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Thread ID: 110643 2010-06-25 21:07:00 Need Older Hardware Myth (110) PC World Chat
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1113609 2010-06-25 21:07:00 Morning, long time no see :eek:

Anyway; I am looking for either of the following options:

Option 1: 1.5+ Ghz Athlon or Pentium CPU and accompanying mobo.

or

Option 2: lower capacity (~80GB) SATA harddrive - Seagate, WD. will consider Samsung
and DDR Ram (1GB or 2x512) - haven't checked prices yet for these 2 but thought I would ask here first in case someone had some too offload

Option 2 is preferred by SWMBO (I have a spare HP workstation with Pentium Duo with everything, except the HD/RAM) but either option considered.
All hardware must be in good working condition

Obviously this is not premium stuff I am after, so premium prices will not be paid.. but there is a small pot to draw from and postage to the Taranaki will be covered. Locally, I can pick up

Thank you :)
Myth (110)
1113610 2010-06-25 21:30:00 TradeMe has had a steady stream of ex corporate Compaq machines that have 1.7GHz Pentium/Celeron CPUs - $40 or less, plus delivery.

Some bad capacitor issues brewing on some of the mobos however.
Paul.Cov (425)
1113611 2010-06-25 21:39:00 TradeMe has had a steady stream of ex corporate Compaq machines that have 1.7GHz Pentium/Celeron CPUs - $40 or less, plus delivery.

Some bad capacitor issues brewing on some of the mobos however.

+1

I've bought several ex-lease corporate boxes before and they've been fantastic. george12 sold me one for $120 or so couple of years ago - P4 1.6ghz, 120gb hard drive, 512m ram.
somebody (208)
1113612 2010-06-25 21:56:00 I am a bit like Myth, I have a 80GB Seagate and a case/PSU and want a motherboard CPU and RAM as a 2nd/testing PC :p

I had a look on Trademe $50-75 you could get one. You could get up to a 3Ghz single core, 40GB included with maybe 512MB RAM. Hey nothing wrong for general use.

Doing a IT course I find there are two camps generally. One that gets the job done and the enthusiastic crowd.
Nomad (952)
1113613 2010-06-26 10:55:00 Morning, long time no see :eek:

Anyway; I am looking for either of the following options:

Option 1: 1.5+ Ghz Athlon or Pentium CPU and accompanying mobo.

or

Option 2: lower capacity (~80GB) SATA harddrive - Seagate, WD. will consider Samsung
and DDR Ram (1GB or 2x512) - haven't checked prices yet for these 2 but thought I would ask here first in case someone had some too offload

Option 2 is preferred by SWMBO (I have a spare HP workstation with Pentium Duo with everything, except the HD/RAM) but either option considered.
All hardware must be in good working condition

Obviously this is not premium stuff I am after, so premium prices will not be paid.. but there is a small pot to draw from and postage to the Taranaki will be covered. Locally, I can pick up

Thank you :)

I have a P4 1.8ghz if you want to buy it. No mobo :(
I can stick it on trademe and PM you the link if you want.
icow (15313)
1113614 2010-06-27 09:02:00 I have a P4 1.8ghz if you want to buy it. No mobo :(
I can stick it on trademe and PM you the link if you want.Thanks for the offer, but wanting mobo/cpu combo
Myth (110)
1113615 2010-06-28 00:17:00 I have an AMD sempron 1.6Ghz with acompyning mobo + ddr2 RAM if you're interested :) GreacherTech (15784)
1113616 2010-06-29 08:24:00 Have decided to follow an option at TradeMe. Will be in touch if it falls through.
Cheers for the offers/advice :)
Myth (110)
1113617 2010-06-30 02:34:00 Re: Need Older Hardware

Hang on a bit ;)
R2x1 (4628)
1113618 2010-07-04 09:34:00 Hang on a bit ;):p Myth (110)
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