My Computer Value?

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When I get a new Celeron for my computer, I am going to sell it, and build another; this one better. How much do you think I can rack in on this piece of junk?

Here are Detailed Specs.

Intel Celeron D 330 @ 2.66ghz - 256kb l2 cache
Western Digital Caviar SE 7200 RPM 160gb IDE Hard Drive 8MB Cache
512mb DDR2 533 Pc2 4200 Samsung Ram
Via S3 Unichrome Pro Igp 64mb (32Mb Shared)
Via P4M800PRO-M478 Motherboard with 1 AGP 8X
Black Case w/450 Watt Power Supply (18A On 12V Rail) w/fan
4 System 80mm fans
Realtek Ac'97 Integrated Sound
Integrated NIC
 
You realy don't need that many upgrades. A P4 $70 and a good AGP card $60-$100 and maby more ram $50 for an aditional 512 MB. If you did this you would have a decent mid range system for less than $250. Building a system from scrath with those specs after upgrade would cost atleast $500. If you want a Ultra high end system you should build a new one but if you just want a system that won't lag, will run vista well, and run most games at good settings I would recomend you save some money and upgrade your current system.

Here are some sugestions
CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116215
Video card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102687 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814131430
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820161401


To give you an idea what you would get if you do decide to sell it.
My local computer shop oftain has used system with specs similar to those and they usually sell for $130 but they have a 3 month warrenty to back them up. As a privite person selling the system with no warrenty you might be able to get $60-$120. Personaly I wouldn't pay more than $90 for a used system with those specs and no warrenty. You may be able to get more if you split it up and sell off the parts.
 
It's probably worth $300 - $400 max. Dell has Pentium D's with 1 GB RAM starting at $350, so that was my reference point
 
dmill89 said:
You realy don't need that many upgrades. A P4 $70 and a good AGP card $60-$100 and maby more ram $50 for an aditional 512 MB. If you did this you would have a decent mid range system for less than $250. Building a system from scrath with those specs after upgrade would cost atleast $500. If you want a Ultra high end system you should build a new one but if you just want a system that won't lag, will run vista well, and run most games at good settings I would recomend you save some money and upgrade your current system.
DMILL89 said:
I realize I could do this, but I am wanting to get a motherboard with at least one pci-x x16 slot. I know that a cheaper motherboard (socket 775) goes for around $75, and that processor you "linked" to me, although in lga 775 form would add the price to $150, and that is all I really need right now. I can upgrade more stuff after (I have basically no budget). I know that the 478 socket is starting to dissapear, and I would like to "get" up with the times.
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I'll check it out. I live near a the city of Boston, and I would hope that it would be listed......
 
I sold my last build to a newb for $600..lol
It had a 478 pin 3.06ghz HT
1 gig of pc3200
GeForce 7600gs
And a 50 dollar Mobo
 
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