looking for LOW spec pc... and a high spec

[pilot.masman]

hey dudes and dudettes,

just wondering if anyone has an old wreck of a pc that theyd be willing to sell/give to me (depending on spec and condition)

im looking for a few really low spec machines, something near these specs:

RAM: dont care, from 128mb-1024mb
CPU: pentium D and backwards
HDD: None, and if there is one, tiny.
The rest: dont mind, as long as its still functional




also looking for high spec pc someone has grown out of and is buying a higher spec, noted that Ian seems to go through his pretty quick, have you got any Ian??

[benwynn]

What for?

[creator2003]

Sadly i dont have any parts or computers left from my last build or you would have a PC ,
and what for is a easy answer ,Sams PC crapped itself and he will be eager to play combat arms and sim games no doubt ...
i have cables and so on if you get stuck in that department i mite even have a case around ,i do have pen1 pen2 pen3 machines and a old dual core 800hz x800hz or is that 4x4 makes a dual of 800hz not sure but nothing that would run new stuff ,i mean its like the oldest dual core ive ever seen, could of been the first in the country actually as my uncle imported it for graphics ages ago from the USA

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (pilot.masman @ Jun 25 2009, 11:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

, noted that Ian seems to go through his pretty quick, have you got any Ian??

Last 3 old pcs have gone , given away , currently down to only 2 prefer 3 , both these had melt downs , primary parts only any good for movie props .. current GTX260 recent purchase getting swapped for a GTX295 , so it on loan .

[Adamski]

QUOTE (pilot.masman @ Jun 25 2009, 10:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

just wondering if anyone has an old wreck of a pc that theyd be willing to sell/give to me (depending on spec and condition)

im looking for a few really low spec machines, something near these specs:

RAM: dont care, from 128mb-1024mb
CPU: pentium D and backwards
HDD: None, and if there is one, tiny.
The rest: dont mind, as long as its still functional

Wherebouts are you (for possible pick-up)? Also - if you give us an idea of what you're going to do with them, we could probably work out whether our junk could fit the bill!

[pilot.masman]

well the high spec stuff as Mike said im planning on using for CA, my big laptop is screwed and is heading in the mail to Hamilton today... i still have another little brother to that laptop so im all good to play and work, so getting a high spec isnt urgent. after my laptop is fixed i will be selling or claiming insurance and then buying a high spec pc...

the small low spec stuff is just for a little project im trying, it really doesnt need to be of anywhere near playing games standard, it will be running Linux also so it wont need to be up to XP standard

oh and jeez, i thought I was the insomniac your all up in the middle of the night too

Im half way between Tauranga and Waihi... although im about to go up to Auckland to celebrate my birthday, my mum and dads wedding anniversary, my aunt and uncles house warming, and my mums birthday all in one

[HardCorePawn]

You could try contacting RCN and see if they have any dealers in your area... They re-cycle ex-lease computers. So you can get like a 'business desktop' (Typically something like a P4, gig of Ram, 60Gig HDD, onboard graphics etc) for a couple of hundred...

I have an old AMD XP2000+ in a case that is just taking up room under my desk... got a power supply in it... unfortunately I don't think it has any RAM in it... and it doesnt have a video card... it may have a DVD drive... I stopped using it as it was starting to reset itself and freeze all the time... I think the mobo was probably faulty... from memory it is a Gigabyte GA-7VAX

You're welcome to come and take it away when you're in the 09... otherwise I'll probably get around to either putting it on TradeMe for $1 no reserve or throwing it out in the next inorganic collection

In fact that offer stands for anyone that wants to try to resurrect it or salvage the case/PSU etc...

[pilot.masman]

haha a site like rcn would be perfect but they will market their goods higher than normal to try make profit... also they seem to be aiming at resellers only, no end users... got a nasty email back from them saying im not aloud to buy from them

Ian, next time you have a fail pc, just lemme know and ill be happy to take it off your hands.

[Ian Warren]

ive found an alright High spec forsale from my friend

Specs:

QUOTE

CPU** Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 2.33Ghz x 4 6MB Cache 1333FSB LGA775 CPU - Super fast processor for multitasking!

Motherboard** Intel G31 Chipset supporting latest CPUs, 4 SATA, PCI-E slot.

RAM** 2GB (1 x 2GB) High performance dual channel DDR2-800 Memory.

HDD** NO HDD

DVD** 22X LG/Samsung Dual Layer DVD-RW Fastest available!

CASE** Quality Supercase SKII503 Case with Dual rail PSU.

NETWORK** Broadband ready Gigabit Network

AUDIO** HD Audio.

PORTS** 6 USBs in total (4 back, 2 front) 2 front audio ports.[/quote]

its got s**t graphics cos theyre onboard but it is 512mb... and i will just get a pcie card in a few months,

is this an alright pc??

well more the question, will it run ArmA 2????

Last edited by pilot.masman on Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Chairman]

Am I not reading it right or does it whizz past the motherboard bit without saying what it actually is ?

Gary

[pilot.masman]

yes you read it right, its just to shameful to give you

nawwhhh, ill ask what it is but im not expectin a flash top o line mb, just adequate is fine

as i expected, ASUS P5KPL-AM PS

[pilot.masman]

lol you know the funny thing??, what ever i buy is going to be absolutely worthless for the first few weeks because ill be running it on a 15" CRT monitor

[Ian Warren]

Jezzz you going retro with a 15" .. i dont no the kids today .. In my time 15" only worked in cold water , back then 14 was the biggest . gaww we span the centuries

[pilot.masman]

haha, if i wanted to, i could use the even older 12"er we have lying around somewhere...

[Adamski]

QUOTE (pilot.masman @ Jun 26 2009, 09:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

lol you know the funny thing??, what ever i buy is going to be absolutely worthless for the first few weeks because ill be running it on a 15" CRT monitor

I have around half a dozen old CRT's - of various sizews, resolutions, weight (!) ... all sitting her gathering dust. I was going to give them to a local school, but I think these days even they will turn their noses up at them!

What flavour of Linux are you hoping to run? I ask because they're all getting a wee bit "top heavy" now and many distros refuse to run well on the old clunkers we used to run them on. I have a couple of machines here running Ubuntu - and it needs almost as much resources as Windows. I tried the cut-down Xubuntu but it wasn't much better.

I'l have a rummage in the basement and see what I can unearth.

Anyone else here wanting old CRTs?

[Ian Warren]

QUOTE (Adamski @ Jun 27 2009, 01:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Anyone else here wanting old CRTs?

Museums .. arrr today .. all big fat in places and flat in other places ..... me still skinny as a broom to clean up afterwards

[pilot.masman]

ok, this is just a baseline pc and on the 2nd of july i will be upgrading with better parts but this is what im getting...

Intel E5200 2.5ghz CPU (O/C'ed to 3.7ghz, with arctic cooler)
Asus P5Q Motherboard
2GB DDR2-800 RAM (in dual channel, ie 2 x 1gb)
Coolermaster 430w PSU
Radeon 3850 Factory O/C card
Gigabyte GZ-X2 Black Gaming case with blue leds on front

its mostly the GPU and the CPU ill be upgrading with a tincy bit more ram...

so will it work?? lol

[benwynn]

Why ask us, if your such a computer expert?

Yes, it will, but I would not recommend OC to 3.7ghz. Thats a hell of a lot, be very careful.

[pilot.masman]

me, a computer expert?? LOL

all this stuff is being done by my friend, i just wanted a second opinion

im not worried about the CPU overheating or anything, its a notoriously low heat chip. but yes i am rethinking only going to 3ghz or 3.*

[benwynn]

3 would be plenty, you wouldnt have to worry about the heat at all either.