I mean, you could probably hunt around for some deals—not that I know exactly where, but that’s roughly how much those components are running these days. Just throw $2,500 into the pot for the whole setup and see how things shake out.
Also, give it a shot and flash some new firmware onto that toaster—maybe that'll kick it back into gear. Or, you know, maybe the thing is just totally fried.
backup said:there isn't actually a monitor included—I just wiped the listing clean, and honestly, at this rate, it might take a trek up Mount Everest to find a better deal. so what’s the point of $67, if all you're getting is a high-end GPU and nothing else to show for it?
Take a look at the classifieds, Craigslist or whatever—you can find way better rigs than yours for that kind of cash. And trust me, they're out there everywhere.
$67 The bin—plus that $300 monitor (my bad, I totally missed that the screen was included in the listing)—is what we're looking at here.
ruggedranger52 said:Can someone give me an estimate on this?
So, I'm rocking a Q6600 paired with a Dell Inspiron motherboard—running in SLI, naturally—alongside some Patriot DDR2-800 RAM (2x1GB sticks), a 1TB Western Digital drive, and an NVIDIA GeForce. I’ve also got this Samsung burner, but honestly? It's being incredibly temperamental... it just refuses to spin through DVDs or CDs like it's supposed to. I'm not entirely certain about the power supply situation, though I'm pretty sure it's an EVGA 650W, housed inside a Corsair tower. As for the display, it's a Samsung 19" widescreen LCD—can't quite remember the exact year, maybe 2008—but yeah, that's the setup.
So, one of my PCI slots just died on me—completely unresponsive—and now I’m sitting here wondering if my old power supply actually nuked both my graphics card and the slot itself in one fell swoop. Anyone else dealt with this kind of hardware carnage?
Processor — 500 bucks. Grafa - 300 RAM — $250. The drive—around 400 bucks. So, about that PSU—we're looking at 450W. Motherboard—looking at the $200-$250 range. The case—well, let's just say it’s sitting at about 250 bucks—and honestly? It’s fine. It does what it says on the tin. Nothing groundbreaking, nothing to write home about, just a standard chassis that gets the job done without causing a massive headache. It's solid enough for a build, I guess. Looking for a new monitor—budget is sitting right around the $300 to $350 mark. Any recommendations?
And maybe $167, if you’re lucky—though I wouldn't hold my breath, considering how many of those ancient configurations are cluttering up Craigslist right now.
Look, if you’ve still got a valid warranty, don't you dare go poking around or cracking open the case yourself. Last time I took my drives down to Best Buy for a repair, they actually had the decency to ask if I needed them to handle my data with care. Seriously—where even is your backup for all that precious info? 🙂
neondrifter26 said:Just asking out of pure curiosity—what’s a four-year-old laptop Dell XPS 13 worth? I've taken pretty good care of it, really pampered the thing, but the battery is basically dead at this point—so yeah, it spends its entire life tethered to the charger.
If it's rocking 4 GB of RAM, maybe somewhere around $600.
Jack Alvarez said:How much for an ASUS P7P55D with an i5 750, the stock cooler, and a Radeon HD 5850? Thanks.
Around $333 for the board and CPU combo, then maybe $500-$600 for the Radeon. Not bad. 😁
Bookmarks don't actually have anything to do with Windows itself—they're strictly a browser thing. If you're sticking with IE, you can just grab everything in your Favorites folder and toss it onto the new PC. As for Firefox or Chrome, already laid out exactly what you need to do.
Look, if you’re dead set on a bigger screen, just grab the 23-inch—otherwise, stick to the smaller one. You mentioned you don't care about the panel quality, so honestly? Just go for the cheapest option available. Seriously, head down to Best Buy or something and actually look at them in person before deciding. Try to hunt down a review online, though good luck with that—finding decent write-ups for budget monitors is basically impossible. Plus, those specific models aren't even stocked here in the States, so I doubt anyone's going to jump in with any actual hands-on experience.
Carl Torres21 said:The issue is—I don't actually have the install disc handy since my buddy, who apparently thinks he's some kind of IT genius, just finished setting this whole thing up recently. Can you tell me if deleting that DirectX folder from the registry was a mistake? Because if that's the root cause, I might be looking at a full-blown system restore.
Yeah, it’s definitely a problem—honestly, it’s a miracle you even got DirectX 9 to install after messing with that. That’s exactly why I suggested running sfc /scannow in the first place—to see if it can patch up whatever went missing. Just try running the command anyway; if your friend set up a recovery partition during the installation, you shouldn't even need a DVD. If the sfc command fails to fix things, then yeah, go ahead and do a system restore. Also, head over to the HP website, look up your specific laptop model, and just grab all the drivers you need—graphics, chipset, USB, LAN, whatever else is missing.
And look, grab your drivers exclusively from the HP site—since we're dealing with their hardware here—don't go grabbing some random AMD driver or whatever. But before you even touch that, pop in a Windows 7 disc, open up the command prompt, and run sfc /scannow to patch up any busted system files. Once that’s done, just let Windows update do its thing. Honestly, where on earth were you thinking, trying to install games when you haven't even handled the most basic step of installing actual drivers?