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It's in pretty much perfect condition. I'm mainly expecting the buyer to be someone who really likes Alienware/wants an Alienware case

 

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Q6700 

stock-ish cooler (not capable of overclocking -- at least not very far) 

EVGA nforce 680i SLI (one of the better/best oc'g boards)

4gb DDR2 RAM (4x1gb sticks)

Newton Power 750w psu (capable of delivery 700w across four 12v rails) 

Alienware Area-51 Case with blue LED lighting (Original style) 

8800GTS

750gb HDD

dual optical drives including Blu-ray reader/writer

Windows XP

 

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Short answer... No.

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I think yes. It still is a good platform.

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I think it can just need to find the right buyer

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As long as they know their hardware expect to get a quarter of your asking price.

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I'll be honest and say no.

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As long as they know their hardware expect to get a quarter of your asking price.

If you knew your hardware you would never have posted something like that. 

 

I think yes. It still is a good platform.

I think it can just need to find the right buyer

Yeah, that's basically what I'm expecting...I'm hoping to find someone who really wants an Alienware system/case.

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pretty sure i can build a brand new system for $400 that's more powerful.

 

also, have you seen scrapyard wars? their system were a couple times more powerful for $100 less. 

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pretty sure i can build a brand new system for $400 that's more powerful.

 

also, have you seen scrapyard wars? their system were a couple times more powerful for $100 less.

They also used cheap/shitty OEM boards/psus/cases. Not to mention the average person on Craigslist isn't the smartest one around. Also, a couple times more powerful? gpu-wise, no question...cpu-wise, not so much. Plus they also didn't pick up a blu-ray drive/burner (which some people do care about).

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i will buy your system but i will junk that Alienware case :P

 

just not my taste

 

i needed a nVidia board and the ebay market has them at crazy prices

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They also used cheap/shitty OEM boards/psus/cases. Not to mention the average person on Craigslist isn't the smartest one around. Also, a couple times more powerful? gpu-wise, no question...cpu-wise, not so much. Plus they also didn't pick up a blu-ray drive/burner (which some people do care about).

 

well if you just wanted to rip off inexperienced buyers on craigslist why did you bother asking a forum full of techies?

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i needed a nVidia board

and the ebay market has them at crazy prices

Why and why?

well if you just wanted to rip off inexperienced buyers on craigslist why did you bother asking a forum full of techies?

Because I expected useful answers -- which yours clearly wasn't seeing as you blatantly overlooked several specs, which make it a pretty poor comparison with scrapyard wars.

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Why and why?

i got a QX6800 and Q6600 to play with silly :P

 

didnt you saw my 2 build logs on the LGA775?

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i got a QX6800 and Q6600 to play with silly :P

 

didnt you saw my 2 build logs on the LGA775?

I don't pay much attention to the forums these days...no time/too frustrating these days.

So why an Nvidia board?

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I don't pay much attention to the forums these days...no time/too frustrating these days.

So why an Nvidia board?

i am trying to push the FSB of the chips but the RAM is holding me back

 

nVidia board have the feature to un-chain the RAM from the FSB

 

so your RAM can still rock at DDR2 800 while your FSB can hit above 1600MHz

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i am trying to push the FSB of the chips but the RAM is holding me back

 

nVidia board have the feature to un-chain the RAM from the FSB

 

so your RAM can still rock at DDR2 800 while your FSB can hit above 1600MHz

Gotcha, $400 for it :P

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Gotcha, $400 for it :P

i pay 350 at most because of that case

 

i mean ew gross

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Gotcha, $400 for it :P

If only Xeons didn't have problems on 680i based motherboards......

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i pay 350 at most because of that case

 

i mean ew gross

:(

 

 

If only Xeons didn't have problems on 680i based motherboards......

What problems? 

 

Check me out....getting a whole education on LGA775 shit....and I'm only 8 years late. 

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:(

 

 

What problems? 

 

Check me out....getting a whole education on LGA775 shit....and I'm only 8 years late. 

Apparently the chipset has FSB issues with them.

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