Playaa February 22, 2008 Share Playaa Member February 22, 2008 My roommate is trying to get into computer hardware (wants to get a degree). He is trying to learn as much as he can on his own though and the junker pc he got off his parents is DOA so I promised him I'd see if anyone had one they'd want to give away. We aren't talking anything impressive...something he can install Ubuntu on just to mess around with. I mean, the one he got off his parents was a 700mhz processor with 256mb SDRam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Chip Douglas February 22, 2008 Share Lord Chip Douglas Member February 22, 2008 Is ubuntu only 64-bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demoner February 22, 2008 Share Demoner Member February 22, 2008 a suggestion i would say is to look at craigslist, generally you can find pretty cheap older computers there that people are just trying to get rid of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters February 22, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni February 22, 2008 if he's willing to pay shipping, i have a p4 3.0 + board that i'm never going to use. i also have a video card (radeon 9800se?), but it needs a fan replacement. hell, i've even got a hard drive ( man, i gotta clean my room. anyways, i want the crap gone, it's just holding me down, and i'm trying to be freeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa February 22, 2008 Author Share Playaa Member February 22, 2008 what kind of ram does it take sj? He's got a case he could use. Chip, Ubuntu is 32bit as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters February 22, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni February 22, 2008 what kind of ram does it take sj?i'd have to guess ddr.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher February 22, 2008 Share Preacher Member February 22, 2008 well if doesn't want it I do, PM me if it doesn't work out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters February 22, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni February 22, 2008 well if doesn't want it I do, PM me if it doesn't work out someone get me a Yoda to English translation book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters February 22, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni February 22, 2008 playaa - what do you want me to do? is s/he interested enough to want particular specs, or is this not of interest? from what i can tell, s/he'd need an atx psu, case, kb, mouse, and monitor. specs, or pass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL February 23, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member February 23, 2008 Hehe, I have an old Comcrap 433MHz Celery with a 13GB hdd, 96MB of ram (maxed), 4MB integrated AGP card, and 2 Voodoo 2 1000's running in SLI mode (the old 3dfx SLI mode, not the one nVidia does now). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage February 23, 2008 Share ZeroDamage Member February 23, 2008 Two Voodoo 2's in SLI mode? That sounds like a collectors item to me. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher February 24, 2008 Share Preacher Member February 24, 2008 (edited) I have played 1.0 CS on that very PC and it was pretty cool at the time. But then came ATI and the old 7500 series to make voodoo cry. I had a 16mb voodoo banshee at the time and it was(when I purchased it) the fastest card on the market. Edited February 24, 2008 by Preacher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack February 24, 2008 Share bushwack Member February 24, 2008 Hehe, I have an old Comcrap 433MHz Celery with a 13GB hdd, 96MB of ram (maxed), 4MB integrated AGP card, and 2 Voodoo 2 1000's running in SLI mode (the old 3dfx SLI mode, not the one nVidia does now). Sweet. I have an Enlight case packed with a Abit BH6 and a Celeron 300A o/c to 450, 128mb of Crucial PC100, 2 Voodoo 2s in SLI, TNT2 32mb, Diamond Monster MX300 and a 9.1gig IBM HHD running Win98SE -all parts circa 1999. Ive been using it the past week cause my main comp died and I'm waiting for new rigs parts to come in. Dont get me started in my retro Win95 machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL February 24, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member February 24, 2008 (edited) Two Voodoo 2's in SLI mode? That sounds like a collectors item to me. lol Still waiting for my 2x$30 MiR for them from 3dfx too...don't think I'll hold my breath on that one. Hehe, I have an old Comcrap 433MHz Celery with a 13GB hdd, 96MB of ram (maxed), 4MB integrated AGP card, and 2 Voodoo 2 1000's running in SLI mode (the old 3dfx SLI mode, not the one nVidia does now). Sweet. I have an Enlight case packed with a Abit BH6 and a Celeron 300A o/c to 450, 128mb of Crucial PC100, 2 Voodoo 2s in SLI, TNT2 32mb, Diamond Monster MX300 and a 9.1gig IBM HHD running Win98SE -all parts circa 1999. Ive been using it the past week cause my main comp died and I'm waiting for new rigs parts to come in. Dont get me started in my retro Win95 machine. Ah, a kindred spirit. This is what I currently run. Computer: Computer Type ACPI Multiprocessor PC Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional OS Service Pack Service Pack 2 Internet Explorer 7.0.5730.13 DirectX 4.09.00.0904 (DirectX 9.0c) Date / Time 2008-02-24 / 15:15 Motherboard: CPU Type DualCore Intel Core 2 Duo E6750, 2666 MHz (8 x 333) Motherboard Name Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus (2 PCI, 1 PCI-E x1, 3 PCI-E x16, 4 DDR2 DIMM, Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, IEEE-1394) Motherboard Chipset nVIDIA nForce 680i SLI Hybrid System Memory 2816 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM) WRONG, I have 2x2GB DDR2 OCZ dimms but WinXP 32bit can't register all the memory BIOS Type Award (08/22/07) Display: Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT (256 MB) Video Adapter NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT (256 MB) 3D Accelerator nVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 199BW/940BW/MagicSyncMaster CX915BW (Analog) [19" LCD] (HVEL718079) Monitor Samsung SyncMaster 199BW/940BW/MagicSyncMaster CX915BW (Analog) [19" LCD] (HVEL718079) Multimedia: Audio Adapter Analog Devices AD1988B @ nVIDIA nForce 590 SLI (MCP55P) - High Definition Audio Controller Storage: IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce 590/570/550 Serial ATA Controller IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce 590/570/550 Serial ATA Controller IDE Controller NVIDIA nForce 590/570/550 Serial ATA Controller IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller Storage Controller SCSI/RAID Host Controller Disk Drive Prolific PL3507 Combo Device (1394-ATAPI rev1.10) IEEE 1394 SBP2 Device (465 GB) Disk Drive WDC WD5000AAKS-00YGA0 (465 GB, IDE) Optical Drive LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1L (DVD+R9:8x, DVD-R9:8x, DVD+RW:20x/8x, DVD-RW:20x/6x, DVD-RAM:12x, DVD-ROM:16x, CD:48x/32x/48x DVD+RW/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM) Optical Drive QD3542V UHF893M SCSI CdRom Device SMART Hard Disks Status OK Partitions: C: (NTFS) 40962 MB (17503 MB free) E: (NTFS) 102398 MB (14895 MB free) G: (NTFS) 238464 MB (43980 MB free) (Partition 1 of external drive) H: (NTFS) 238464 MB (2384 MB free) (Partition 2 of external drive) Total Size 605.8 GB (76.9 GB free) Input: Keyboard HID Keyboard Device Keyboard HID Keyboard Device Keyboard HID Keyboard Device Mouse HID-compliant mouse (Razer Boomslang) Network: Network Adapter NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller (192.168.1.201) Edited February 24, 2008 by dwEEziL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa February 25, 2008 Author Share Playaa Member February 25, 2008 playaa - what do you want me to do? is s/he interested enough to want particular specs, or is this not of interest? from what i can tell, s/he'd need an atx psu, case, kb, mouse, and monitor. specs, or pass? sj, detailed specs would be good. It all depends on if he can find ram for it. (can you even find DDR ram these days?) He's as broke as can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL February 25, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member February 25, 2008 DDR is still very findable. Check on NewEgg. I was looking to replace my 4x512MB dimms with a couple 1GB ones. I instead decided to save up and just upgrade the core system (cpu, mobo, ram) because DDR ram seems to be twice as much as it's DDR2 counterpart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher February 27, 2008 Share Preacher Member February 27, 2008 Did the deal go down? If not my sniper is waiting patiently in the tree outside of SJs home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa February 27, 2008 Author Share Playaa Member February 27, 2008 dweez, don't guess you still have those DDR dimm's sitting around do ya? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL February 27, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member February 27, 2008 They're sitting in the box I just upgraded from. I'm waiting on a PCI-E card that Ty gave Swoop to mail to me. Also, I have a 3rd box sitting in my room that only needs ram. I took the 1GB from it (it was my linux box) to put in my gaming rig (the one I just upgraded from) to see how it performed. I also have another cpu/mobo sitting in a bunged up case. So, I really shouldn't be getting rid of the ram yet as it still has a home in a box, just not enough parts to complete each box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher February 28, 2008 Share Preacher Member February 28, 2008 http://www.txmicro.com/PIII-NetVista-933Mh...OMO-p-3674.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters March 3, 2008 Share stutters GC Alumni March 3, 2008 playaa - what do you want me to do? is s/he interested enough to want particular specs, or is this not of interest? from what i can tell, s/he'd need an atx psu, case, kb, mouse, and monitor. specs, or pass? sj, detailed specs would be good. It all depends on if he can find ram for it. (can you even find DDR ram these days?) He's as broke as can be. sorry for the delay. here's what's in my closet, prices listed only for fun. Corsair Value Select Ram (1x512) VS512MB400 $28.60 ZipZoomFly Sapphire Radeon 9800SE 128mb ddr $88.79 NowDirect 40GB IDE Western Digital 7200RPM ATA-100 WD400BB $29.67 CompuVest (refurb) Quantum 20.54GB ATA / 66 7200RPM KX20A011 $33 Etech4Sale (refurb) MSI 865PE Neo2 (Platinum Edition) Motherboard # CPU: S478 SUPPORTS P4 **PRESCOTT** UP TO 3.6GHZ+; **FSB 800/533/400MHZ** # CHIPSET: INTEL 865PE/ICH5 CHIPSET # MEMORY: 4 DIMMS(UNBUFFERED) DDR400/333/266 UP TO 4GB (DUAL CHANNEL) # IDE: 2 SERIAL ATA + 2 ATA100 # AUDIO: 6-CHANNEL AUDIO CODEC REALTEK ALC655 # LAN: REALTEK 8110S 10/100/1000 (GIGABIT) LAN # SLOT: 1*AGP(8X); 5*PCI # ** 8*USB 2.0(4*REAR/4*FRONT) ** # ATX, RETAIL $82 Etech4Sale S478 Intel P4 3.0/1mb/800mhz fsb with stock fan ~$60? Dead Male Prostitute - Original Packaging! # Used once, managed to get him back in his packaging once I was finished # Very hairy model, can be shaved # Has 3 upgrade slots, all require adapters (at least for me) # Looks like Mags ~$32,000 obo Also available: Netgear WGT624 / 4 port wireless (g) switch/router ghetto 2pc logitech desk speakers viewsonic 19" crt everything was working the last time i used it, but the last time i used some of this stuff is > 1 year ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly March 3, 2008 Share dragonfly Member March 3, 2008 sick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa March 3, 2008 Author Share Playaa Member March 3, 2008 How much of that are you willing to share sj? Take anything in trade? Sorry, I can't afford the Magruter prostitute...too heavy to ship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruter March 3, 2008 Share Magruter Member March 3, 2008 I just shaved yesterday! I'm ready to go! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL March 3, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member March 3, 2008 (edited) So that will knock off a good 20lbs from the shipping. Oh, and quiet gimp...you're dead. Edited March 3, 2008 by dwEEziL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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