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buying a used computer

by brookie11 Sep 26, 2006 8:24AM PDT

I have a chance to by a dell dimensioon xps b866 pentium III 800 mhz b86w, 128 rdram memory, 64 mb ddr nvidia geforce2 gts with mdk2 action game 64nv15 video card, 40gb ultra ata hard drive with ata 66 40, sb live value digital with music match software, 19" monitor 12x dvd rom drive for $250 would this be a good deal or is everything to old. this was a 3047.95 unit new. my brother thinks i should pass. i think it sounds good. the sell is a dr. i work for any suggestions

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RDRAM? Run away.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 26, 2006 8:28AM PDT

Adding ram is so expensive that you need to reconsider this move.

Bob

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I'm voting with your brother ...there's so much hardware

by VAPCMD Sep 28, 2006 4:01PM PDT

out there to choose from that's new, more robust, modestly priced and most have a 1 year warranty. And for sure you'd need to add RAM to the old Dell system to bring the system to a point where it would run programs at any acceptable performance level.

VAPCMD

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(NT) (NT) NO, as others noted too costly to update + PIII is too

by Willy Sep 28, 2006 11:05PM PDT

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