Q6600 for £27 !

jyounguk · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:21

I won a non working computer from the bay the other day for some spare parts. It was advertised as having problems installing windows with the following spec - P4 3.2Ghz , 2GB mem , 400GB HD and MSI Mobo , got it for £27 inc postage.
When I turned it on I couldn't believe it when I saw the bios screen

!! Q6600 !! , turns out the 2GB memory was faulty and causing the probs with the windows installation so I tried some other ram and installed windows to check all other components which are all working fine.
So for £27 I got Q6600 , MSI Core2/Quad mobo , 400GB HD , DVD-RW , 500W PSU , Firewire PCI card.

Now thats what I call a bargain

Combat squirrel · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:24

panyan · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:28

the best bargains on the bay are the ones that arent described peoperly - but they are the most risky

lcg · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:31

Wow, that's an awesome deal. Enjoy your new PC!

cjph · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:31

I'll give you £28 for it ! Then I win.

cj

jyounguk · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:40

lcg said:
Wow, that's an awesome deal. Enjoy your new PC!

Stll deciding what to do with it all , I upgraded my PC to a i5 760 last year but I am still using my old trusty 8800GT with the setup.
Thinking about flogging the cpu/mobo and my 8800GT and getting a shiny new gfx card

matthab · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:45

Put it back on the bay instant profit win win.

Someone had some Karma to use!!!

coldfused · 23 Mar 2011 at 12:49

Awesome find

ShakeNBake · 23 Mar 2011 at 13:44

wow that is really lucky

Liquid · 23 Mar 2011 at 14:07

you lucky lucky bar steward..........................

Result

Benihana · 23 Mar 2011 at 14:25

^^ pretty sure that needs to be fully starred out!

Nice win though!

Chiribo · 23 Mar 2011 at 14:42

I think it's more along the lines of Epic Win.

trisp · 23 Mar 2011 at 14:44

i will give u three lucky turnips for that computer?

MumboJumbo · 23 Mar 2011 at 14:55

I dislike people like you. Why does life gota hate on me all the time. I want luck

nasher32 · 23 Mar 2011 at 16:20

What a result!

WobblerJW · 23 Mar 2011 at 16:24

nasher32 said:
What a result!

not exactly the words i am thinking but wow lol cheap at 27 quid

jyounguk · 23 Mar 2011 at 16:31

8igdave said:
I dislike people like you. Why does life gota hate on me all the time. I want luck

I've had quite a few bargains of the bay from people who just don't actually advertise their items correctly .
Also there are many people who advertise pc's as pick up only as they don't want to risk posting them which dramatically reduces their buyer market straight away so plenty local bargains to be had, picked up a couple of pc's this way for half the price they would have been worth if the person was willing to post.

TigerUK · 23 Mar 2011 at 16:39

panyan said:
the best bargains on the bay are the ones that arent described peoperly - but they are the most risky

Yeah, I'm sure there are a lot of scammers out there too who act aloof, "I don't know what happened to it, Windows stopped work, maybe it needs a new hard drive"

But they know the who mobo, cpu etc has been fried, and the system is beyond repair and the salvagable parts are worthless.

Kouba · 23 Mar 2011 at 17:42

Fantastic bargain mate, enjoy your new rig

Liquid · 23 Mar 2011 at 20:07

Benihana said:
^^ pretty sure that needs to be fully starred out!

Nice win though!

have edited it slightly, better lol