<![CDATA[WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have]]>I have been confronted by a family friend to start a website for his numerous businesses in town. Ranging from Royal Jewlers to the local department of CIGNA. He needs a SQL back-office implementation, since I recieved my MCSA/MCSE I am qualified by Microsoft to perform these operations. However, I am looking for any equipment as I will need at least 5 servers MINIUM to give him a local web presence at well (going to run Apache Linux for his web hosting) tell me what you have and I will purchase ASAP. I need this done by the end of Nov.

PS. NO Monitors I'm talking ATX form factor equipment, CPU's and respectful memory modules.

Also if you have access to any Cisco 1645 or 3xxx routers please DEFINATELY give me a PM.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/topic/690/wtb-any-2-4-year-computer-equipment-you-haveRSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 09:44:29 GMTWed, 27 Oct 2004 12:54:23 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Thu, 28 Oct 2004 04:41:24 GMT]]>LInksys is the best router eva.

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mym6 wrote:
I have a ABIT NF7-M mobo, no proc, no ram and it seems to have a faulty floppy controller. This is an AMD board, nForce2 chipset, and was running a 2700+. Interested?

i'm going to have to say no, i won't be doing much pc gaming (aside from the old-school stuff) for a while. i need to start playing music again and getting the brain firing again so i can accel in school again

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2k3WRXND wrote:
its always fun to take old 386's or older cpu's and set them up as dedicated routers for LAN's as well. Lot less bandwidth loss then compared to an el cheapo linksys router/switch.

😕 never noticed a BW loss from them. Some linksys routers are running linux BTW.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10547https://fargostreet.com/post/10547Thu, 28 Oct 2004 01:48:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Thu, 28 Oct 2004 01:47:57 GMT]]>I have a ABIT NF7-M mobo, no proc, no ram and it seems to have a faulty floppy controller. This is an AMD board, nForce2 chipset, and was running a 2700+. Interested?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10546https://fargostreet.com/post/10546Thu, 28 Oct 2004 01:47:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:10:35 GMT]]>i have a box full of parts from a couple 486's i took apart. a bunch of ram, a couple heat sinks, a couple power supplies, a combination 3 1/2" / 5 1/4" drive. a dual speed cd rom drive, and i think an actual 486 processor along with some other junk. lemme know if you want any of it. its just sitting in my closet.

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out there wrote:
well jim, to give you an idea about how old equipment works for networking...
a couple of my friends use a 386 for their firewall. at my place, we have an athlon 1ghz running at 750 because of faulty (or mislabeled) ram; this computer records television, serves videos and music to the mini-pc that runs freevo, not to mention plays fileserver for the rest of the network. it runs with an asus a7m266 motherboard (top'o the line when i bought it) and could probably be a pretty nasty beast with a faster processor and 1gb of ddr

its always fun to take old 386's or older cpu's and set them up as dedicated routers for LAN's as well. Lot less bandwidth loss then compared to an el cheapo linksys router/switch.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10507https://fargostreet.com/post/10507Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:03:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:51:58 GMT]]>well jim, to give you an idea about how old equipment works for networking...
a couple of my friends use a 386 for their firewall. at my place, we have an athlon 1ghz running at 750 because of faulty (or mislabeled) ram; this computer records television, serves videos and music to the mini-pc that runs freevo, not to mention plays fileserver for the rest of the network. it runs with an asus a7m266 motherboard (top'o the line when i bought it) and could probably be a pretty nasty beast with a faster processor and 1gb of ddr

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amicheze wrote:
im still waiting to hear about that switch. the guy who owns it goes to school in NY, so he would have to ship it here. its been used in many many lan parties and works great. im guessing he'll probably want around 200 for it. just a guess though.

I will take it, do you accept paypal or how do you want to do the transfer?

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10498https://fargostreet.com/post/10498Wed, 27 Oct 2004 22:47:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:45:26 GMT]]>im still waiting to hear about that switch. the guy who owns it goes to school in NY, so he would have to ship it here. its been used in many many lan parties and works great. im guessing he'll probably want around 200 for it. just a guess though.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10488https://fargostreet.com/post/10488Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:45:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:36:45 GMT]]>1337 g4m3|?

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Jim wrote:
You don't have to use DDR SDRAM you can look for motherboards that still use PC 133, lots of them super cheap out there.

Anyway, I'm sure you know what your doing, just if it were me, I'd just spend the little extra thats all...

Don't worry i wasn't frontin on your 1337 h4x0r knowledge... you and i both know what can go in a pimp comptuer haha

1337 h4x0r LOL I haven't heard that one forever 🙂

I once was in WI and saw a license plate that sayd 1337 and I yelled out " 'Leet " (pronounced L-ee-t) everyone kind of looked at me funny - guess no one can't be pimp like us eh Jim? 🙂

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10468https://fargostreet.com/post/10468Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:21:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:13:27 GMT]]>legacy image

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mym6 wrote:
damn it all, my post never made it.

In summary, I've never heard of Navision but I use Great Plains which requires MSSQL and I run it on Windows Server 2003 which is the first MS server I've gained trust in.

For a simple cheap KVM that works good try:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=1158330

Navision is from MBS - the same great company that brings you Great Plains 🙂 - Great Plains tends to be the most popular - however Navision has a lot of certain strongpoints that seem to work out for a few of the companies. I don't deal MBS products, nor sell them, partners do and I am not a partner, so the reasons why he went to navision I don't know but the fact is that like Great Plains it also runs on SQL, as does his CRM solution which also needs SQL.

EDIT: Thanks for the tip from mwave on the kvm switch; mwave is an excellent reseller and I ordered that kvm switch, looked exactly what I needed especially with the LED display.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10463https://fargostreet.com/post/10463Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:01:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:01:39 GMT]]>You don't have to use DDR SDRAM you can look for motherboards that still use PC 133, lots of them super cheap out there.

Anyway, I'm sure you know what your doing, just if it were me, I'd just spend the little extra thats all...

Don't worry i wasn't frontin on your 1337 h4x0r knowledge... you and i both know what can go in a pimp comptuer haha

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10462https://fargostreet.com/post/10462Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:01:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:59:35 GMT]]>Jim - exactly, why get DDR SDRAM memory modules and current socket sets when its not nessecary - I was trying to build the components for $150 or less, since I have a few cases and now a few PSU's. But for my personal computer I didnt skim....

Athlon 3400+ (1mb L2 cache_
MSI K8N-Neo2 Platinum Pro (Nforce-4 350 chipset)
TDK Dual Layer DVD-RW
Samsung CD-RW/DVD-ROM
2 x Western Digial 36GB 10k RPM (RAID 0)
BRAND NEW Geforce6800 BFG OC (Factory overcloked GPU - going to get a silencer and tweak it up even more
1GB Muskin PC3200 (TRUE 2-2-2 CAS timing)

I don't know exactly how much I've spent on it. But ask flowcus, the thing is amazingly fast and I love it to bits and pieces 🙂

anyways like I said, I'm mostly in dire need of used Cisco router/switches and a KVM switch, if you have cheap cpu's/boards that are relatively new (2-4 years) I want them. I know what I'm doing with this stuff, been doing it for years so please if you have them post them please. If I don't hear anything by tommorow from you guys I will just newegg it up like I always do...... 🙂

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10461https://fargostreet.com/post/10461Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:59:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:39:30 GMT]]>I disagree... if your looking for a decent computer, you can build one for under $300... easily.

Using used computer equipment as servers is asking for trouble. Do it right the first time.

Cheaping out is almost never the best option. Why don't you just buy five motherboards with integrated everything, five cases w/ powersupplies, five OEM harddrives, etc...

Its cheap... Oh so very cheap.

I just helped Brian and Kevin smith put together computers for $400-500; this includes an Athlon 3200+, Motherboard, Geforce 4, 512mb Ram, 80gb 7200rpm harddrive, Case (ricer case w/ neons), DVD Dual Layer 16x Burner.

That is total overkill for what you'd need.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10457https://fargostreet.com/post/10457Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:39:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:35:05 GMT]]>damn it all, my post never made it.

In summary, I've never heard of Navision but I use Great Plains which requires MSSQL and I run it on Windows Server 2003 which is the first MS server I've gained trust in.

For a simple cheap KVM that works good try:
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=1158330

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10456https://fargostreet.com/post/10456Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:35:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:45:21 GMT]]>i dont understand how that wasn't on topic but ok.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10442https://fargostreet.com/post/10442Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:45:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:19:47 GMT]]>I apologize STISchucky, I didn't mean it directed completely towards you the quote was in mere referance to the ideas you pointed out. Nor did I expect you to know my previous employer background, I just need to find the parts, and want the thread kind of clean with people who reply on topic to the parts I asked for.

I appreciate the input though.

98exaccord: it won't pay off, this is equipment that will be setup and probally never touched again. The cheaper the better - cuz in quite honesty the less underbudget I go, the more I get paid this is the way the IT world works sometimes. It's just balancing reliability/stability with cost effectiveness.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10441https://fargostreet.com/post/10441Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:19:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:04:40 GMT]]>spend the money for new shit...if the guys rich its obviously going to pay off

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10440https://fargostreet.com/post/10440Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:04:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:50:41 GMT]]>It was just advice you asshole. Not like i fucking knew you worked with people from PC hertz geez. like amicheze said, you can find stuff for free, but lemme guess you already thought up that idea right.

]]>https://fargostreet.com/post/10438https://fargostreet.com/post/10438Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:50:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to WTB: Any 2-4 year computer equipment you have on Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:38:37 GMT]]>

STiSchucky wrote:
why dont you just make a trip to them 2nd rate computer stores like PC hurtz or computer renasance(nfi how to spell that)...they'll be glad to hook u up with something cheap from their junkyard. ive looked in the back rooms and they got stuff stockpiled so you probably can't go wrong there...plus they cut u pretty good deals

Computer Rennaisance = overpriced

PChertz = former employee and I hate them - they won't be around much longer.

I've already checked out some other stores around here, and found a few parts already at pcparts and supplies. I also bidded on some equipment from Fargo school network. Like I said I've done this before, so instead of posting on the thread, keep it relative, if you have the equipment post, if not, don't.

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STiSchucky wrote:
why dont you just make a trip to them 2nd rate computer stores like PC hurtz or computer renasance(nfi how to spell that)...they'll be glad to hook u up with something cheap from their junkyard. ive looked in the back rooms and they got stuff stockpiled so you probably can't go wrong there...plus they cut u pretty good deals

that or dig around in the dumpsters out back after they close. i know people that have built entire computers out of parts theyve found.

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