Harvest this System?

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Anyone ever 'harvested' from a system before? I've been thinking about
buying a cheap system off ebay and maybe investing in a more expensive new
mother board, putting them together and ending up with a quality system for
a cheap price?

What should I consider when doing this?

I'd get the motherboard from somewhere like dabs.com or a computer fair and
here's and example of a system off ebay
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2752033112&category=4317&rd=1

Can I rely on a system from ebay? Are older components going to work with a
more modern motherboard?

Thanks,

JohnZ
 
Anyone ever 'harvested' from a system before? I've been thinking about
buying a cheap system off ebay and maybe investing in a more expensive new
mother board, putting them together and ending up with a quality system for
a cheap price?

What should I consider when doing this?
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It's pointless. If you buy a cheap older system you'll probably find
the HDD is a slower type, the RAM is the wrong type and you'll change
pretty much everything except the case (although you'll probably change
the PSU), the floppy and the CDROM drive.



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Nah if its your old system and your going to upgrade, taking this and that, and put it in a NEW system, that would be economical,
but buy just to rip down, won't be very cost effective.
 
Alright, all noted. Thanks. Still, some cheap bargains on ebay for building
a computer.

Thanks again,

Mr C


JAD said:
Nah if its your old system and your going to upgrade, taking this and
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that, and put it in a NEW system, that would be economical,
 
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