System Forsale

[Anthony J. Gabrielson]

Your right - I am.  Thats why I mention the two 20" Trinitron's. 

Thanks,
Anthony

On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Mark J. Dulcey wrote:

> 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® 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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