I Bought An Old Computer For 10$!!

We where out garage saling the other day and came across this PC. It looked good so I bought it. Turns out it's a 32 bit system... No problem, I can work with this. I Installed Windows 10 32 bit and the system is running faster than I expected seeing the system specs. The best thing about the perches? It came with a Antec 450W PSU! For 10$!! Even If the mobo was dead witch It wasn't... I came out on top. You never know what you'll find garage saling. Here's the system specs and some pics.

Windows 10 Pro 32-bit
CPU
Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200 @ 2.33GHz 43 °C
Yorkfield 45nm Technology
RAM
3.00GB Dual-Channel DDR2 @ 333MHz (5-5-5-15)
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. G31M-ES2L (Socket 775) 34 °C
Graphics
Generic Non-PnP Monitor (1024x768@60Hz)
Intel G33/G31 Express Chipset Family (Gigabyte)
Storage
111GB EAGET SSD ATA Device (SATA (SSD)) 42 °C
Optical Drives


HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GH22NS30 ATA Device
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

Nice purchase, too bad in my country we don't have garage sale little upgrade you can make it even more usable.

O Sorry! It came with 4G RAM but one was bad. That's the way it go's garage saling.

FreeBooter said:

Nice purchase, too bad in my country we don't have garage sale little upgrade you can make it even more usable.

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I'm thinking of making a Linux system. But there are so many. I've been looking at Deepin. Your opinion?

Now that is good idea how about Linux Mint.

FreeBooter said:

Now that is good idea how about Linux Mint.

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I like Deepin for it's ease of use. I just downloaded Deepin 20.9 and am going to install it in a VM for testing.

I have a lot viewing. Please post what your thinking...

Lance1 said:

I'm thinking of making a Linux system. But there are so many. I've been looking at Deepin. Your opinion?

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Either Linux Mint or Manjaro Linux, both are excellent distros, with a lot of packages and support forums.
And you can install Deepin desktop in either too.
Do not know about support to Deepin, especially it being Chinese !

Nice score!

Linux Mint is elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use. Some of the reasons for the success of Linux Mint are: It works out of the box, with full multimedia support and is extremely easy to use.

More time the BOSS is calling... I'll get back to this later.

Take your time.

I think that would make for an excellent Linux machine.

Thats a 64bit processor

Rollback_Jockey said:

Thats a 64bit processor

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8200 (4M Cache, 2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) Product Specifications

Intel® Core™2 Quad Processor Q8200 (4M Cache, 2.33 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB) quick reference guide including specifications, features, pricing, compatibility, design documentation, ordering codes, spec codes and more.

ark.intel.com

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That is ODD. When I first tried to install Win 10 64 bit it wouldn't let me saying it was 32 bit. If this CPU is 64 bit capable Why can't I install a 64 bit OS? I put Deepin 64 bit on a USB with Rufus and I couldn't boot into it. I'm creating a Linux Mint 21.2 USB as I type. I really wont to make this box a Linux Box.

Have you updated the BIOS

bfunke said:

Have you updated the BIOS

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Yes that is my thought also. The BIOS at this time is F5 2008. I cant see it getting any newer then 2008. BUT! I'll look into it.

Nothing new! I have several old PC's that have AMD 64 bit cpu chips, but obviously a 32 bit BIos, and will have nothing to do with anything 64 bit.
No problem, I just load Windows 10/Pro/32 and life goes on.

The old HP laptop I'M on right now, falls into that category. Win 11, loaded but then took a dump!
Windows 10/Pro/32 is running like a champ, on a new SSD that I just installed today.

Properly set up, Windows 10/32 can be just as useful as Win-11.

Good find!
Good Luck!
TM

The empty case alone is worth ten bucks easy. They don't make 'em like that anymore. In fact, I could use a few more like that. I recall about ten years ago buying an ACER computer for 80 bucks. It had a 1TB 3.5" hard drive and a Win 8.1 OS and came with a pile of peripherals, including a fax machine (which I never used). It was probably the best 80 bucks I ever spent on used computer parts. I use it for watching documentaries in my bed room or just listening to music. The ruddy thing refuses to die! I probably should upgrade it to Win 10 but it's been working out so well I just never bothered. It would probably die of shock if I tried to upgrade it. Some of these used deals are the best thing going.