How much could I get for my desktop?

[abu_has_the_power]

I'm selling my desktop.

Here's it's specs:

CPU: P4 2.4c OCed to 3.0
CPU Heatsink: Thermalright SP-94 Pure Copper with a 92mm Tornado Fan
Mobo: Asus P4P800 Deluxe
Ram: 2x1 GB PC3200 and 2x1 GB PC3200
GPU: Ati X850XT
PSU: Ultra Modular 500W PSU

Back in the day, this was the beast of all computers. Now it's probably not worth more than $200. :pinch::(:(

[clocker]

$100...tops.

[peat moss]

$75 Canadian . Clocker is being fair tho .

[Detale]

I'd agree with $100 here in NYC sorry dude. It does depend on where you hail from though.

[peat moss]

Its like an old car , worth more " parted out " . :D Now if someone was looking for a second computer or needed a part to fix a friends old computer ...

[abu_has_the_power]

lol yea.

i looked up the prices for the parts. a p4 2.4c is $10. lmao

the x850xt goes for $50. which is decent i guess.

i might just end up keeping it cuz $100 is not worth it to sell it.

[SonsOfLiberty]

Since your in the US, you can fill in the stuff here and see what they will give you, I put mine in, mine is worth $0 :lol: no shit, that's what I said :lol:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/sectors/recycle/index.asp?name=Recycle-Computers

Oh and the place is "really" really good to get stuff from, comparable to Newegg and cheaper on most, and great place, ordered my new barebones from there and some other junk for it, a $1000 rig fro about $500 :)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/

[abu_has_the_power]

oh yea. i used to live in chicago. i was 30 min away from their main location in Naperville, IL. I used to drive there to buy stuff

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lol yea about $100. i'm just gonna keep it.

[SonsOfLiberty]

Yeah, I'm really close as well, not that close though :lol:

Still you get more for yours then mine...but mine was a P4 Dell running since 2000 :lol:

I at least got a buddy to pay $40 for mine, I was happy I wanted the damn thing gone...but I was attached to it, but hey, I'm so happy with my new rig, I feal like I came out of the stone age.

[abu_has_the_power]

lol yea. i just have this huge thing hanging around with nothing to do with it. i have a xbox 360 now, so i don't really play any games on it. and my laptop is mostly what i use anyway. sigh

[SonsOfLiberty]

I have a 360 too, currently on RE5 second go around, but I have played a few games on the new rig, Crysis and mainly NBA2k9 and MLB2K9, but my rig isn't even tailored to a gamer, yet it renders my games flawlessly. Loading up Bioshcok sometime soon, then we shall see if I blow it up.

[abu_has_the_power]

i swapped out my x850xt for my old radeon 9600. how much power does this desktop use on idle? i can't image more than 100 watts...

[kooftspc11]

honestly you are probably better off just turning into a second (dedicated) machine for whatever you do

my advice would be to simply give it away as a gift to somebody who doesnt have a computer. those specs are still well capable of handling most normal daily activities (browsing, email. music etc..)

[abu_has_the_power]

honestly you are probably better off just turning into a second (dedicated) machine for whatever you do

my advice would be to simply give it away as a gift to somebody who doesnt have a computer. those specs are still well capable of handling most normal daily activities (browsing, email. music etc..)

yea i'm keeping it as a front lobby desktop at my office.

i'm wondering tho. if i swapped out my x850xt for a old radeon 9600, how much power would i be using when it's on idle? right now i keep it on and display a slideshow on the lobby counter.

[hardsharing]

if you still decide to sell it you'd probably get more money from individual parts themselves. selling a old computer whole these days isn't worth it.

[clocker]

if you still decide to sell it you'd probably get more money from individual parts themselves. selling a old computer whole these days isn't worth it.
That may be true, but only if you discount time spent.

Besides, what parts of real value do you see in his machine?

[hardsharing]

well if taking the time to sell the pieces isn't an option i guess lobby computer it is then... maybe stick a 'for sale' sign on it and some chum might just be in the market for old parts.

[abu_has_the_power]

lol it's ok i'm not selling it

anyone know approx how much power this thing would use? we're keeping it on 12 hrs a day now

[hardsharing]

probably less than 200W at idle but that's a rough guess since power efficiency is far better today then it was just a couple years ago. a lot depends on your psu as well.

you can pick up one of those cheap power meters at home depot that plug between the pc and socket.