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    Buying from eBay

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by kaRRer, Dec 22, 2010.

  1. kaRRer

    kaRRer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello,

    sorry its not something technical... but...

    is 1800$ ok for a 8730w with the following spec? :)
    New HP 8730w Core2 Xtreme 3.06GHz 17" WUXGA quadro fx3700, 8GB 250G W7, 3year warranty

    Its on ebay from a top-rated seller, also see "eBay buyer protection" sticker but i have never ordered anything from ebay before. Could anything go wrong? :)

    Thank You!
    k.
     
    kaRRer, Dec 22, 2010
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  2. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Price looks bad to me.

    $1800 for a notebook with an old CPU, old GPU...
     
    moral hazard, Dec 22, 2010
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  3. Judicator

    Judicator Judged and found wanting.

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    Assuming that's a dual-core, the price seems a tad high for what you get (since that's an older model), but there's nothing inherently wrong with it that I can tell offhand.
     
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  4. kaRRer

    kaRRer Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hmm? I think the quadro fx3700 is still a brutal 256bit card and as i see you are also using it. :)
     
    kaRRer, Dec 22, 2010
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  5. Judicator

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    Are you going to be using programs that need CUDA? If not, the FX3700M might be a bit of a waste and you might as well go for an ATI solution. You might also want to consider looking at the HP business outlet. I see several quad core 8740w workstations for about $1800 with WUXGA screens and FX3800Ms... although they are admittedly i7-720QMs, and some of them are scratch and dent.
     
    Judicator, Dec 22, 2010
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  6. moral hazard

    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The card is still good, but the price isn't great.

    I would get what Judicator suggested, FX 3800M + i7.
     
    moral hazard, Dec 22, 2010
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