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Old 18-09-2007, 06:57 PM   #1
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Dell Optiplex GX240 Pentium 4 1.6GHz Computer System

Processor Type: Pentium 4

Processor Speed: 1.6GHz

Ram: 512Mb Ram

Hard Drive Size: 20Gb HDD

Floppy Drive: 1.44Mb Floppy Drive

CD Drives: CD Writer

Network Card: Onboard Network

Sound Card: Onboard Sound

Video Card: Onboard Video Card

Monitor: With 17 Inch CRT Monitor

With Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Install CD

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Old 18-09-2007, 07:11 PM   #2
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except for HDD i'd say so
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Old 18-09-2007, 08:38 PM   #3
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For under 200, that's ok.

This machine is really only good for office stuff. I would not try to play anything high-powered.
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Old 18-09-2007, 09:23 PM   #4
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For a web browser, pre - xp revolution ( utilities not OS )
i think its a good cheap system.

you only need the turbocharged ninja machines for gaming or high quality rendering.
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Old 19-09-2007, 09:43 AM   #5
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Yes it's an excellent price but update the bios and put in a new hard drive, be like brand new after that.
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as mentioned, good work for the price, hell the monitor would be $99 of the price.

just go and pick up an 80gb hdd for cheap to save all your work though. 20gb hdd will be full and fall over within a few weeks
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yea, not a bad price... get a larger HDD though. maybe another 512mb/1gb of RAM too while you at it.
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Old 19-09-2007, 12:00 PM   #8
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Got two of them for $320 The other P/C is a GX260
I hope to upgrade them if it can be done...
Yes I figure the LCD is "almost" worth the price...
Now I get my laptop back....
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Got two of them for $320 The other P/C is a GX260
I hope to upgrade them if it can be done...
Yes I figure the LCD is "almost" worth the price...
Now I get my laptop back....
I've got a GX260 at home - a freebie from work. Definitely update the BIOS and put in bigger RAM - but forget about running too many cards in there. If you have the slimline model, they have a proprietary power supply that's fairly weak. I found, when I was trying to run an AGP card and a TV Tuner card at the same time, with 2 hard drives....the system becomes a little unstable. So keep it fairly simple is my advice - Unless its a tower and you CAN upgrade the power supply.
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Old 19-09-2007, 04:14 PM   #10
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I gave a better PC then that to a mate for free... so yeah, for under 200 that's not bad.
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Old 19-09-2007, 04:39 PM   #11
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Price seems okish. I have a HP D530 SFF which I resurrected after it was binned at work due to bung PSU and being out of warranty. I put in a 40 GB HDD, fixed the PSU and it runs nicely as my day-to-day rig for browsing the net/checking mail... my gaming PC is too loud to run all the time and sometimes I need quiet!!
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