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My 'puter died...
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...
Huh

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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-G...

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Dane Allen Serious Thumper Offline Carpe Diem!! Posts: 1217 Riverside, CA Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #1 - 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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Stangdude YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17 Tucson, AZ Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #2 - 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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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #3 - 05/17/13 at 02:00:26 Turn it off at the wall plug and then turn it on again.
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #4 - 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%2040000...
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Re: My 'puter died...
Reply #5 - 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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Reply #6 - 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 Wink

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28666 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #7 - 05/17/13 at 08:10:05 Stangdude wrote 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 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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Reply #8 - 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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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28666 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #9 - 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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Stangdude YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17 Tucson, AZ Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #10 - 05/17/13 at 10:52:05 small world lol
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paulmarshall Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1268 Carterton,New Zealand Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #11 - 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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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #12 - 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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Stangdude YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17 Tucson, AZ Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #13 - 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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Stangdude YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17 Tucson, AZ Gender:	Re: My 'puter died... Reply #14 - 05/18/13 at 12:16:36
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