System Forsale

[mark at buttery.org (Mark J. Dulcey)]

I think he's also including the pair of 20" Trinitron monitors in the 
price; that makes it look a bit better.

Derek D. Martin wrote:
> At some point hitherto, Anthony J. Gabrielson hath spake thusly:
> 
>>I'm seling a Dual PII 350 that is dual headed (2 - 20" Trinitrons). It has
>>196MB ram several SCSI hard drives, Plextor Ultra SCSI CD, TV Tuner card,
>>Creative audio, good size case with plenty of room, its running redhat 
>>7.2 - and looks pretty slick with both monitors.  I can send out a dmesg
>>if interested.  I'm asking $785.
> 
> 
> While it does sound like a cool system, I really don't think $800 is a
> very good price for a used PII system with those specs.  The system
> must be over 2 years old, based on the CPUs...  For about
> $250 more than what you're asking, you can put together a brand new
> system with about 4x the power:
> 
> [Note all prices from pricewatch and include shipping.  Where the
> vendor provided a range, I chose the high end.  So the total price
> could conceivably be as much as about $50 less...]
> 
> MB & CPU: $366
>  Tyan S2507T Retail Box 1A/5P/3Dimm eplaces S2507D,2Year Warr. Dual
> Pentium)B? III.
>   With Dual Pentium III 933Mhz With CPU (2) PC133 cpu+ heatsink & fan
> Complete Combo Set.
> 
> Memory: $42
>  256MB PC133 SDRAM DIMM 
> 
> SCSI Adaptor: $131
>  Tekram DC390U2B Fast SCSI-2, Wide, Ultra and Ultra2-Wide SCSI Host
> Adapters- 
> 
> SCSI Storage, 36GB: $145
>   IBM DRHS-36D 36GB SCSI LVD 80 PIN 1.6 HIGH
> 
> SCSI CD:  $105 
>  Pioneer DVD 305S 10X DVD/40X CD-Rom 
> 
> Sound: $29
>   SOUND BLASTER LIVE! DE 5.1 - OEM
> 
> Tuner: $162
>   ATI ALL IN WONDER AIW RADEON 7500 64MB DDR AGP,BULK oem
>   Powered by the RADEON 7500 GPU,64MB DDR memory,Stereo
> TV-tuner,TV-ON-DEMAND
> 
> Case: $67
>   Aopen-KF45A mid-tower ATX computer cases. Beige color. 300watts
> 
> ---------------------
> Total price: $1047
> 
> If you really want it dual-headed, you can add a second radeon
> (without TV tuner) for about $80.  The components selected above are
> almost guaranteed to be better than what you have, in every case.  The
> CPU power of dual PIII 933MHz chips is roughly 4x what you're getting
> with your dual PIIs.
> 
> If you don't need the performance, you can select cheaper components
> and build this system for just about what you're asking for. If you
> don't need much in the way of 3D acceleration, you can drop about $100
> off the cost of two video cards for the system, keeping the total at
> just over $1000.  By buying lesser components, you can save money on
> the SCSI adaptor, CPU, sound card, and case too, which would bring you
> down to right around $800.  And this is for a brand-new system with
> all new components that still have manufacturer warranty.  The best
> you can offer the purchaser is that "it works right now."
> 
> I wouldn't expect to get more than $400 for this system, if I were
> selling it...  And I personally woudn't pay more than $250.  But then,
> I'm a cheap bastard.  ;-)
>