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08-06-2011, 09:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: South Jersey | | | What's my computer worth?
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Well, after 5 years I need to sell my computer to buy a laptop. I bought it in 2006 because all i wanted to do then was play WoW and I needed a better computer so I purchased the Alienware Area-51 desktop for around $1,100. Now I'm going into my Sophomore year of college and I don't even ouch video games so I thought it would be wise to sell this and buy a laptop.
It's a 2006 Alienware Area-51.
NVIDIA GeForce 9800gt Graphic Card
3.00 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor (Shut up, I know it's garbage but all I could afford in 2006.)
2 Gigs of RAM upgraded to 4 Gigs.
250g Hard drive
It comes with..
2 Monitors, both hooked up side-by-side. a Sceptre X22hg-NAGA and a Samsung SynMaster 225BW.(Both were free ^-^)
Logitech 5.1 Surround Sound.
Keyboard and mouse.
I'm hoping to get enough to only have to actually come out of pocket a little bit for a laptop, all help is appreciated.
Thanks!
-Doug
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08-06-2011, 09:51 AM
| | | | I buy better speced towers for the school for about 400$ these days.
But you have monitors also, I'd say you could probably get about 200 for it.
It's still a decent pc, more than any typical user would need, trouble is convincing them that.
Personally I'd keep it, load linux on it and do your normal Internet stuff on it until it dies in 4 years. then just shell out 200$ on a netbook if you absolutely need a laptop.
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08-06-2011, 09:53 AM
|  | Quatre-cordes | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Orleans, LA /El Paso TX | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Post Mortal  I don't even ouch video games | what are you doing to video games ?  |
08-06-2011, 09:55 AM
|  | I'm gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Memphis/Knoxville TN | | | Computers are one of those things that don't hold their value much at all. |
08-06-2011, 10:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wantagh, New York | | | I say hold onto it. As others have said, unless you find the right person you won't get very much out of it. If you keep it, it'll still perform well for many years to come. Since you want a laptop, maybe invest in a decent laptop, and use your desktop for recording/backup.
Believe it or not, your processor isn't all that bad haha I still have usable computers with Centrino processors.
EDIT: Also, lately, I have been toying with using old desktops as NAS for my house. Really neat and easy way of accessing files from multiple stations.
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08-06-2011, 10:21 AM
|  | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | | A five-year-old computer is scrap. You're better off hanging on to it.
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08-06-2011, 10:24 AM
|  | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | Processors don't evolute that fast. With a good graphic card it will serve you well for many more years.
As is it's not worth much. |
08-06-2011, 10:32 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Tampa, Florida, US | | | Frankly, you'll probably have more luck parting out the monitors, case, video card, and RAM than you would trying to sell the whole thing.
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08-06-2011, 10:38 AM
| | Total Hyper-Elite Member | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jazz Ad Processors don't evolute that fast. With a good graphic card it will serve you well for many more years.
As is it's not worth much. | Evolve. And they do.
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08-06-2011, 10:40 AM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | I'd give you $250 shipped for the whole package.
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08-06-2011, 10:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kolkata (Calcutta), India | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Munjibunga And they do. | Moore's Law ftw 
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08-06-2011, 01:39 PM
| | | | "ev·o·lute - In the differential geometry of curves, the evolute of a curve is the locus of all its centers of curvature. Equivalently, it is the envelope of the normals to a curve."
I admit I was confused how this applied to computer processors but as far as I can tell computers work on equal parts faith, science, and voodoo so I just went with it.
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