Epox 8KTA3+Pro motherboard: AMD Athlon & Duron support, VIA KT133A, 1 AGP, 5 PCI, 1 ISA
AMD Athlon 900 MHz processor with fan (though you might want a new one—it's starting to sound bad)
768 MB PC-133 RAM (3 x 256 MB)
15 GB hard drive (generic brand—don't know RPMs)
3.5" floppy drive
56K modem
2 NICs
1 case fan
It needs a graphics card and a CD-ROM drive (and keyboard and monitor and all that stuff) in order to be a usable computer, though I'll probably replace my monitor fairly soon, too, so it could be included. I'm not sure how much it's all worth. Make me an offer and I'll decide if it sounds reasonable. Anyone interested?
[ March 28, 2005, 08:40 PM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
Posted by Jay (Member # 5786) on :
Not worth much to be honest. I take pieces though and make systems that I’ll give to college or high school kids that don’t have one. If you don’t sell it and want me to do this with yours drop me a line.
Posted by Tstorm (Member # 1871) on :
Perfect computer for the average home user who just wants to 'surf the net and do e-mail. You might clean it up and advertise it as such for a reasonable price.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Egad, Jon Boy. You have excellent tastes in mobos. My spare PC -- the one I nearly gave away to another Hatracker -- is also an AMD 900 T-Bird on a 8KTA3+. And 800 MB of memory. *grin*
But lest someone think this system is a clunker, let me point out that, with a Radeon 8500 AIW, it was successfully able to run Half Life 2 at 800x600 with good frame rates and decent detail.
So don't look askance at Jon Boy's old system, people! Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Will it run World of Warcraft well with a good video card?
I'm tempted... how much are you willing to sell it for?
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Just so you know, with the RAM it's worth about $200-$250. (Just the ram will sell for about $20 for 128 megs, depending on where you sell it.)
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Tom: Spooky. o_O
unicornwhisperer:
World of Warcraft requirements:
Processor: 800MHz or higher CPU. RAM: 256Mb or more. Video: GeForce 2 or better Hard Drive Space: 3Gb or more available. DirectX 9.0 or above.
I had a GeForce 4 MX440 card in it (which is now in my new computer), and it ran games like Far Cry pretty well (not the maximum detail levels, but still respectable). The card only cost me forty bucks, so the same card should be even cheaper now. So yeah, it could definitely run World of Warcraft.
I think Boris's price estimate is probably pretty good. From what I've seen, I could probably get about ninety bucks just for the RAM on eBay.
[ March 28, 2005, 11:26 PM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
*bump*
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Jon, if no one wants all the parts I may take the processor (possibly another part or two) off your hands.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
JB, I couldn't pay you money but I'm interested in it. I would come down and take the whole thing off of your hands if you wanted.
[ March 29, 2005, 12:24 PM: Message edited by: AntiCool ]
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
What's the max processor the mobo can take? I'm considering making an offer, as I could use a linux/windows dev box.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Tick: I'll keep that in mind. Frankly, I thought no one would be interested in a computer that needs a graphics card, CD-ROM drive, and possibly a new CPU fan, so I was surprised that a couple of people have already expressed some interest.
Porter: I'd like to get at least a little money out of it to help recoup the costs of the upgrades.
fugu: Not sure, but I think maybe 1.4 MHz or so. I'll check the documentation when I get home.
Edit: If I understand this correctly, it can handle an Athlon XP 2400+ 266 MHz FSB if you update the BIOS.
[ March 29, 2005, 12:36 PM: Message edited by: Jon Boy ]
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
I completely understand. If you even sell just part of it, I might be interested in the rest.
<-- likes having lots of computer parts
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Sure thing. If I can't sell the whole thing (and if I decide not to keep anything for myself—I might keep the hard drive for a backup), you can have dibs on what's left.
Posted by AntiCool (Member # 7386) on :
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Do you ship to Israel?
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Ooooh. You have floppy 3.5?
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I'll ship to anywhere in the world as long as you pay for the shipping.
Posted by Brinestone (Member # 5755) on :
I'm also selling a pad of paper and a pencil to anyone who wants to go really oldschool.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
Sweet. What games will it run?
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
I heard tic-tac-toe runs like a dream on it.
Posted by lem (Member # 6914) on :
HI,
This post got me thinking about a post I started asking for video card advice. In the course of the thread, I mentioned:
quote:EDIT II: My mother board is as follows... Board: ECS P4S5A 1.0 Bus Clock: 100 megahertz
And Boris said:
quote: (BTW, when I say bottleneck at your RAM, I mean the Bus speed. 100MHZ is a REALLY slow Bus speed.)
SO I am thinking of buying a motherboard...or new computer to combine the two. I was surprised my motherboard is not that good--considering it is a 2G processor.
My quesiton is how do you compare motherboards? What should you look at to make sure it can handle a good processor, Ram, Video Card, and Sound Card?
Are there any good motherboard learning resources out there?
[ March 29, 2005, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: lem ]
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
quote: I heard tic-tac-toe runs like a dream on it
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
I'm pretty sure the new motherboard you're planning to buy is the same speed as the old one.
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
To clarify, Pentium four motherboards quad pump their fsb. So when it say 100 MHz it's really 100 MHz x4. You really wouldn't get any benefit from the borad you want to buy.
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
I was under the impression that even though it's still running at 100/133 MHz, it's pumping through four times as much data, which is why they say it's 400/533 MHz.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Yep. That motherboard can handle 400Mhz RAM, which is the important thing. Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
*bump*
Anyone still interested? How about $200 or best offer? If no one wants it (of if the offers aren't good enough), I'll start selling the parts on eBay this weekend.
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My spare PC -- the one I nearly gave away to another Hatracker -- is also an AMD 900 T-Bird on a 8KTA3+. And 800 MB of memory. *grin*![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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