14-10-2003 05:31									#1
	Where's a good place to find used or older computer parts? Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

I want to build a computer for my mother. He computer is very, very obsolete. I was over her house trying to download adobe acrobat and I gave up. The computer is just too slow.

But she has no real need for anything fast. If I got to electronics places like Fry's I doubt I will find any cheap older processors.

What I'm looking to get is a motherboard (with onboard sound), processor chip, and RAM memory. That's pretty much everything I need.

Or would it be cheaper just to find a used computer somewhere. Who sells used computers? Pawn shops? Anyone see how much computers run in pawn shops?

	14-10-2003 05:48									#2
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	14-10-2003 06:04									#3
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Ebay

	14-10-2003 06:08									#4
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EBay, nothing is guaranteed.

	14-10-2003 06:26									#5
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Try newegg.com With a little bit of shopping, they should have everything that you need.

	14-10-2003 06:30									#6
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eBay. Newegg is good, but I've never seen them sell old or refurbished equipment. Then again, I haven't looked.

	14-10-2003 06:30									#7
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Look for some independantly owned computer shops (particularily ones that will buy old computers). All the ones I've been to have everything from 286s to the very latest.

	14-10-2003 06:41									#8
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Salvation Army or Goodwill.

ACK!

	14-10-2003 06:52									#9
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Just get a low-range new one, they should be cheap enough anyway.

	14-10-2003 10:13									#10
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I may just upgrade my computer and give my mom my computer stuff.

That was what I was originally going to do, but I wanted to wait to upgrade my computer. I just wanted to get more mileage from my ole P3 700 processor. And upgrade just before Everquest 2 comes out.

But I think I will just go ahead and upgrade my computer and recycle my old parts into her. I already have an old 6.6 Gig hard drive sitting around, and a Voodoo3 card collecting dust.

	14-10-2003 10:20									#11
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I was looking at an Intel Celeron 2.4 GHz for myself. It has 400 MHz FSB.

That seems like a pretty fast processor at a decent price (less than $100 at PC club website- though I'm also shopping around)

	14-10-2003 10:27									#12
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I'm not expert on celerons but I believe they are pieces of crap. You might wan't to get a second opinion thought.

	14-10-2003 10:38									#13
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give me your address and i can arrange for a truck to stop by with some merchandise. be prepared to pay cash and forget where you got it

	14-10-2003 10:42									#14
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What's wrong with Celerons?

	14-10-2003 10:59									#15
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They're crap

Just as the GeForce mx's are.

	14-10-2003 19:20									#16
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Celerons are more or less pentiums that couldn't make the grade, but depending on your needs they can be a good, inexpensive alternative.

	14-10-2003 19:27									#17
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China.

	14-10-2003 19:31									#18
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	14-10-2003 19:34									#19
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Be nice.

	14-10-2003 21:32									#22
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A few months ago I bought a dell GX1 PIII 500MHz for my kids on ebay for $100 (or so) with shipping.

	14-10-2003 21:34									#23
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BTW if you're looking to just upgrade MB, CPU, RAM for a few hundred then go to www.pricewatch.com and look at MB combos.

	14-10-2003 22:00									#24
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Lobby around at your local college/university. Sometimes they still have old stuff lying around that you can take with you.

	14-10-2003 22:20									#25
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Good Idea, Zop! same with offices. I've seen offices throw away computers as good as my is.

	14-10-2003 22:29									#26
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Zopperoni, that's called stealing in the States.

	14-10-2003 23:51									#27
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Actually, he's on to something. Any medium or large size university has a "Property Disposition" where lots of old stuff is kept and resold for cheap.

The one I went to at U. of Michigan had tons of stuff, from jewelry and power generators to computer systems and components-all for very cheap.

Your next choice would be a mom and pop computer shop, like stated before. It's older, but in most cases has a warranty.

	14-10-2003 23:54									#28
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For new stuff newegg.com is the way to go. Great prices, fast delivery.

For used.... uh.... maybe a yard sale?

	15-10-2003 00:10									#29
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara eBay. Newegg is good, but I've never seen them sell old or refurbished equipment. Then again, I haven't looked.

Newegg does sell refurbished parts. Just click the "Refurbished Parts" tab in the upper right .