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Steelo_Rivers
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1968 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-30 23:38:53
November 30 2012 23:36 GMT
#1
So I was browsing on ebay and looking for the absolute cheapest pc's I could find with a quad core processor and I came across this.

The title of the ad threw me off hard (I mean HARD... INTEL PENTIUM 2 QUAD CORE 2.40 GH.... nigga what?), but I took a look at it anyway and read the specs of the pc's they had. Turns out the actual specs are:

Core 2 Quad Q6600
4GB Ram (not sure if DDR3 or DDR2 but either way its 4)
No Hard drive or OS
Radeon HD 3870 (sure its old but I mean, continue reading and you will see why I still think its a good deal)
and a shitty case that reminds me of those old IBM Netvista pcs that plagued all of the schools in North Carolina up until about 2008.

The thing is... its only $135 (+shipping. for me in total it would be about $151). Im going to get 2 of them as soon as I can get the money because lord knows I need a pc to game on and a pc that will capture and stream my shit. If the motherboard in these are anygood (I wouldn't bank on it but shit happens), I would have 2 pc's (Old yes, but terrible.. hell no) with OC'd Q6600's (Probably wouldnt go higher than 3-3.2 ghz as I dont really need much).

I'm only posting this because Im dirt poor at the moment and I know there are others in the same situation as me. Hell, we see them post on here all the asking how can they upgrade their old dell pc with that 478 pentium 4 and dont want to spend more than $200.

Just thought i'd share it here in case anyone was looking for a cheap pc or something for a family member or even yourself to keep as a back up or something.

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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
December 01 2012 00:54 GMT
#2
Are you even sure they have unlocked multipliers? I wasn't able to overclock my last Q6600, and as a result had a pretty terrible looking stream. I don't think the Q6600 chipset supports DDR3 RAM either, pretty sure that's DDR2.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Steelo_Rivers
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1968 Posts
December 01 2012 01:01 GMT
#3
On December 01 2012 09:54 Grobyc wrote:
Are you even sure they have unlocked multipliers? I wasn't able to overclock my last Q6600, and as a result had a pretty terrible looking stream. I don't think the Q6600 chipset supports DDR3 RAM either, pretty sure that's DDR2.

Yes, fsb overclocking. you can even do a "bsel mod" if you wanted too as thats even easier. Q6600's can get up to 4ghz on air np if you have a decent motherboard and know how to overclock.
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Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
December 01 2012 02:43 GMT
#4
Hmm I don't remember being able to looking through my BIOS years ago. Maybe my mobo didn't allow for it or I was just mistaken.
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
Steelo_Rivers
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1968 Posts
December 01 2012 03:51 GMT
#5
On December 01 2012 11:43 Grobyc wrote:
Hmm I don't remember being able to looking through my BIOS years ago. Maybe my mobo didn't allow for it or I was just mistaken.

Probably didnt allow it. I know with intel, about 70% allow little to no overclocking.
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udgnim
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
United States8024 Posts
December 01 2012 04:57 GMT
#6
price is probably right
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Steelo_Rivers
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States1968 Posts
December 01 2012 05:20 GMT
#7
On December 01 2012 13:57 udgnim wrote:
price is probably right

Well I mean, You can add it up yourself and the total components add up to be about $130ish anyway -the case and the psu.
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