My Baby for Sale -- I'm Leaving the Hardware Trading Scene Guys, I'll Miss You!

[y0shi]

Hi guys, i want to start this post off by thanking each and every one of you whom I've traded with over the years. You've truly made online trading a pleasure that I will never forget! Over the last few months, I've realized I've become addicted to my habit-- upgrading and tricking out my computer in every way possible. I'm a freshman in college, and I don't wish to spend all my time on the computer anymore; I want to get out of my dorm room and have a life! Unfortunately, I'm one of those all or nothing type guys, so to get rid of all temptation, I need to get rid of the source -- my desktop computer obviously. I'd like to trade it for a laptop of medium power and cash (I'm a college student remember? ) I'd REALLY like to trade the whole thing and not have to part it out since I've decided not to spend too much time with the computer or trading anymore. However, if it is necesarry, I will part the whole thing out. I'll also list all the extra cooling stuff I have that I will no longer be needing, stuff I've spent well over $250 for. If you have a laptop and you're willing to trade, I'm willing to work with you if you want only certain things in the computer, or if you want extra cooling stuff with it. Without further ado, here is my creation!

AMD Duron 600mhz @ 1000mhz 1.85v with Alpha PAL6035
PC Power and Cooling 425 Watt Power Supply with 5 year warrenty
Abit KT7
256MB CAS2 PC133 KTI Kingmax Tiny BGA Ram (Highly overclockable)
18GB IBM 4th Gen 10K RPM SCSI, 160MB/s Max (4.5 years left on the warrenty)
(2) IBM 75GXP 7200RPM 45GB Hard Drives in Raid 0 (90GB total)
2GB IBM 7200RPM SCSI, 20MB/s Max, I THINK
32MB OEM Creative Labs Geforce 2 GTS
Tekram PCI U2W SCSI Card, 80MB/s Max (Brand New)
IWILL PCI UW SCSI Card, 40MB/s Max
Promise FastTrak66 PCI RAID Card
HP 9210i 8X SCSI CDRW Drive
Pioneer Slot Load 6x SCSI DVD-ROM Drive (Only SCSI model not region locked)
SB Live! Value (Less than a month old)
3Com 10/100 PCI NIC 3C905B-TX
Floppy Drive
Removeable Hard Drive Bay

As I stated above, I'm looking to trade this system for a mid-range P3 laptop with some cash. And I'm open to a deal where you can leave some of the more expensive components out, for example: I just bought the 18GB 10k RPM drive and controller card for $400 and the power supply is the best so it cost $200.

In a few minutes I will have the Overclocking equipment up in the thread as well. You guys have no idea how sad I am to leave the tweaking scene, but it's for my own good. I guess I just need to keep a stiff upper lip and my chin up, and I'll pull through :-/

y0shi

[y0shi]

Here's the extra cooling equipment I'll no longer need:

PC Power and Cooling 425 Watt Power Supply with 5 Year Warrenty
Aluminum Waterblock with 90 degree fittings from Tidal Pool
'95 Chrystler New Yorker Heater Core (Paid $50 for this radiator at the junk yard )
140 GPH Submersible AC Powered Water Pump
118 Watt 50mm Peltier @ 16V
Global Win FOP-32 Heatsink and 27 CFM YS-Tech Fan
(3) 120mm Panaflos with Chrome Grills, the 108 CFM kind
(2) 80mm Sunon Fans with Chrome Grills
(1) 60mm Delta Black Label 38 CFM with Chrome Grill
Leufkin's 52 Watt Peltier Kit Complete, Never Used
(2) 50mm Copper Cold Plates
7/8ths of a set of tubes of Artic Silver Epoxy (not the Grease, this is the Epoxy)
Some of 3M's thickest FragTape
Heavily Modified Midtower with (3) 120mm Blowholes, (2) 80mm Blowholes, (1) 60mm Blowhole, and (2) Small Holes for Water-Cooling Tubes
Extra Foam, Water-Cooling Hose, Hose Clamps, Misc. Cold Plates, Silicone Sealant, etc.

[plucky duck]

What, you're getting out of the tweaking business? No way!....

Betcha you'll be coming back sooner or later askin' for more Like Socket, he switched and switched back, hehe

BTW, is that system only for trade and sell as a whole or can you out a few miscellaneous items? (ie - SCSI stuff)

We'll miss you......

Pluckster

[y0shi]

thanks plucky, i very well might be back another semester, but i need to buckle down on my school work and also have more of a life -- last semester i spent TOO much time tweaking my water-cooling/peltier setup AND my GPA was below the GPA required by my full scholarship-- im on probation now, like academic review for a 3.43. can u believe i have to maintain a 3.5?! AH!

anyways, i'd preffer to do a trade for cash and a laptop, but i could sell the whole kit and kaboodle as well. i know pricechecks are frowned upon, but it breaks my heart to put a mortal price on this thing which i have poured so much time and energy into! if you wouldn't mind, what do u think it's worth plucky? don't worry blade, ill post up a price soon, im not trying to pull any ebay shiz on u guys!

and yes, i was thinking that a person who is interested in the whole system might balk at paying a whole bunch more for the scsi stuff, so i'm prepared to break it up into smaller packages if necesarry. thanks for the reply!

[DragonMasterAlex]

If you break it up, I *want* that PC power and cooling power supply! Dibs, please!

Thanks!

DMA

[y0shi]

Thanks Alex, I'm still hoping to sell it all at once, or at least in a couple large packages (ex. Main Computer, SCSI stuff, Cooling stuff), but I'm keeping a running tally of what everyone wants just in case i can get enough interest to sell every piece. in this case, whoever buys the most items at once gets dibs on what they want. i know this isnt how it is usually done, but im looking to leave the scene with shipping as few packages as possible. thanks for understanding! heres what has been spoken for thus far with your recent interest in the PSU:

KT7 Mobo
GF2 32mb
PSU

[doubolplay1]

I am really interested in the scsi card and the burner and the 45 giger . Drop me a line and see what we can come up with . thanks

[Edited by doubolplay1 on 01-09-2001 at 01:25 AM]

[y0shi]

ok, ive calculated what i think is a fair price for all these components, and im asking $1850 if we split shipping. :-/

[plucky duck]

Yoshi, that's looks like what I was thinking also, its a pretty fair price to me

But its so much more fun splitting it up The fightin' has already begun you see :lol Dibs! Dibs! Dibs!

Pluckster

[Sexy Pid]

What kinda case you got?

Pid

[DaMaN]

YGM & do you have pic of the case?

[Red Dawn]

Best of luck young man. You are only young once and it would be a shame to waste the best years of your life on the internet. You always can wait to be an old fart like me to do that

[succubiss]

SB Live! Value ... $42.50
Abit KT7... $120
Finding a '95 Chrysler radiator at the junkyard to perfect that water cooling system and FINALLY hitting 1GHz .... priceless

we'll miss seeing ya yoshi. we wish you all the best in school.

[y0shi]

Thanks for the sentiment red, thats so true! Lol succubiss, that cracked me up

daman, here is a link to specs on the manufacturer's page with lots of pretty pictures also, if u wish to see all the monster mods i've done to the case, i might be able to snag my suitemate's webcam tommorow morning and take a few low quality pics o i forgot, the case comes with a 4 port baybus attached to the side wall.
http://www.spower.com/299.htm

to everyone: it looks like im getting some huge interest in all the pieces, even some of the cooling stuff! so it looks like it might get parted out afterall, so keep telling me what u are interested in! ive already got a 100% sure buyer for:

ONE 45gb 75gxp
256mb KTI
HP 9210i SCSI CDRW
IWILL 2935UW (supports win2k)

[y0shi]

i think i have landed myself a nice laptop (ill post a link to the auction once its closed, i dont want to risk losing it with only one hour left lol!) but it needs a few upgrades. it only comes with a 7gb hd, quite a step down from 110+ gb. also, it only comes with 64mb ram, but its upgradable with a second slot (i think they said it was 1.6" or something). i know ram is pretty cheap now, and just looking at pricewatch, it seems that 18gb is about all i can expect to have without paying a fortune. if any of you guys have those lappy parts or any other accessories for an HP N5170, lmk and we can work a trade. also, i would put my 2.5" 7gb hard drive up in a trade as well. o yeah, and if u have an 8x usb cd burner id be interested too!

i know it seems like im doing it again-- upgrading-- but im just making the new computer into something more acceptable as a desktop replacement. thanks for listening