Computer Buying/selling Question/s
<div class="IPBDescription">I needs more megabits</div> I posted this in another thread to save space, but on reflection (and the fact that it recieved no responses) I thought it deserved a thread to itself.
My situation is I am planning to sell:
-1.15mhz processor
-40GB hard drive
-384mb Ram
-Generic Sound card, nothing great
-Radeon 7000 graphics card
(including keyboard, mouse and monitor)
Yeah, it's a bit on the old side.
My dilemma is that i'm actually running my processor at 1.53mhz and using a radeon 9700 pro. The motherboard is actually over-FSB'ed and I don't want to sell someone an over-FSBed mobo (like someone else did to me, and then I wondered why it kept crashing ).
But then I thought if i'm selling it as a 1.15 (which is the max the mobo can take) there's not much point selling a radeon 9700 pro with it; anyone who wants to buy a 1.15 will probably want it for desktop use rather than gaming, so the radeon 9700 would be redundant.
Soooo, my idea is to sell my old computer with the specs above, and the graphics card seperately (which is still worth about £150 on its own). Or would it be more profitable to sell it as a 1.5, but make sure I tell the buyer about the over-fsb thing?
O.k that looks very confusing when I read it through for myself, I hope you get what my problem is.
I'm planning to get my computer from dell.co.uk (I want to have a completely NEW machine for once, one not thrown together from recycled parts). I am unlikely to change my mind about this unless you can suggest a good alternative. The config I want is going to cost me £603 in total (that's including VAT and delivery). Normally I wouldn't be willing to pay so much, but I figure I can make at least £200 from selling what I already have, which cussions the blow somewhat.
As I said, I already have a radeon 9700 pro. The £603 computer includes a radeon 9800 pro. If I go for an integrated graphics card it will only cost £455, but does integrated mean I can't replace it? Because if not I could always replace it with my existing 9700 pro.
What i'm basically asking is would it be better to sell the 9700 pro and get a 9800 with the new computer, or get the integrated graphics card and replace it with my 9700? If "integrated" DOES mean it can't be replaced, would getting a Geforce FX5200 (the only other option) and then replacing it with the 9700 be a better option? I also have no idea how good an FX5200 is <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
O.k, there's a lot of questions there, but you guys seem to thrive on this sort of thing, so i'm sure you can come up with something <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
My situation is I am planning to sell:
-1.15mhz processor
-40GB hard drive
-384mb Ram
-Generic Sound card, nothing great
-Radeon 7000 graphics card
(including keyboard, mouse and monitor)
Yeah, it's a bit on the old side.
My dilemma is that i'm actually running my processor at 1.53mhz and using a radeon 9700 pro. The motherboard is actually over-FSB'ed and I don't want to sell someone an over-FSBed mobo (like someone else did to me, and then I wondered why it kept crashing ).
But then I thought if i'm selling it as a 1.15 (which is the max the mobo can take) there's not much point selling a radeon 9700 pro with it; anyone who wants to buy a 1.15 will probably want it for desktop use rather than gaming, so the radeon 9700 would be redundant.
Soooo, my idea is to sell my old computer with the specs above, and the graphics card seperately (which is still worth about £150 on its own). Or would it be more profitable to sell it as a 1.5, but make sure I tell the buyer about the over-fsb thing?
O.k that looks very confusing when I read it through for myself, I hope you get what my problem is.
I'm planning to get my computer from dell.co.uk (I want to have a completely NEW machine for once, one not thrown together from recycled parts). I am unlikely to change my mind about this unless you can suggest a good alternative. The config I want is going to cost me £603 in total (that's including VAT and delivery). Normally I wouldn't be willing to pay so much, but I figure I can make at least £200 from selling what I already have, which cussions the blow somewhat.
As I said, I already have a radeon 9700 pro. The £603 computer includes a radeon 9800 pro. If I go for an integrated graphics card it will only cost £455, but does integrated mean I can't replace it? Because if not I could always replace it with my existing 9700 pro.
What i'm basically asking is would it be better to sell the 9700 pro and get a 9800 with the new computer, or get the integrated graphics card and replace it with my 9700? If "integrated" DOES mean it can't be replaced, would getting a Geforce FX5200 (the only other option) and then replacing it with the 9700 be a better option? I also have no idea how good an FX5200 is <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
O.k, there's a lot of questions there, but you guys seem to thrive on this sort of thing, so i'm sure you can come up with something <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.natural-selection.org/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Edit: Arr.. beaten to it..
The only options are integrated, FX5200, or Radeon 9800 pro.
Here's the site so you can check it out yourself
<a href='http://www.dell.co.uk' target='_blank'>Dell</a>
And (if it worked) here is the exact PC I chose.
<a href='http://commerce.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config/frameset.asp?c=604&n=4605&b=43089&m=gbp&cu=ukbsd&l=en&s=ukbsd&store=ukbsd&sbc=ukbsddimen&v=d' target='_blank'>The Beast</a>
*edit* O.k this doesn't show you exactly what I chose when you click that; turn the "enhanced support packs" down to "1-year collect and return", processor upgrade to 3.06, and graphics card to 9800 pro. That is what I chose. *edit*
It sounds like my best option would be to take the FX5200, replace it with my 9700, and just sell/chuck the 5200, if I can't get it without a gfx card.
*edit* Could you also enlighten me as to what the "8x" in an AGP 8x slot means? *edit*
*edit* Could you also enlighten me as to what the "8x" in an AGP 8x slot means? *edit* <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Yes.
8x means the agp slot can use the 8x agp feature in some cards. basicly it's a speed increase. but it won't affect what card you can put in it.
AGP 8x just means it's 8 times the speed (bandwidth) of the original AGP slots which came out so many years ago. Any new system (or mobo) should have an AGP 8x slot, or soon, a PCIe 16x slot.