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Russ 01-05-2009 17:42

Opinions please (aka calling Captain Zing)
 
I'm putting this in the local paper and am hoping to get around a ton for the following.....

AMD Sempron 3400 processor (tower)
2GB Ram (was 1gb)
160gb HD
Onboard Nvidia graphics
6 USB ports
CDR drive
DVD burner drive
15" flatscreen monitor

It's a built system and when I bought it I replaced the HD and added 1gb ram.

Am I aiming a bit high?

zing_deleted 01-05-2009 17:58

Re: Opinions please (aka calling Captain Zing)
 
The right customer should be out there to reach that

Russ 01-05-2009 18:01

Re: Opinions please (aka calling Captain Zing)
 
Is that zing-speak for "Yes you're punching above your weight but someone will probably pay it"? :D

xpod 01-05-2009 18:19

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I'm putting this in the local paper and am hoping to get around a ton for the following.....
Is that P&P flung in??:)
I need a cheap machine for someone local but i wont actually see them till they come back from work on Monday.

I just sold the only spare i had lying about a few days ago.

zing_deleted 01-05-2009 18:27

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Originally Posted by Russ B (Post 34786745)
Is that zing-speak for "Yes you're punching above your weight but someone will probably pay it"? :D

I think you will get that for it the screen swings it as its as good as complete.

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Originally Posted by xpod (Post 34786759)
Is that P&P flung in??:)
I need a cheap machine for someone local but i wont actually see them till they come back from work on Monday.

I just sold the only spare i had lying about a few days ago.

I got a 2 gig p4 gig sd ram 20 gig hard drive patched up case going cheap lol (no dvd rw though ) lol

xpod 01-05-2009 18:38

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I got a 2 gig p4 gig sd ram 20 gig hard drive patched up case going cheap lol (no dvd rw though ) lol
Although i dont have any complete Desktops going spare atm i reckon i could probably dig through my boxes and conjure up something similar.......i`ll sell you it for half of what you were going to sell me it for:p:

I actually sold a complete system myself for £70 last week,just to get rid of it.I wish i`d held on now.Sods law eh.

zing_deleted 01-05-2009 18:40

Re: Opinions please (aka calling Captain Zing)
 
I was thinking a tenner so yeah ill have yours for a fiver ;)

Raistlin 01-05-2009 18:44

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Whatever you're selling to who just make sure you wipe those HDDs down properly ;)

xpod 01-05-2009 19:19

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Whatever you're selling to who just make sure you wipe those HDDs down properly
I do that regardless of whether the acquired machine/drive was formatted by the previous owners or not.Straight in with a live/gparted CD.....unless i`m asked to recover any data from the machine/drive that is.

Raistlin 01-05-2009 19:21

Re: Opinions please (aka calling Captain Zing)
 
[Apologies to Russ for staying off topic for a little while.....]

I take it you're using dd to wipe the drives if you're using a live Linux distribution?

xpod 01-05-2009 19:41

Re: Opinions please (aka calling Captain Zing)
 
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I take it you're using dd to wipe the drives if you're using a live Linux distribution?
I do use dd but usually because of bad partitions/installations and not purely because of the security/privacy concerns of passing on a drive.
The reality is that most of the people that would ever end up with any drive/machine through me would never be doing the kinda stuff they`d need to to recover data from the freshly formatted(OS re-installed) drive in the first place....not that the drives in question would ever have had much in the way of sensitive data in the first place.


Most can barely find their own data let alone the previous owners data underneath as it were.

Raistlin 01-05-2009 22:26

Re: Opinions please (aka calling Captain Zing)
 
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Originally Posted by xpod (Post 34786815)
Most can barely find their own data let alone the previous owners data underneath as it were.

:LOL:

Now that strikes a chord.

Still don't think you can get much better than:

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<your_drive_here>
Always gives me a warm glow :)

Russ 01-05-2009 22:28

Re: Opinions please (aka calling Captain Zing)
 
What, no Gary L to tell everyone to get back on topic?? ;) :D

In that case I'd better do it then :D

Peter_ 01-05-2009 22:33

Re: Opinions please (aka calling Captain Zing)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Russ B (Post 34786917)
What, no Gary L to tell everyone to get back on topic?? ;) :D

In that case I'd better do it then :D

I thought it was the Drifters in concert on this thread.

xpod 01-05-2009 23:16

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Quote:

Still don't think you can get much better than:

Code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/<your_drive_here>

Always gives me a warm glow
Dont forget to follow up with
Code:

dd if=/dev/urandom of=<your_drive_here>
....if your really paranoid.

Quote:

In that case I'd better do it then
So what motherboard is it again?......:angel:


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