have any money to buy anything new anyway, unless it was insane cheap(hint hint;)).

I have been looking at brand new K7S5A Pro's on eBay, though. Can get them for around 40$, and if I found one local I wouldn't have to pay shipping...

I could potentially build a system for about 100$.. Of course, this is using 256megs of the PC133 ram I have, and my rusty old Creative Labs RivaTNT1.
 
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Encryptic

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Originally posted by: murphy55d
Donate it to Eli. :D
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Hell, donate it to ME. After bills, I don't have squat to build a new comp. I'm still on an AMD 650 (Slot A no less). :(
 
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cycleman77

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I asked my brother to ask around his high school to see if any kids were interested. Apparently there turned out to be a few, but he said they said that they didn't have the money right now.
Who knows, maybe some kid might actually come up with some dough...
 
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Booster

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AMD 1.33Ghz, Epox 8K7A, 512MB PC2100, 40Gig IBM HD, SB Live! Value, Geforce2 GTS, 16X Pioneer DVD, 12x10x32 TEAC CDRW, 3 1/4" floppy, 10/100 Linksys NIC, 56K V.90 modem
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Sorry to disappoint you, but noone will buy it for $500. The point of buying old PCs is their low cost.
Let's see... I think it's cost is somewhere in the $250 area at best, that's the money it could easily sell for.

<--- I beg you pardon if you got offended with the lower cost assumption.
 
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MercenaryForHire

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Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: murphy55d
Donate it to Eli. :D
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Hell, donate it to ME. After bills, I don't have squat to build a new comp. I'm still on an AMD 650 (Slot A no less). :(
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Eli's on a K6-3/400. By comparision, you're burning up the IntArweb. :p

- M4H
 
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Eli

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Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: murphy55d
Donate it to Eli. :D
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Hell, donate it to ME. After bills, I don't have squat to build a new comp. I'm still on an AMD 650 (Slot A no less). :(
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Still lightyears ahead of me. :p I'm not a gamer(well, maybe a game of quake3 a month.. I can play at 800x600x16!! :p), so I don'r really care about my old crusty video card..

Maybe by the end of the summer I'll have enough to buy a nice nForce2 board and a cheap AthlonXP... Would be a hell of an upgrade.
 
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idNut

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I have a Compaq PIII 700Mhz that I don't know what to do with. It's a great internet PC but that's about it. Durable as hell.
 
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CPA

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use the FS/FT forum, by expect to part it out. Or try the papers, you can always find a sucke....erm, I mean buyer.
 
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cycleman77

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Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: murphy55d
Donate it to Eli. :D
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Hell, donate it to ME. After bills, I don't have squat to build a new comp. I'm still on an AMD 650 (Slot A no less). :(
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Are you nuts?? I said I need the money from this PC to put into the parts I want for the one I want to build.
And I when I say "want" I mean "want". I know I don't need a new PC. The one I have now is fine and it does everything I need to do. But I want it to do more. I want to be able to play Unreal 2003 higher than 800x600. I want to be able to run it with higher than "normal" detail. I want to be able to play current and future games.....

lol....maybe I'm just a greedy little ba$tard.....lol
 
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edmicman

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AMD 1.33Ghz, Epox 8K7A, 512MB PC2100, 40Gig IBM HD, SB Live! Value, Geforce2 GTS, 16X Pioneer DVD, 12x10x32 TEAC CDRW, 3 1/4" floppy, 10/100 Linksys NIC, 56K V.90 modem
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whats wrong with that system? throw in a high end video card and its pretty much same as what i have....are there things you _can't_ do with that that a new system could? (given replacing the video card)
 
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Eli

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Originally posted by: idNut
I have a Compaq PIII 700Mhz that I don't know what to do with. It's a great internet PC but that's about it. Durable as hell.
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:disgust::frown:

:) :p :D

:(

*whistle*
 
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manly

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My old PCs (i.e. Pentium class systems) sit around idly until I decide if I want to pull off any data for archival (honestly, that's unlikely).

Since I don't think any public schools still take obsolete PCs anyway, I guess I'll eventually have to pay to properly recycle them. That's still better than dumping it in a landfill, or having it end up in some Chinese village where they use hammers and bare hands to rip motherboards apart for salvage. :| (Just imagine the lead content in their water supply.)

Even if I could sell your machine to some dope for $500, I wouldn't do it. A) it's just not a fair price considering you can get a (no-frills) brand-new Dell 2.5 GHz system for around that much after rebate. And B) I'd have to support that PC for its lifetime.
 
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Encryptic

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: murphy55d
Donate it to Eli. :D
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Hell, donate it to ME. After bills, I don't have squat to build a new comp. I'm still on an AMD 650 (Slot A no less). :(
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Eli's on a K6-3/400. By comparision, you're burning up the IntArweb. :p

- M4H
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Yeah, but my computer is a POS. I'm afraid to shut it off because half the time I spend an hour trying to get it to boot successfully after a complete power down, the CD burner crapped out a long time ago, blah blah blah. At least it still runs the basic apps and I can still burn up the Intarweb. ;)
 
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Electric Amish

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Originally posted by: edmicman
AMD 1.33Ghz, Epox 8K7A, 512MB PC2100, 40Gig IBM HD, SB Live! Value, Geforce2 GTS, 16X Pioneer DVD, 12x10x32 TEAC CDRW, 3 1/4" floppy, 10/100 Linksys NIC, 56K V.90 modem
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whats wrong with that system? throw in a high end video card and its pretty much same as what i have....are there things you _can't_ do with that that a new system could? (given replacing the video card)
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Even that video card's not horrible. I have 2 friends that game on a lesser machine than that.

amish
 
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chin311

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ur computer isnt OLD in my terms....i have a P2 400 and a P133, both are sitting in a closet.....not worth nething to sell.
 
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cycleman77

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Originally posted by: edmicman
AMD 1.33Ghz, Epox 8K7A, 512MB PC2100, 40Gig IBM HD, SB Live! Value, Geforce2 GTS, 16X Pioneer DVD, 12x10x32 TEAC CDRW, 3 1/4" floppy, 10/100 Linksys NIC, 56K V.90 modem
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whats wrong with that system? throw in a high end video card and its pretty much same as what i have....are there things you _can't_ do with that that a new system could? (given replacing the video card)
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I don't know if there is anything I can't do with it. It has been able to do everything I have "asked" it to do so far.

Jeesh, you guys are making me feel bad. Maybe I should just keep it and upgrade a few components...lol
 
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DT4K

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If you want to build a new one, do it.
But if you just want a boost in games, just upgrade the video card.
The CPU is still fast enough to handle most games.

A $200 video card would give you a big improvement.

How's the PSU on that old one?

You could keep the case and PSU and all your drives, and just replace the mobo/cpu/RAM/video.
That would pretty much get you a new PC and save you some money.

I've got an Athlon XP1700+ with GF3 Ti200 and it is "old"
I'm really ready to build a new one to replace my 1 yr old ancient pc.
I want to be able to run HL2 and Doom at high res and detail.

If you are a gamer, 1 year old really is ancient.
 
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hevnsnt

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Old computers
1.4ghz tbird - Mame machine
700mhz p3 - Basement eeprom flashing machine and webbrowsing
566mhz - Linux firewall
2x 133mhz, 1x dx2 66mhz are in the corner collecting dust
 
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