Fair price for a used computer?

[Dohboyibm]

Hi guys. I wanted your opinions on this. I put this together for a friend at work. All the parts were used spares I had saved, with the exception of the case, power supply, keyboard, and mouse. My friend is not into FPS mostly RPG and RTS. I used something similar to play Dawn of War and it ran it fine. I was also thinking should update the video card to Radeon X1300 but was not sure if would be slower because I can’t find at direct comparison between the two. That would also raise the total price to $450 which seams to me to be more than its worth.

CPU: Intel Celeron 2.8 GHz $ 75.00
Memory: Kingston HyperX 512MB (2 x 256MB) PC3200 $ 50.00
Motherboard: Soyo SY-P4VTE $ 50.00
Video Card: Leadtek WinFast A250 Ultra TD (Geforce Ti 4600) $ 45.00
Hard Drive: IBM Deskstar 60 GB (57.2 GB) $ 45.00
DVD-ROM: Universal Buslink Co. Model LTD-166S $ 25.00
Case: CompUSA Black ATX Case w/FP Audio & USB $ 25.00
Power Supply: Soly Tech 350 Watt $ 21.00
Keyboard: Inland Black 104 Keys PS/2 Keyboard $ 7.00
Mouse: Inland Black Optical Mouse 400 DPI USB $ 7.00
Monitor: Viewsonic Optiquest Q71 $ 50.00
TotaL:$ 400.00

It should be noted I reformatted the hard drive and installed XP on it and updated all drivers. I guess the bottom line is am I ripping him off?

 

[Rustol3um]

everything and a monitor?......I would say no, you are not ripping your friend off.......my only beaf is I don't care for celerons but other then that.....for $400 its a good deal .... imo

 

[WOWchamp]

Yea.... celerys are garbage but thats a decent looking rig really. a monitor and everything.


He will more then likely want to upgrade that video card, and if its an AGP slot he could pick up something like an X800GTO or an 6800GS for under 200$. That would put the card way ahead and wouldnt be bottleknecking for sure. The only other thing he should look into IMHO is ditching/ebaying those 2 256 sticks and look at getting 2 512 sticks.


He should have a really nice computer for about 700$. Isnt a performance hotrod but wont break the bank either.

 

[custompcz]

Regardless of what ANYONE's opinion may be, the Celeron D's overclock VERY well and provide great bang for the buck value for a budget system.
The weak link in this rig may just be the motherboard as Soyo's are not very well regarded and may not be conducive to OC'ing. $400 still isn't a bad price at all.

 

[WOWchamp]

Drop a bigger motor in a ford escort and you still have junk.... it will never be a mustang no matter how far your OC it.


Celerons suffer from very very poor on chip cache and weaker FSB speeds. Its like takeing a 135lb lightweight wrestler and pitting him aginst a 215lb wrestler. If both know how to wrestle of similar skill, the 215lber is goana kill the 135lb er.

The price point is nice, and if that mobo was bought retail and not resued out of a pre assembled rig it should OC nicely.

 

[delanooch]

There are some classics in there ! You might think about dropping the price about 50 bucks, if he has loot though, don't worry about it.

 

[custompcz]

Your analogies are a mute point.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/celeron-d_7.html

Be sure to read the whole article including where @ Max OC it does rather well against P4's. I built that exact same rig and it's still running like a champ today for a family member.

 

[sandmannight]

looks like a good deal. He could save up cash and do what WoWchamp said and get 1gb and a 6800gs or even a 7800gs cuz that is a AGP card