SC008Y_MAD

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I am thinking of selling my current PC, Dell 8300 and I would like to know what it might be worth.

Specs:

Dell Dimension 8300
Pentium 4 3.0GHz with HT technology
80gb HDD
120gb Seagate Barracuda
1gb DDR RAM
128mb ATI Radoen 9800 Pro graphics card
Creative Soundblaster Audigy sound card
16x DVD R + RW Dual layer
DVD ROM drive
6 USB 2.0
2 firewire 400 ports
network ethernet port

Front
1 USB 2.0
1 F/W 400

Dell 18" Ultra Sharp TFT
Dell Keyborad
Logitec MX 518 mouse

Microsoft Office 2003 Pro

What might this be worth?

Cheers
-Darren

djuk

Perhaps £80-£100 for the PC and another £100 odd for the monitor judging by ebay?

SC008Y_MAD

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So i'm looking at £200, is that all

When I brought this PC 3 yeard ago it cost me 1700 from Dell. Surely it gotta be worth a little bit more?

kbsub

I have the same PC albeit with a secondary hard drive I fitted myself , Not sure it would be worth selling for such a paltry amount it still does everything I want it to do. For that amount I would keep it and use as a back up.
Mine cost just shy of £1700

SC008Y_MAD

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I too fitted my 120gb seagte HDD myself and the RAM .

When I was ordering it, the price origanlly came to £1,950 and the guy somehow got it down to £1,730 approx. Was worth it tho for what I got then.

SC008Y_MAD

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I am really thinking about 'switching'. I have done for about 3 or 4 years now. I supose I could give this PC to my dad for him to use for things like checking emails, surfing the web and sorting/editing his pictures taken from his D80.

pimmo2000

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10-27-2004 I bought my Dell

Dimension 8400
Pentium 4 processor 550 with HT technology (3.40GHz, 800fsb, 1MB cache)
2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 400MHz [4x512]
250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
128 MB PCI Express™ x16 ATI Radeon™ X300 SE inc DVI/VGA-TV out via S-video port
16 x DVD+R/+RW and 48 x CDRW
Sound Blaster® Audigy™ 2 (Dell), PCI w/Dolby Digital 5.1 and IEEE1394

£867 brand new from Dell

Thnk you got ripped off

I now have another 250gb hard drive and a 7950GT and it rules

BlkKnight

the license to: Microsoft Office 2003 Pro is probabily worth more than your PC

InvisibleMan

pcs loose their value too quickly, thats why ive got the 360 & playing that rather than spending double on a pc graphics card that wont be up to scratch in 6months time. The graphics card & cpu is the only real expense in a pc, the rest have no real value. As said above, software license is worth more.

pimmo2000

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a PC is only as fast as its slowest component

InvisibleMan

yes, and?

oh and that was about that time i built mine. It was the graphics card that was all the expense. Its not a Dell so it didnt cost that much....

lightning101

My fan only spins at 1800rpm yet the new PC is faster than my old one which spins at 3600 rpm

pimmo2000

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Well everything has a baring on the speed of the PC .. bearing, baring.. I dunno, anyway, I'd say Memory (which the good stuff costs quite a bit) and CPU would be the main points for system speed, then Graphics, hard drive speeds, etc


I wouldn't class a fan as a component either

InvisibleMan

slight fan modding soon get those jet engines down a bit esp when OCing at 4ghz

pimmo2000

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Good point

lightning101

Well you'd better turn you PC off quick

But hey what would I know about PC's

lightning101

the freezer part has a fan though

pimmo2000

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I didnt say I didn't use one

pimmo2000

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again I said good point... I was backing his statement up with a pic

lightning101

I was just kidding mate. If you look on 99% of computer retailers websites, fans come under the components section.

pimmo2000

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Look mate, I don't need you to prove me wrong, 99% of my posts are complete bollox....

lightning101

You should try working for an ISP

pimmo2000

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I do I work for Virgin media... aka Telewest

Not sure if I missed a joke there

InvisibleMan

lol

SC008Y_MAD

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I brought this PC for my University degree in graphic design, so really I am not suprised it is not really worth much. I don't really play PC games, only really Halo.