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Critique my computer build (please!) [Edit: new parts selected]
Green Giant:
Try selling it as parts on ebay. There might be someone looking for old memory or a replacement harddrive. Basically see what similar stuff on ebay goes for and hope you get lucky.
hypernova:
Are uATX motherboards compatible with ATX cases? Because that's what you have. uATX must be something new in the past few years, as I've not heard of it yet. Or I've forgotten about it.
torez:
--- Quote from: javeryh on July 09, 2007, 04:05:00 pm ---Thanks. How do you recommend I sell the old computer? eBay? It wouldn't come with anything other than what's in the tower now and I'm even planning to remove the DVD-R drive (leaving the CD-RW drive in there). Could I even get $50 for it (PIII, 733MHz, 30GB HDD, 128MB RAM)?
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If you are in a bigger city, try craigslist.org. I would recommend selling locally, as someone will just pick it up with cash in hand. With Ebay you have to deal with shipping, etc. If you have old monitor to go with it, add it as a freebie (maybe they don't need it, but as it's a freebie you don't have to lower the price). Something like $75 asking price should be fine. You can let it go for $60-65. Just say it works great and you are just upgrading to a new one. Add few pics, as that's a big seller. I'm sure someone will snag it for their office or kids. Even try leaving an add at your local grocery store.;)
Another thing, many of these cheap cases come with really cheapo power supplies. I would not recommend getting the cheapest ones, unless you don't value what you will have on that computer. Try some Antec case with power supply under $100 or get a case without any power supply and then some psu that costs $50+. It's one time thing, but you will not be sorry down the road.
johnperkins21:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on July 05, 2007, 06:33:40 pm ---You will be reduced on what games you can play just cause that is a slower computer. If you already have a computer to use, you could always just buy the mobo/cpu and memory. Thats all you need. Use the current HD, case, and power supply.
Fitting that computer depends on the pci connections onboard. You need an AGP connection for that video card.
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Just an FYI as I'm sure you're not actually doing this, but chances are your new mobo wouldn't have IDE connections for the old HD, it's probably SATA. So you'd probably have to get a new HD anyway, which means there's really not much point in salvaging that old machine. Selling it is a great option.
Green Giant:
Just about every new motherboard out there still has ide connections. Not always for the harddrive but for the dvd drive. The very latest dvd drives have sata connections, but right now people still need ide connections for them.