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Hi i have just had a pc bulit with the following:
AMD Athlon XP 1800+, MMX, 3D NOW 1.5GHZ 1800 ram
350 MB Hard Drive,
Nvidia Geforce MX 440 with Agp 8 x 64 MB
realtek ac 97
6 USB ports
A friend did it and i gave him £200 was it value for money?
AMD Athlon XP 1800+, MMX, 3D NOW 1.5GHZ 1800 ram
350 MB Hard Drive,
Nvidia Geforce MX 440 with Agp 8 x 64 MB
realtek ac 97
6 USB ports
A friend did it and i gave him £200 was it value for money?
Spending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.
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Did it include monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers? Did it include a genuine copy of Windows?
To be honest i don't think it was very good value as the parts are all really old. I presume a lot of the parts are second hand as well given their age.
Have a look at what you could have got for £200 hereIt's my problem, it's my problem
If I feel the need to hide
And it's my problem if I have no friends
And feel I want to die0 -
Hi BillScarab
No just the tower and a genuine copy of Xp as i all ready have Vista on the laptop thanks NiallSpending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.0 -
Well the XP if genuine is prolly worth £50 ish, more if it's retail rather than OEM, and more still if it's Pro rather than Home, as Bill says all of the components are about 4 years old. which is a long time in techworld. Here's a review of the processor, note the date at the top.
http://techreport.com/articles.x/2975/1Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!
"Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse." Unknown0 -
For the box HW itself, you could pick up similar items for about £30 or less. Sorry!
[free - denotes where it's not really saleable anymore or people just don't buy them due to age]
AMD Athlon XP 1800+ = £3/free.
MMX, 3D NOW 1.5GHZ 1800 ram = £? 5
350 MB Hard Drive, 350MB or GB?...MB= £FREE, GB= £20
Nvidia Geforce MX 440 with Agp 8 x 64 MB =£6
realtek ac 97 £Included in motherboard
Box itself, if its a used beige one then probably about £4 or free, I can't give them away sometimes.
To put it in perspective, I recently sold a friend the following:
Logitech speakers (new)
New Laser mouse
New USB keyboard
Used (good condition) Hansol 15" TFT
Standard used beige box
1GB RAM (memory)
80GB hard drive
8 USB ports
DVD-Reader
CD + DVD RW [so thats two optical drives in total]
Genuine windows XP Pro
AC'97 OnBoard sound
64Mb Voodoo 3D Graphics card
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At least you got a genuine copy of XP. Those old AMD XP processors were very good in their day. If you just want a basic machine for email and surfing etc. it should be fine but I think you could have done better elsewhere, sorry.It's my problem, it's my problem
If I feel the need to hide
And it's my problem if I have no friends
And feel I want to die0 -
Ok people thank you very much for your help i will just go and cut my wrist haha
thanks again niallSpending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.0 -
He's not a very good friend tbh. I'd be going back and asking for at least half pref 3/4 of your money back. These are probably old parts he's had knocking around for years as you can't buy some of them new anymore.0
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Perhaps the friend will give a bit of after sales service if needed unlike the box-shifters. I once bought a similar item from a backstreet operator and the service was the most valuable item.0
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you are right on the after sales if i have a problem or question or need something he is all ways there with the answer.Spending my time reading how to fix PC's,instead of looking at Facebook.0
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