Was this pc a waste of money or a bargain?!!!

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neild79

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until recently i was a console freak, i had a ps2, gc, 2xds, + a psp, until i bought this pc im using for £80. its specs when i got it were: amd athlon 64 3000+ cpu, asrock k8 upgrade vm800 motherboard, 1x 256mb elixir ddr400 pc3200 184 pin ram, 1x 17gb wd170aa hard drive, 2x cd/dvd rewriters (nec + toshiba) 1 of which is dual layer, it also has a floppy disk drive. it came in a grey + silver case with 2 lights 1x red 1xblue on top of the tower. it has 8x usb 2.0( 2 on top, + 6 at the back, it also has a little door on the side that says usb on it, but when you open it there is nothing in it but space for 2 more usb ). !!!!sorry this is so long but please bear with me!!!! i have since bought a samsung sp2504c 250gb 8mb hard drive(£75), harman/kardon soundsticks II(£140) speeze ee-hd01 hard drive cooler with 2 fans(£8), 17in flatscreen tft monitor(£100), usb mouse(£5), belkin serial ata cables that go under black light(£12), logitech quickcam express webcam(£20) + a convertor that plugs into usb + lets me plug in a ps2 control pad(£10).!!!!almost finished!!!! the upgrades i want to make are:asus a8n sli premium socket 939 nvidia nforce4 sli atx motherboard(£?), 4x corsair 512mb ddr400 pc3200 ram(£?), amd athlon 64 x2 4600+ manchester 2000mhz ht2 x512kb l2 cache socket 939 dual core cpu(£?), 2x nvidia geforce 7600gt in sli formation(about £300), lg gsa h10n dual layer drive with nero6(£45), creative sound blaster audigy 2 zs 24bit 192khz 7.1 channel pci soundcard(about£50), silver power sp-400p1b 400w psu with 4x sats plugs + 2 pci express graphics card plugs(about£50), westerndigital wd 15000ahfd raptorx 150gb 16mb cache hdd. i dont know if it was a waste of money buying this pc in the first place since i will be upgrading with all the parts mentioned. i dont really know what to do when i have all the parts mentioned, whether to replace everything in my computer with them or buy a gaming case, put the parts in that + give this one to the kids..!!!!at last!!!! if anyone can help me they will be doing me a huge favour + it is very much appreciated... thank you very much for reading this + hopefully your help
 
itd be easier to just start fresh...youll probably be needing to bargan off some of your gaming systems though
 
neild79 said:
until recently i was a console freak, i had a ps2, gc, 2xds, + a psp, until i bought this pc im using for £80. its specs when i got it were: amd athlon 64 3000+ cpu, asrock k8 upgrade vm800 motherboard, 1x 256mb elixir ddr400 pc3200 184 pin ram, 1x 17gb wd170aa hard drive, 2x cd/dvd rewriters (nec + toshiba) 1 of which is dual layer, it also has a floppy disk drive. it came in a grey + silver case with 2 lights 1x red 1xblue on top of the tower. it has 8x usb 2.0( 2 on top, + 6 at the back, it also has a little door on the side that says usb on it, but when you open it there is nothing in it but space for 2 more usb ). !!!!sorry this is so long but please bear with me!!!! i have since bought a samsung sp2504c 250gb 8mb hard drive(£75), harman/kardon soundsticks II(£140) speeze ee-hd01 hard drive cooler with 2 fans(£8), 17in flatscreen tft monitor(£100), usb mouse(£5), belkin serial ata cables that go under black light(£12), logitech quickcam express webcam(£20) + a convertor that plugs into usb + lets me plug in a ps2 control pad(£10).!!!!almost finished!!!! the upgrades i want to make are:asus a8n sli premium socket 939 nvidia nforce4 sli atx motherboard(£?), 4x corsair 512mb ddr400 pc3200 ram(£?), amd athlon 64 x2 4600+ manchester 2000mhz ht2 x512kb l2 cache socket 939 dual core cpu(£?), 2x nvidia geforce 7600gt in sli formation(about £300), lg gsa h10n dual layer drive with nero6(£45), creative sound blaster audigy 2 zs 24bit 192khz 7.1 channel pci soundcard(about£50), silver power sp-400p1b 400w psu with 4x sats plugs + 2 pci express graphics card plugs(about£50), westerndigital wd 15000ahfd raptorx 150gb 16mb cache hdd. i dont know if it was a waste of money buying this pc in the first place since i will be upgrading with all the parts mentioned. i dont really know what to do when i have all the parts mentioned, whether to replace everything in my computer with them or buy a gaming case, put the parts in that + give this one to the kids..!!!!at last!!!! if anyone can help me they will be doing me a huge favour + it is very much appreciated... thank you very much for reading this + hopefully your help

Far out, Don't they teach you kids paragraph and sentence structure nowadays? I was in school 2 years ago and they did!

I wouldn't have spent more than 40 bucks on that junk
 
I tried to stay with it but only got about 1/4 of the way through before my head exploded due to the lack of linebreaks or punctuation. Anyway, it looks like you just lost money on outdated parts.
 
Boogityboo04 said:
I tried to stay with it but only got about 1/4 of the way through before my head exploded due to the lack of linebreaks or punctuation. Anyway, it looks like you just lost money on outdated parts.


I stopped at the "ram" part ddr400 3200, man where'd you get the stats from, we need a flow chart to keep up with all that info.
 
supersmashbrada said:
I stopped at the "ram" part ddr400 3200, man where'd you get the stats from, we need a flow chart to keep up with all that info.

I got up to the floppy disk part and then alt+F4'd
 
Cinders said:
neild79 (the original poster) was banned a ways back fellas.

lol he was too, I didn't even look at that (I didnt even realise it was from 2006! LOL)

I wonder what he did to get banned. you'd have to post pornography or something wouldnt you?
 
I know from personal experience if you post "Your name is lame" a few hundred times you can get a temp ban. At least I did. :)
 
Cinders said:
I know from personal experience if you post "Your name is lame" a few hundred times you can get a temp ban. At least I did. :)

haha a few hundred times. I admire your commitment
 
hahahahaha your name is lame...thats awesome. Pretty messed up for the receiver though lol
yeah, this guy would have been better off just buying a pre-put together system, then upgraded a few things. Usually, that works best, unless you have the money to put it all together yourself.
I wish I had that kind of money :). I sure would have done it....
 
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