Lotsa RAM, again only a 4 core processor but its quick. Probably fine for us normal folks.
I see an i9 upgrade is available with up to 18 processor cores. Mere $1200... -Curt On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 09:06:43 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Ok got ya; I have seen those. I saw this and saved it thinking it was $349, but see it’s actually $549. Looked great though. HP Z4 G4 Workstation Xeon W-2235 3.8GHz, 32GB, 2x 2TB SSD, P400, Win 11 Pro - VG ebay.com Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 18, 2023, at 8:01 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > For a desktop machine I'd go with something like this: > https://www.ebay.com/itm/175874607658?hash=item28f2f18a2a:g:T9EAAOSwkwNk8HHB&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA0FOsKwtEQnKBXTX%2BPQptGXq1l4%2FhmNsQzAnJTMJFwkKCP29Oi4k4WMHZaMlqj%2BUo3mGDbClGcnLxUxUBicauQGvy596OAt31SFCLIvzhrRNCqFf%2FdrxC7gDnkKtoCUXp6e%2B%2F0veOEUhJriSbegQfJiPxa1n%2FaitqJSJIIX3U%2B8wLdO9J9sIajWIQp5hAm95EA7scTe7yhvtwqdyprc9IUnbb30M43H7d2Y3cgBKgWF1w8wim6NsuIbZ3oAVVRzw2s98nExo7t2bUpWJFbUMioJI%3D%7Ctkp%3ABFBMtOfyrtVi > > 32GB RAM, the only thing I don't like is that its only a quad core processor. > Probably plenty for a normal person looking to just do some regular computing. > There are a bunch of them on eBay, some with more processor, less/more RAM, > bigger/smaller drives. Pick one that fits your budget. > > For reference until last spring Angie's business ran on an HP XW8200 from > pre-2005, as in I don't really remember how old it was but it can't be newer > than that. I remember getting my boss to buy it. It was the first machine I > ever used with SATA as standard. Cost around $3500 as I recall. > > -Curt > > > > > On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 08:51:40 PM EDT, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > Can you point me to an example that might be a good deal? I have been out of > the PC hardware game for a while and not sure what’s a good deal/spec these > days. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Sep 18, 2023, at 1:51 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> Yup, an older workstation is totally the way to go. Right now I'd be >> looking at an HP z4, they've been out for several years and several >> revisions using that model number. Looks like good ones are around $250 on >> eBay for a machine that would have been $1500-2000 4 years ago... >> >> Hard drives are not forever, 7 years is a good lifespan in full time usage. >> As soon as they start to make any weird noises back up your data because the >> end time is neigh.... >> >> -Curt >> >> On Monday, September 18, 2023 at 12:37:22 PM EDT, MB list etc via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> I've quit building my own and now buy used previous generation HP >> workstations with the OS from eBay. Kurt suggested this a while back. I >> installed a new SSD as the boot drive and use the HD it came with for data. >> >> >> >> >> ------- Original Message ------- >>> On Monday, September 18th, 2023 at 10:25 AM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> My PC appears to have crashed. This is a system I built probably 10 or more >>> years ago, maybe much longer. And over the years IIRC have upgraded the MB. >>> It had a 1.5tb HDD as well as a 1tb SSD. Over the last couple of months I >>> have noticed a high pitched whining sound. Seemed to start and stop. This >>> was coming from the SSD. It then got to where when booting the cmos >>> wouldn’t even see the SSD. System seemed to boot fine otherwise. At one >>> point in the last week system seems extremely slow to boot. I also ordered >>> a deal where you can plug in drive to a device that connects to PC. With >>> SSD connected I finally got it to recognize the drive but when trying to >>> access, sits there and then gives I/O error drive not accessible. >>> >>> Installed SSD back in machine, same thing. Also, I have noticed that even >>> without the SSD installed the main HDD is started and stopping all the time >>> and takes forever to load windows. At the moment machine won’t even load >>> windows, just goes into a repair then says not able to repair. Only option >>> is to try to have to reinstall windows. >>> >>> Back to SSD, tried connecting it to a laptop and it shows the drive which >>> appears to have 2 partitions but clicking on either one, it spins/loads for >>> a few minutes. Strange thing is when viewing these drives in windows it >>> doesn’t show capacity and free space. Eventually it basically says drive >>> inaccessible. I need to recover this drive. Any ideas or software that >>> might work? >>> >>> Point of the post. Thinking it’s time for a new system. Should I just order >>> new MB, memory, hard drive etc, build a completely new system, or just buy >>> a commercially prebuilt one such as HP etc? The prices of these seem so >>> cheap these days and will already have OS installed maybe that makes the >>> most sense? If I go this route I will then attempt to connect these drives >>> externally to recover data. >>> >>> Anyone have any thoughts on this? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
