I bought that computer - cheaper than expected

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
11/19/2019 at 21:34 • Filed to: None

It’s got an AMD Phenom II X6 1090T processor in it and is quite loud and puts out a lot of heat. The processor itself seems to be going for $150 on the used market, so I’ll probably yank it and resell it since it’s really no more powerful than the old i5-3470 in the HP Elite 8300 CMT I use as a Hackintosh. I really bought just it for the case, name brand 600W power supply and the Blu-Ray drive, and for those alone I thought it was worth the $50 asking price. However, the guy took out the wrong drive, leaving just a DVD-R, and because of this he refunded $20.

It’s got a licensed copy of Windows 10 and works fine, but I don’t really need yet another computer. I’ll probably drop in a CPU with a lower TDP (the 1090T has a massive 125W TDP whereas the i7-3770K in my main system is just 77W), put in a 3.5" drive in place of the 2.5" drive that I can use elsewhere, swap cases and keep it around as a spare system or one that I can give away. There are a few CPUs that will work with this motherboard that have a 20W TDP, but maybe something in the 45W range would make it a little more useful. I’ve got a pile of old AMD and Intel CPUs laying around, ranging from a 486SX to some late-model Xeons, so I can probably find something that’ll work. If not, I can probably find something on FleaBay for less than $10.

DISCUSSION (7)

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/19/2019 at 23:15

Stop making me want to build another PC. I can’t afford it.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
11/19/2019 at 23:21

Craig sl ist, my friend . When one computer is the price of three lunches you can probably afford it. Computers at this price may not be state-of-the-art, but they work for basic stuff.

Sure, I’d like a killer gaming machine, but I, too, refuse to drop the kind of cash necessary for what would probably be an incremental improvement over what I have now.

Dogsatemypants > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2019 at 00:45

Pa tch it all together into some sort of massive distributed processing array? You could feed it ai programs and call it skynet jr.

NojustNo > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2019 at 02:04

Is is anybody actually selling those Phenom processors at that price or are they just asking p rices ? because that’s the same price a 2700 X ryzen is going for now.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
11/20/2019 at 08:35

I have no use for multiple machines, so if I build another it has to be an improvement over my current rig and th at means at least a $600 investment

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > NojustNo
11/20/2019 at 13:50

I’ll have to take a look at completed auctions. There are similar prices on Amazon as well. I don’t quite get it because, like you said, there are more modern processors available for the same price. But for someone that has an older system that could use a boost it might be a nice deal, saving them the trouble of buying a new motherboard and RAM (and then video card, and drives, and Windows license, etc...) I don’t see the point when I can buy a surplus working, complete Dell or HP system with a decent i5 or i7 for the same money or less, which is exactly what I did.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Dogsatemypants
11/20/2019 at 13:51

Only if I had a way to get massive quantities of electricity for free...