Help on building 4 systems for under $500

Shelnutt2 · 07-23-05, 09:26 PM

I am going to be replacing 4 computers in a private school. They were previosely 486's running windows 98 (SE). I am hoping to keep the same 8 gig HD's, Case's and anything else yuo think is salvatage able.

I would like to know how and what you guys would recommend to replace these machines. They are mainly going to be used to run educational games that have very low requirements.

I am willing to buy from anywere to get some cheap computers put together. I was thinking about some P3's. I have no experiance with P3's and was wondering if you guys could help.

Once agian budget is <$500 for 4 towers...

fAlCoNNiAn · 07-23-05, 10:30 PM

well, i know that pentium II's will def. fit in the budget. i just searched ebay and found complete systems for under 100$

Also Would a Pentium III system like THIS do?

EDIT: I think that this is a better deal

batboy · 07-23-05, 11:28 PM

The cases and power supplies that the old 486 systems used will not work for anything newer. You will need ATX cases.

Mr_Fuchs · 07-23-05, 11:44 PM

u can buy p3's 50 bucks a pop on craigslist. -- none of the parts in those 486's are of ANY value except for the floppies.. even the cd's work at 4x which is basically worthless in 2005.

BUILDING IS ALWAYS MORE EXPENSIVE, JUST PICK UP A BUNCH OF CHEAPO'S ON CL -- what city do you live in ?

Shelnutt2 · 07-24-05, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr_Fuchs

u can buy p3's 50 bucks a pop on craigslist. -- none of the parts in those 486's are of ANY value except for the floppies.. even the cd's work at 4x which is basically worthless in 2005.

BUILDING IS ALWAYS MORE EXPENSIVE, JUST PICK UP A BUNCH OF CHEAPO'S ON CL -- what city do you live in ?

I live in Orlando, Florida.

Tomorrow I am going to the school to see if anything is good from teh computers...4 new one were donated but I don't know anything about them. Aperently some monitors are bad too...I'm hoping that it's just video card has gone bad.

ghost_recon88 · 07-24-05, 07:59 PM

Wait, just to help clear myself up, you mean 4 for $500 so $125 apiece? Or so you mean 4x $500 so $2000 total?

fAlCoNNiAn · 07-24-05, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ghost_recon88

Wait, just to help clear myself up, you mean 4 for $500 so $125 apiece? Or so you mean 4x $500 so $2000 total?

4 for 500$ so about 125 apiece is what he meant

Mr_Fuchs · 07-24-05, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Shelnutt2

I live in Orlando, Florida.

Tomorrow I am going to the school to see if anything is good from teh computers...4 new one were donated but I don't know anything about them. Aperently some monitors are bad too...I'm hoping that it's just video card has gone bad.

go to orlando.craigslist.org --- you can easilly pick up p3's for 100 bucks a piece.

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