[closed] Giving away (disposing) a couple of old pentium 4's - London UK (east/central)

Hey guys, I have two fairly good p4's (DELL desktop computers) that I have to get rid of -as I'm going homeless by September and probably moving somewhere else- and so being a geek, I'd like to give this stuff a slightly longer life. In short, each motherboard supports up to 4x1GB DDR1 and the best machine has a 3.0GHz Hyper Threaded p4 with 2GB of ram. I also have some other components in the pentium IV range, and other random stuff.

If you're interested in an additional porn/video/music streaming server, hackintosh, (or whatever other creative use you'd have for them), and live around here - let me know.

It's FREE after all...

asked Jul 27 '11 at 06:16

linuxeomboy
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closed Jul 27 '11 at 13:46

kevin ♦♦
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Well, I'm not selling anything, and rather trying to give some old computers to someone that has a use for them. For free... but nevermind. Might not have been the best approach anyway.

(Jul 27 '11 at 13:55) linuxeomboy

Based on the rules, it is considered as spamming. and another about hackintosh. So It is a close based on the book.

(Jul 27 '11 at 13:59) kevin ♦♦

Oh ok, no problem then. Cheers

(Jul 27 '11 at 14:01) linuxeomboy

The question has been closed for the following reason "This is not Craigslist." by kevin Jul 27 '11 at 13:46

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ill be happy to take them off your hands, but i live a little bit away from london, so i dont know how i would get them. do you have screens aswell?, would be great if you did.

answered Jul 27 '11 at 06:42

GuitarGeek22
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Nope, no screens actually. Just the tower/case. The faster machine is a mid tower with 2x 5 1/2 bays with two DVD burners, and the other one is a "slim" (not that slim) desktop (those that go under a monitor). Indeed they're a bit bulky, but not hard to carry by hand. Are you within underground range?

(Jul 27 '11 at 06:51) linuxeomboy

within underground range? i dont know, i live about 12 miles north of chelmsford, if you know were that is? and your just giving these away for free? with no cache?

(Jul 27 '11 at 06:58) GuitarGeek22

I have to get rid of the machines. If it's 12 miles to the west it might not be too far... Google my nickname and add me on Facebook anyway. I'll get back to you later.

(Jul 27 '11 at 07:21) linuxeomboy

0	th cache is probably around 256 to 512. XDDD answered Jul 27 '11 at 09:06 Adromeda 126●1●3 Actually, the hyper threaded has a megabyte of cache, and the single threaded has just 512KB (Jul 27 '11 at 12:56) linuxeomboy

That's not a bad machine. It would support Windows 7 or Linux. I've seen a stripped version of Windows 7 on a Pentium 4 very successfully. The biggest issue is coming up with older drivers that work on Windows 7, but you can always replace the video card or sound card.

answered Jul 27 '11 at 13:22

Duodave
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Indeed! I actually love these machines. Windows 7 and Ubuntu both run very decently, and none have any driver issue. The more powerful one has a Geforce FX 5200 with 128MB of ram that makes aero work just fine. So it's sad to throw them away recklessly.

(Jul 27 '11 at 13:43) linuxeomboy

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