Old HP Appraisal

[zactacular]

Looking for an appraisal for an exact twin of this machine. If you were going to harvest it for parts/upgrade it where would you start?

edit: the title of the add says core i3, but the description and pictures show a machine with a core i5 2400, that is what I'm looking for info on 

[Frosty]

Depends what you want to do with it but a Sandy Bridge i3 isn't a bad place to start. If I wanted to lightly game with it I'd stick a graphics card in there with a new PSU if you need one.

[zactacular]

Just now, Frosty said:

Depends what you want to do with it but a Sandy Bridge i3 isn't a bad place to start. If I wanted to game with it lightly I'd stick a graphics card in there with a new PSU if you need one.

 it's supposed to be a core i5 2400, the add linked calls it an i3 then shows pictures of it being an i5 and describes it as such. I know of a guy selling a few of these systems and wanted to know what a good price would be. I'm looking to use it in its current format as a platform to play around with/get used to Linux and then to eventually scavenge its CPU and other juicy parts for a console killer machine.  

[Frosty]

1 minute ago, zactacular said:

 it's supposed to be a core i5 2400, the add linked calls it an i3 then shows pictures of it being an i5 and describes it as such. I know of a guy selling a few of these systems and wanted to know what a good price would be. I'm looking to use it in its current format as a platform to play around with/get used to Linux and then to eventually scavenge its CPU and other juicy parts for a console killer machine.  

In that case an i5 would definitely be good still. Especially one from that gen. I have a machine with a i5 2320 and it's still going strong. I don't see Linux having any issues with it, and with a half decent graphics card you're pretty much golden in achieving your console killer goals.