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Title: My 'puter died... Post by Serowbot on 05/16/13 at 22:34:08 On my netbook for now... Bios needs an upgrade, and I can't find one...(blue screen of death)... D848PFT2 Intel MB... Sooo,... computers are confusing nowadays... What do I need?... I'm looking in the $200 range, refurbished is okay... DDR3?... dual-core?... 64bit?... Amd, Intel?... Windows 7,.. or 8?... I have XP disc now... I have a 1.5T HD I want to install... (with a 100gig partition for OS)... Emphasis on video... :-?... PS,... I tried Linux... I'm not that geeky... Ehhh?.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Optiplex-780-Desktop-Core-2-Duo-E8400-3-0GHz-4-GB-RAM-NO-HDD-/251275442244?pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item3a812ef844 |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Dane Allen on 05/16/13 at 22:49:09 Ubuntu Linux - it's not that bad. Might want to just buy another Motherboard instead of a whole new machine... |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Stangdude on 05/16/13 at 22:56:00 I got a q9400, gigabyte ga-ep45-uf3p w 4gb ddr2 @1066 if ya want it. Just sitting in my closet |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by jcstokes on 05/17/13 at 02:00:26 Turn it off at the wall plug and then turn it on again. |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Greg on 05/17/13 at 04:29:52 I buy all my refurbished PCs from New Egg. I have never had any issues. I choose ones with an OS and away I go! http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100019095%2040000010%204016&IsNodeId=1&name=Desktop%20PCs&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=100 |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Pine on 05/17/13 at 07:48:37 craigslist may be your only hope for something that cheap. I built my mom a PC from scratch a few months ago thinking I could keep the price pretty low ( buy from newegg) we still ended up well over $600. I would be looking to drop XP for Win 7 I would stay away from Win 8 for a non-touch desktop other than that... use defines needs CPU - basically performance defines price with a slight nod to AMD Memory - bah unless your overclocking - the motherboard will tell you this Around here- a few folks will buy up surplus government Dells, and flip them. Generally for less than $200. As long as its not too old and comes with Win 7 ( most do) then it makes a fine little web browsing PC. |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by ToesNose on 05/17/13 at 08:00:32 Yea I've bought refurbished from Newegg and TigerDirect with no issues at all, probably a dozen or so PC's over the past 8 years for friends and family. As long as you just need it to surf the web, check emails, watch videos on YouTube and stuff you can get a Dell or HP refurb for around $200 ;) http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=6&sel=Price%3BPrice4,Detail%3B163_1173_45195_45195,Detail%3B163_100_57995_57995 |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Serowbot on 05/17/13 at 08:10:05 5F786D626B687968690C0 wrote:
I don't know what all letters and numbers mean,.. but, if you're not kidding,... Sent you a PM... Serow |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by youzguyz on 05/17/13 at 09:01:04 The biggest mother with swapping motherboards is: Does it have the right connections you need for the rest of your pieces? Hard drive (IDE, SCSI, SATA, MFM, etc) Floppy Drive(s), if you still use 'em Slotted cards (PCI, AGP, ISA, etc) Power supply (Lots of different flavors) USB (everything should have them these days) Front panel connectors (you can probably make them fit.. some how) Good luck if you go that route.. |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Serowbot on 05/17/13 at 10:20:45 Is this a great site, or what?... Turns out,... Stangdude lives just a couple of blocks away... I'm gonna' pick up a MB and CPU this evening... ... see if I can make it work... :-?... |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Stangdude on 05/17/13 at 10:52:05 small world lol |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by paulmarshall on 05/17/13 at 12:30:03 I wouldn't waste your money on Windows 8, unless you want to paint pretty pics all day. |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Greg on 05/17/13 at 12:51:55 It is cool that we have have such cool people on this cool site! :-? I agree to stay away from Windows 8. |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Stangdude on 05/18/13 at 12:15:59 Serow, Tried to email, came back and said it was didn't exist. lol one more post and i can PM! |
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Title: Re: My 'puter died... Post by Stangdude on 05/18/13 at 12:16:36 :D |
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