Intel pentium 4 3.2ghz / 4gb RAM / 500gb HD - How much?

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Dan03

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I am about to buy a cheap desktop as my main laptop broke and I'm also broke :) So just wondering how much would you pay for this computer second hand on ebay? Is just a tower and a wireless keyboard (no LCD).



Specs:

Motherboard: Intel
CPU: Pentium 4, 3.2 GHz
Arbeitsspeicher: 4 GB, DDR2
Harddisk: Hitachi Deskstar 500 GB, 7200 RPM
DVD-Burner: LG
Gfx: ATI Radeon 4650, 2*DVI



PS. I know it's a bit crap, but will get me by till I have a bit more money.
 
50 bucks? 75?

Is the Pentium 4 a single core or dual or Hyper Threaded? Link to the posting?
 
It's a single core. Honestly I have no idea how to compare CPU from single to dual etc. Numbers and the prices don't seem to add up.

Would rather not share the link because people here might know my max bid and... well I wish there weren't bad people in the world but sadly there are ;)
 
All P4's were single core. Some had hyper-threading.

I wouldn't pay more than $40 max myself.
 
I have to say, I've been looking on ebay and am not seeing the same quality of computer for less than $100....
 
A single core just isn't worth it anymore. Definitely wouldn't pay more than 50 for it.
 
Well in the end I put my max bid at €56 (about $75) and got outbid by one person... Oh well. Am actually thinking I do need a duel processor so I can have 64bit windows but my budget is tiny. I have to get the whole thing with screen and all the little pieces for under $200 and in Europe prices are a little higher than the US :/



Just wondering, how should I judge a CPU? I mean... is 2x 2.5ghz = 1x 5ghz (i know that doesn't exist)
 
How much do you think this one would go for?

CPU: Intel Pentium Dual Core E5200 2.50 Ghz 2x
Memory: 4GB DDR2
Graphics card: Geforce 9400 GT 512 MB ​​with 2 x DVI 1xSVideo
Motherboard: Lenovo
Hard Drive: Seagate 250 GB (New no 24 run)
 
That's better. About a 100 USD.

More cores does not equate to that clock speed * the number of cores. It's more complicated than that. It has more to do with the architecture of the chip as well as cores and clock speed. Most programs are designed to use a certain amount of cores. If your computer doesn't have enough cores it will do it on as many as it can use. If it's threaded for a quad core then a dual core will struggle. However if you have two processors of the same efficiency and clock speed (for comparison sake, probably not likely), but different amounts of cores while being used by a single threaded application, it won't matter. It will just use 1 core regardless of if you were using a dual core, quad core, octa core, or whatever it may be.

But for really anything these days you want at least a Dual Core with a 2.0GHz clock speed or higher. Spending any money on a single core just isn't worth it. My phone (over a year old mind you) is a quad core and would probably run circles around that first machine you posted.
 
Dan03 said:
Just wondering, how should I judge a CPU? I mean... is 2x 2.5ghz = 1x 5ghz (i know that doesn't exist)
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No. Multi-core processors just mean that there are multiple "cores" that run at whatever the listed speed is (an Intel Core2Quad running at 2.8Ghz has 4 cores that each run at 2.8Ghz). People who sell machines on ebay mislead people thinking they add-up to a higher than specified clock speed, which is wrong.
 
Well I ended up with this one
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Think it was a good deal. Thanks for all the opinions :)
 
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