Deal or No Deal?

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HP Compaq Presario Media Center SR2030NX Desktop


* AMD Athlon 64 2.4 GHz
* NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE
* 1 GB (DDR2 SDRAM)
* 75GB 7200rpm HDD
* HP DVD-RW
* 8 in 1 card reader
* USB /Ethernet/Modem

For $150.00


is this a good deal? I saw it on a local used goods website, and I am thinking of buying it.

No OS loaded.
 
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It's not bad for $150, you could put about an extra $100-$200 into it and make it into a really nice media PC. If it is actually running DDR2, that is great because DDR2 is much easier to find and has a bigger selection than DDR now.
 
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gamerman4 said:
It's not bad for $150, you could put an extra about $100-$200 into it and make it into a really nice media PC. If it is actually running DDR2, that is great because DDR2 is much easier to find and has a bigger selection than DDR now.
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I agree

To op: If you pop another 1gb stick of ram and decent Power Supply and Graphics card in there that would be a great and cheap pc.
 
-A used Athlon 2.4ghz is probably worth about $50
-the hard drive about $20
-the geforce 6150 looks like its onboard video because I didnt find a video card with some searching, so motherboard about $40
-memory worth probably $10
-card reader probably $5
-dvd drive maybe $10
-modem $5
-psu $10
-case $20

according to my guesstimates all together worth about roughly $170. Looks like the seller may have done some precalculating before they threw up that $150 number.
don't expect the computer to fly though
 
Meh, if it had an OS it'd be a decent deal. I wouldn't bother as it is. Although the machine itself is not really that bad.
 
It would be fine for most stuff, an upgrade to 2gb or more RAM, dedicated video and it would run Windows Vista/7 pretty decently for an internet computer, don't expect it to be much more than that though.
 
Thats not a bad deal, if you loaded ubuntu on that thing, it would fly, you wouldnt have to upgrade or buy anything either.

Go for it.:good:
 
Would this deal be any better?

for $199.00

Compaq Presario
Computer upgrades.
1. it has 3 GB DDR Ram.
2. It has 200 GB HD
3. It has external Graphic Card Ge force 7300
4. loaded with photo shop 8.
5. Loaded with office 2007 Enterprice
6. loaded with Corel Draw 12
7. Loaded with Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Pro
Many more products.....................

Processor

* Type AMD Athlon 64 3700+ / 2.2 GHz
* 64-bit processor Yes
* Installed Qty 1.0
* Max processors supported 1.0

Cache Memory

* Type L2 cache
* Installed Size 1.0 MB
* Cache Per Processor 1 MB

Mainboard

* Chipset type ATI Radeon Xpress 200
* Data bus speed 1000.0 MHz

RAM

* Installed Size 1.0 GB / 4.0 GB (max)
* Technology DDR SDRAM
* RAM form factor DIMM 184-pin
* RAM configuration features 2 x 512 MB

Storage Controller

* Type 1.0 x Serial ATA - Integrated

Storage Controller (2nd)

* Type 1 x IDE - Integrated

Storage

* Hard Drive 1.0 x 250.0 GB - Standard - Serial ATA-150 - 7200.0 rpm
* Hard Drive (2nd) None

Optical Storage

* Type DVD±RW (+R DL) - IDE
* CD / DVD read speed 40x (CD) / 16x (DVD)
* Disc Labeling Technology LightScribe Technology

Optical Storage (2nd)

* Type DVD-ROM
* 2nd optical storage read speed 16x

Monitor

* Monitor Type None.

Graphics Controller

* Type Integrated
* Graphics Processor / Vendor ATI Radeon Xpress 200
* Video Memory Shared video memory (UMA)
* Max Allocated RAM Size 256.0 MB

Audio Output

* Type Sound card - Integrated
* Sound output mode 5.1 channel surround
* Audio output compliant standards AC '97

Input Device

* Type Keyboard , Mouse

Keyboard

* Keyboard interface PS/2

Mouse

* Mouse interface PS/2
* Mouse features Scroll

Audio Input

* Type None

Telecom

* Modem Fax / modem - Plug-in card
* Max transfer rate 56.0 Kbps

Networking

* Networking Network adapter
 
has it got a os if yes i say go for it

But if not
put xp or win 7 on it it will FLY

put Windows xp on it it will be fast ive got 2gb on xp its really fast

hey is the ram DDR or DDR2

or even DDR3
 
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konsole said:
-A used Athlon 2.4ghz is probably worth about $50
-the hard drive about $20
-the geforce 6150 looks like its onboard video because I didnt find a video card with some searching, so motherboard about $40
-memory worth probably $10
-card reader probably $5
-dvd drive maybe $10
-modem $5
-psu $10
-case $20

according to my guesstimates all together worth about roughly $170. Looks like the seller may have done some precalculating before they threw up that $150 number.
don't expect the computer to fly though
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Thats a little bit of an overcalculation imo, you can pick up an athlon II X2 240 for $60.
 
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