System Forsale
Mark J. Dulcey
mark at buttery.org
Sat Apr 27 16:11:13 EDT 2002
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. ;-)
>
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