kony <spam@spam.com> wrote in news:0oike25e454v0qg7rn618fkkn84dpt0t3q@
4ax.com:

> popular online stores like http://www.newegg.com et al.
>

Newegg is great, but it would cost 3x the used price at auction.
At that rate, I could buy 5 sticks for 40% less, test them all and use the
best 3.

Since I respect your opinion, do you think it pays to spend $110 after
rebate for cheap memory like Kingston or K-byte if I could get it new?
At some point, I may upgrade to a Powerleap 1.2 ghtz CPU as it's compatible
with the board (if I could get a good price on it).

I don't see any reason to retire the machine yet. My feeling is that it's
always useful to have an extra machine on hand to surf the web for drivers
and software testing in the event the other unit crashes.

Between the cd-rw and DVD-rw drives I've installed, the new hard drives
I've purchased, and the cards I've upgraded over the years, you have
better stuff in this box than the junk Dell puts in its lower end machines
and the stuff that's sitting on the shelves in Bestbuy.