~Giggle~ Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Right, here's the deal. One of my friends has offered me his old PC (1.5 years) for £150. Specs: AMD Sempron 2.0GHz 512 MB DDR RAM 80GB Hard Disk ATI Radeon 9550 256MB Graphics card I know the processor is the weak link there but it's still better than the 1GHz Pentium 3 I have. So do you guys think it's a good deal? I think it's brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loman Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 (edited) Yeah, it's a good deal. The hard drive and RAM would be worth almost that much, factor in the graphics card and it is well worth it. I just sold a PC for $200 that had a 2.5Ghz Celeron D, 256mb ram, 40GB hard drive, and no graphics card at all (other than the integrated). Edited November 30, 2006 by Loman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Giggle~ Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 Ah good to hear, I'm, really tempted to say yes when I have the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Well worth it mate, my last computer was 2 Ghz (Celeron) and it wasn't even all that slow, infact it was fairly fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Fozborne Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Yeah, it's a good deal. The hard drive and RAM would be worth almost that much, factor in the graphics card and it is well worth it. I just sold a PC for $200 that had a 2.5Ghz Celeron D, 256mb ram, 40GB hard drive, and no graphics card at all (other than the integrated). HAHA, that's nothing, I sold a Dell 4300 about a month ago 1.6Ghz P4 (Willamette) Dead motherboard (primary IDE channel died) 768 MB of PC133 RAM Nvidia GeForce 2 64 MB (gave the 6200 to my friend) No hard drive Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Sound card Broken Samsung DVD-ROM drive (won't eject) Memorex 52x CD-RW Drive Price? 650 AMERICAN DOLLARS, no monitor included. He was more than happy to pay for it. Oh, and yes I did tell him upfront that barely anything worked on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*gta star* Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Lol, that was certainly a rip off lol. However, you made your money on it, certainly ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forfit Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Yeah, it's a good deal. The hard drive and RAM would be worth almost that much, factor in the graphics card and it is well worth it. I just sold a PC for $200 that had a 2.5Ghz Celeron D, 256mb ram, 40GB hard drive, and no graphics card at all (other than the integrated). HAHA, that's nothing, I sold a Dell 4300 about a month ago 1.6Ghz P4 (Willamette) Dead motherboard (primary IDE channel died) 768 MB of PC133 RAM Nvidia GeForce 2 64 MB (gave the 6200 to my friend) No hard drive Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Sound card Broken Samsung DVD-ROM drive (won't eject) Memorex 52x CD-RW Drive Price? 650 AMERICAN DOLLARS, no monitor included. He was more than happy to pay for it. Oh, and yes I did tell him upfront that barely anything worked on it. ROFL, please, direct me to this person, i have some stuff i want to sell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzy Fozborne Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 Yeah, it's a good deal. The hard drive and RAM would be worth almost that much, factor in the graphics card and it is well worth it. I just sold a PC for $200 that had a 2.5Ghz Celeron D, 256mb ram, 40GB hard drive, and no graphics card at all (other than the integrated). HAHA, that's nothing, I sold a Dell 4300 about a month ago 1.6Ghz P4 (Willamette) Dead motherboard (primary IDE channel died) 768 MB of PC133 RAM Nvidia GeForce 2 64 MB (gave the 6200 to my friend) No hard drive Soundblaster Live! 5.1 Sound card Broken Samsung DVD-ROM drive (won't eject) Memorex 52x CD-RW Drive Price? 650 AMERICAN DOLLARS, no monitor included. He was more than happy to pay for it. Oh, and yes I did tell him upfront that barely anything worked on it. ROFL, please, direct me to this person, i have some stuff i want to sell. HAHA... I also forgot to mention that I sold him a OEM copy (yes, it does only work on one motherboard, which was shot) of Windows XP Home for $200... So, $850 for a computer that doesn't work. He's not even mad!!! Anyway, sorry for the off-topicness, but $200 for that computer is quite a good deal. The only question that I have is it a 2.0 GHz Sempron or a Sempron 2000+? There's a big difference there. So, let's see. Remove the Sempron and slide in a (assuming it's a socket 939) 3200+ for $62 (USD) or a 3500+ for $80, another half gig of RAM for $47, and maybe a 6600GT for $90 and you'd have a pretty decent gaming machine there for $499! Even if you keep it stock, it'll be a good machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goholden1 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Yea take it. I dont see anything wrong with the Processor either. My 1.8Ghz AMD Sempron is faster then my 2.4Ghz P4. Overall its a good deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Giggle~ Posted December 1, 2006 Author Share Posted December 1, 2006 Anyway, sorry for the off-topicness, but $200 for that computer is quite a good deal. The only question that I have is it a 2.0 GHz Sempron or a Sempron 2000+? There's a big difference there. To be honest, I am fairly sure it is a 2GHz Sempron, I don't think he is the kind of guy to get them mixed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
