Should I keep it? Or sell?

[Luke122]

Last week I was given an HP 8125x, as part of the payment for helping someone migrate to a new system.

Q6600, 2gb ram, 320gb hdd.

I have a 20" LCD already, 4gb of ram for it, and a couple of fast/large drives to choose from.

I was planning on keeping it, and using it for myself at home, as I've only got a Mac mini and a dead netbook atm. :D

However, I got an offer to sell it ($150 CAD just for the tower, as is).. so I'm now unsure about what to do. It's a perfectly usable computer for what I want (recording, net usage), but I might not get the chance to sell it if I wait longer.

I could put the cash towards any number of other projects/toys, or put it towards a newer computer.. but who knows how long that will take to purchase...

I could pick up a decent GPU for it right now, and have a system capable of playing a few older titles for almost nothing.. what to do?

[d_stilgar]

I would sell. Selling gets you some money now, which you won't get later. Getting it up and running will cost you money. I don't think adopting new projects with attached costs is a great way to get paid for work, so I would go for selling it.

[Fuganater]

I'd sell too.


I'd buy the monitor if you were in America :D

[Cale_Hagan]

I would sell. Selling gets you some money now, which you won't get later. Getting it up and running will cost you money. I don't think adopting new projects with attached costs is a great way to get paid for work, so I would go for selling it.

couldn't have put it better :up:

[Luke122]

Sorry guys, I decided to keep it. I plugged in all of my salvaged gear last night, and did a complete service on it (OMG one of the dirtiest ever) and a system recovery. It's screaming along already, pulling all the updates and such, and clearing all the bloatware.

Once it's done, I'll make a system restore point and capture the image. I'm going to use it as a test bed for working with WIM files; my goal is to reinject the new image into the recovery partition so it'll system restore to this point the next time it needs to be done. :)

Plus it's fast enough for Dragon Age, which is pretty much the only game (ok, and Diablo 3) that I see myself playing any time soon. :)

TBH, work is paying all my bills, so work on the side like this is just extra cash. Plus it was for a friend who is strapped for money anyways, so I did her a favor and got a free computer out of the deal. :)

I *might* sell it in a few months anyways, once I know it's completely stable and have it all tweaked up. :)

[Luke122]

TL;DR

I kept it, used salvage parts, spent nothing, might sell later.

:D

[d_stilgar]

I figured it was a friend. I wasn't trying to put them down by saying they were paying you in a crappy way, but you know that.

Congrats on the new rig! Put some pics up when you can.

[Luke122]

Lol.. dead stock HP 8125x. Just imagine a typical HP media centre computer with the big removeable drive bay in the front. :P

Although I did manage to stuff a 1gb 9600gt (passive) in there, and added a 90mm fan to blow across it. :D

[Luke122]

I figured it was a friend. I wasn't trying to put them down by saying they were paying you in a crappy way, but you know that.



No worries, no offense taken. :)

If I didnt have the parts on hand to upgrade this and use it already, I would have just resold it.. this way I can use it for a bit, and maybe sell it later.. for a bit more money, since it's now a much more powerful/useful machine. :D