How much would this old desktop be worth?

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SuperFuzz

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Hey folks, I have an old desktop from 2007. It has Windows Vista (64 bit), 8GB RAM and three harddrives. One harddrive has a capacity of 500GB; and the other two have a capacity of 900GB each. The processor is an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9550 @ 2.83 GHz 2.83Ghz.

It does not have a Wifi card/chip, but I think this can be added easily? Anyway I was just wondering if it would be worth anything as it is taking up a lot of room, so if I can sell it that's a bonus. If not, do you think I could easily upgrade the computer to add more RAM, a better graphics card and a wifi chip/card?

Thanks for your help.
 
Is it built from parts or an OEM/Manufactured one?

You can get a wireless USB or PCIE NIC which are pretty cheap, a lot of dual band ones are even around ~$20.
 
Heya, I think it is built from parts because I got it from a custom build company. I forgot to add that the graphics card is NVIDIA GeFORCE 9400 GT (2500MB approx memory).
 
SuperFuzz said:
The motherboard is an ASUS P5Q SE.
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Yeah, thats pretty old now, DDR2 ram, Have you considered just using it as a backup machine, for pics, media, I dont know if you have kids? might be a good machine for children to play on?

Selling that, maybe $100 to someone who really needs a PC, but with vista and relative inexpensiveness of modern machines, you'll be hard pressed to get much more.
 
Do you reckon the computer could be upgraded enough to work as a decent video gaming machine? I guess the graphics card I have isn't good. The minimum specs I would need to upgrade to would be:

  • Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or better
  • Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Core i3 OR AMD Athlon 64 X2, or better
  • 2 GB RAM
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800, ATI X1800, Intel HD 3000, or better (256 MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
  • 35 GB available HDD space
  • Broadband Internet connection
 
SuperFuzz said:
Do you reckon the computer could be upgraded enough to work as a decent video gaming machine? I guess the graphics card I have isn't good. The minimum specs I would need to upgrade to would be:

  • Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or better
  • Intel® Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz, Core i3 OR AMD Athlon 64 X2, or better
  • 2 GB RAM
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® 7800, ATI X1800, Intel HD 3000, or better (256 MB of video RAM and shader model 3.0 or better)
  • 35 GB available HDD space
  • Broadband Internet connection
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Just not worth it anymore, in my honest opinion. Others may feel different but its old tech and you'd be purposely buying old, in some cases nearly-obsolete parts.

To clarify, I'm not saying its not doable, I'm saying its really not worth spending the $$
 
You already have better then the minimum specs you posted except for maybe the video card.

The motherboard has windows 7 drivers on Asus website so you should have no problems putting windows 10 on it. I would keep it and get a better video card.
 
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