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I just hired a new web programmer onto the team. I am building him a system. Here is what it needs to be:
Processor: P4 2.4 GHZ 800mhz (Socket 478 I think)
Motherboard: I want a good motherboard with at least 3 Dimm slots. 3 or more PCI. 1 AGP. Onboard LAN and Sound. With or without SATA or raid. I need a reputable brand (Asus is my fav.)
Memory: 1 GB PC3200 (DDR400) I don't care if its one or two sticks.
Hard Drive: 120 GB 7200 IDE
Video card: AGP, 128mb, dual monitor. With or without DVI, doesn't matter.
Case: I don't care what it looks like, but it needs a 420 watt supply.
Else: I don't need a floppy, or optical drives, but include a couple case fans. No OS needed.
The best price for all of this I found was $613. Not a bad price but seeing if you experts can do better.
I will award points to the person who returns the best results. I don't care if the parts are from diferent sources, but I will only buy from reputable businesses (no ebay, or geocities stores if you know what I mean) Also NO REFURBS.
Thanks guys.
Processor: P4 2.4 GHZ 800mhz (Socket 478 I think)
Motherboard: I want a good motherboard with at least 3 Dimm slots. 3 or more PCI. 1 AGP. Onboard LAN and Sound. With or without SATA or raid. I need a reputable brand (Asus is my fav.)
Memory: 1 GB PC3200 (DDR400) I don't care if its one or two sticks.
Hard Drive: 120 GB 7200 IDE
Video card: AGP, 128mb, dual monitor. With or without DVI, doesn't matter.
Case: I don't care what it looks like, but it needs a 420 watt supply.
Else: I don't need a floppy, or optical drives, but include a couple case fans. No OS needed.
The best price for all of this I found was $613. Not a bad price but seeing if you experts can do better.
I will award points to the person who returns the best results. I don't care if the parts are from diferent sources, but I will only buy from reputable businesses (no ebay, or geocities stores if you know what I mean) Also NO REFURBS.
Thanks guys.
You're making a mistake. Not considering ebay sellers with high numbers of feedback. I've bought from supposedly reputable vendors and had bad experiences. I've also bought from a lot of ebay vendors and only had one bad experience - which I blame myself for as the vendor had a 5% bad feedback rating (100%-95% positive). That said, Have you priced things out a pricewatch? Cheapest prices you'll find I think. But half the vendors I wouldn't trust. Best bet, Newegg.com if you ask me.
www.tigerdirect.com
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=31
I saw a nice kit on there a while back, great spec, cheap as chips, but you had to put it together yourself, might be worth a look
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=31
I saw a nice kit on there a while back, great spec, cheap as chips, but you had to put it together yourself, might be worth a look
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Dell coupon 6W300 - 4d30w4
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/evalue?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
Dimension 3000 fully integrated, all the work is done just upgrade the RAM to your specs and your good to go 499 - 100 mail in rebate.
Dell coupon 6W300 - 4d30w4
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/evalue?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
Dimension 3000 fully integrated, all the work is done just upgrade the RAM to your specs and your good to go 499 - 100 mail in rebate.
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