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17th Sep 2008, 09:13
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i am getting ready to purchase a barebones system and i had a question i noticed that the ibm thinkcentre and the dell optiplex are always dirt cheap for instance i was looking on ebay and i can get a 2.8ghz thinkcentre or optiplex for just over 100 bucks i was wondering is there anything wrong with these or something. anything will help thanks
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17th Sep 2008, 10:06
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link plz
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17th Sep 2008, 10:13
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here are a couple links of the two kinds of computers i am talking about
http://cgi.ebay.com/IBM-Thinkcentre-...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-Optiplex-GX...QQcmdZViewItem |
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17th Sep 2008, 10:37
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Well they are P4's so won't be up to much intensive by todays standars, what are you wanting to do with it? Are you wanting to play games on them, or just do word proccesing?
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17th Sep 2008, 10:50
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i will probably do a little gaming but mainly use for the internet. Im kinda just wanting a system that comes with a good fast processor and then i was going to add my own RAM. video card, ethernet card, a couple extra fans and that coolit systems pure. because i plan on overclocking. let me know what you think and you may have a better computer in mind something under 200 bucks
http://www.coolitsystems.com/index.p...=64&Itemid=191 let me know what you think |
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17th Sep 2008, 12:24
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You wont be able to overclock with either of those without changing the motherboard
They are both probably AGP aswell which mean more expenses
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17th Sep 2008, 12:35
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its cheap because its used, untested and a fairly out dated computer but a p4 3.0ghz is still very fast for most applications. however the listing says that when it powers on it goes to the bios so the odds are it will work.
as for the second one that looks the best because the seller looks allot less reluctant to give infomation about the computer and isnt trying to make money off faulty proudcts. if u ask me the extra $30 is worth it. |
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17th Sep 2008, 13:28
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TBH, I think they are both useless.
You are going to end up spending more than if you just purchased a decent system in the first place. If you can stretch your budget to $400, theres an awesome detail outlined in this thread: http://www.computer-juice.com/forums...u-100-a-19130/
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17th Sep 2008, 16:14
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well i was planning on replacing most of it so i will probably just build one i was planning on using the fatal1ty motherboard and just build of that it will be my first build too so he anyone has any advice just let me know
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17th Sep 2008, 16:18
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Quote:
What will be your main use for the computer? What resolution is your screen?
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