question about system specs and price

[effie]

I'm thinking of buying the following for $450.00. Can anybody give me any feedback about this system? i.e. do you think it's any good, and is the price fair? I don't know much about computers, so anything you might have to say would be sincerely appreciated.

Thanks!

Athlon XP 1700+ running at 2.4ghz < 50C under load (12x200)
cooled by - Thermalright SK7 w/ Thermaltake Smart Fan II
Abit nf7-s v2
1 x 512 pc3200
BBA Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb
18gb SCSI Atlas 10K III 68pin + Adaptec 39160 + 5 drop LVD cable
Dual Layer 16x DVD+-RW Black
Big blue Mid Tower Case - rebranded CompUSA case - similar to Antec
SX1030B

No Power supply.

[MARZ]

I'm thinking of buying the following for $450.00. Can anybody give me any feedback about this system? i.e. do you think it's any good, and is the price fair? I don't know much about computers, so anything you might have to say would be sincerely appreciated.

Thanks!

Athlon XP 1700+ running at 2.4ghz < 50C under load (12x200)
cooled by - Thermalright SK7 w/ Thermaltake Smart Fan II
Abit nf7-s v2
1 x 512 pc3200
BBA Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb
18gb SCSI Atlas 10K III 68pin + Adaptec 39160 + 5 drop LVD cable
Dual Layer 16x DVD+-RW Black
Big blue Mid Tower Case - rebranded CompUSA case - similar to Antec
SX1030B

No Power supply.

Price is on par.

[effie]

Hey, Marz....I'm looking at this in Ottawa....it's not yours, is it? Thanks for your opinion, though!

[Noob1ee]

i think the cpu is a little on the lower end...

[MARZ]

i think the cpu is a little on the lower end...

I agree, but it is running SCSI drives.

[moondogg]

thats a pretty crap system for 450$...

[MARZ]

Depends what you want this for.? The hardware in there is old put top end at the time. There are systems with newer hardware for the same money.

[Noob1ee]

in other words, not a decent deal..

[MARZ]

in other words, not a decent deal..

Something like that.

[balou911]

$50 - Athlon XP 1700+ running at 2.4ghz < 50C under load (12x200)

$20 - cooled by - Thermalright SK7 w/ Thermaltake Smart Fan II

$60 - Abit nf7-s v2

$45 - 1 x 512 pc3200

$100 - BBA Ati Radeon 9800 Pro 256mb

$$$? - 18gb SCSI Atlas 10K III 68pin + Adaptec 39160 + 5 drop LVD cable

$45 - Dual Layer 16x DVD+-RW Black

$50 - Big blue Mid Tower Case - rebranded CompUSA case - similar to Antec
SX1030B

[$20]No Power supply


pretty sh1tty if you ask me, unless the scsi setup is worth $200+
Remember, a new 250gb hdd is like $120 most places.

[Marymoocows]

It's not worth it.
Just buy yourself a new cheap computer. That computer is just a collection all put together and is going to be dated quite quickly.

[itsyours]

What everybody said: Don't buy it, even if it's cheaper than that. Old CSCI and small HD mean slow, small, noisy and incompatibility.
Buy at least an AMD 64 system with Sempron 64 bit or Venice CPU
or an Intel P4 with HT with newer HDs and DVD burners.