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deano87
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8th Aug 13 at 20:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Finally got round to stripping anything I think of worth out of dad's old Dell PC before taking it to the local tip. It is a pretty old machine. Dimension something-or-other with Pentium IV processor.

These are the bits I have off it (some of which were mid-term upgrades) - worth putting them on eBay?


  • Nvidia P162 MX4400 graphics card with VGA, DVI and S-Video out
  • 2 x 256MB DDR400 ram sticks
  • 2 x Corsair 256MB DDR400 XMS3200 Platinum series ram sticks


Aaron
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The ram will probably cost more to post than it'll sell for. Can't speak for the graphics card tbh
andy_mk3
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Next to worthless now, I tried giving some stuff away and it never went!
deano87
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Hmmm what I thought although each seems to be on eBay for £10-£15 plus P&P. But mine are used and won't be packed anti-statically etc.

Might chance it with 0.01p start. Never know. 4 x £10 is better than nothing!
Bart
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take out your p&p, ebay fees, paypal fees, the pain of going out of your way to post it.....

[Edited on 09-08-2013 by Bart]
dannymccann
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On this note I've got quite a lot of out of date computer hardware, what do I actually do with it? I dont want money for it, its taking up more space than its worth...
Neo
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Maybe contact a local charity ? They will appreciate old memory, most small charities don't have set PC replacement schedules and are always on the hunt for old memory to upgrade what they have
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I usually sell old junk like this on the car boot
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eBay has free listing for items with a less than 99p start. I just put a load of crap on there on the off chance, most of it is selling as well. Worth a go, put the postage down as the most that you can and see how you get on. If you don't sell it, you don't lose out.
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It's the 14% between ebay/paypal that's the shitter, not the 10p or whatever it is to list them.
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I chucked out a load of really old stuff. Kept some stuff that will come in handy as spares as I often repair computers for people, who often have older computers still.
deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by andy_mk3
I chucked out a load of really old stuff. Kept some stuff that will come in handy as spares as I often repair computers for people, who often have older computers still.

You want said bits?
andy_mk3
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by andy_mk3
I chucked out a load of really old stuff. Kept some stuff that will come in handy as spares as I often repair computers for people, who often have older computers still.

You want said bits?


There's not a lot left now.. I have 3 ATX boards with AMD chips in them, can't remember specifics now.. one miight be an old Sempron, the others Athlon64's I believe.
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Won't be worth anything really :/
deano87
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All and more now on eBay - you never know!

http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=661938
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Working in IT i accumulate a good few items. They are not worth anything so i just donate them to the local charity shop.
deano87
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Probably will end up doing that with the RAM.

The PSU is going well though. £17, 6 days to go and plenty of watchers.
N16K
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CEX if you have one in your town may buy parts , ram, dvd drive & memory etc.
Bart
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Will you ship to Nigeria Deano?
Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
The PSU is going well though. £17, 6 days to go and plenty of watchers.


Was hoping for a bargain
Y869 SRA
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RAM ain't worth fuck all.
deano87
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PSU sold for £34 + postage. Collect+ so no ball ache.

1 set of RAM for £1.02 and 1 set of RAM for £0.01. Going to same buyer in Bedford. Will probably deliver FOC to save queueing in a Post Office for forever and a day

Graphics cards bidding well
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£1.03 for some ram.. thats not worth walking to the post office for.
deano87
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Good job I dropped it of at his local NISA store which does Collect+ so I sent the PSU at the same time.
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I always thought buying 2nd had ram is bad idea due to static damage, they seem easy things to break.

Amazed anyone's bidded on the gpu, good luck

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