need help from all you computer gurus and DoD Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz System CPU Intel Pentium 4 2.4G FSB533 Retail Case 350W Pentium 4 w/ Side USB/AUD Motherboard Biostar U8668 Motherboard Memory 256M DDRAM PC 2100 Hard Drive 80GB Seagate 7200RPM Ultra CDROM LG 8523 52X24X52 CDBurner Floppy 3.5" Mitsumi Floppy Drive Video On Board Sound On Board Network 100/10 Network Card Keyboard Etitech Windows Keyboard Mouse PS/2 Scroll Mouse Speakers 180W PMPO Multimedia HI-FI Software Norton 2003 Package, All Drivers Price US$550 Warranty One Year Peace of Mind is this fair?
It doesn't appear to have a CD burner which you may regret not getting. I assume it comes with an operating system, but you never know with some of the machines not coming from a major manufacturer. Otherwise, it seems reasonable, but what you ought to do is go to various computer manufacturer web sites and configure machine similar to what you are getting. You'll quickly see if it is a reasonable price. www.dell.com www.sony.com www.hp.com
from a shop in canada. the selling price is $650 can. 15% tax puts it about $750 can. which is about US$550.
that's pretty cheap. I got a HP about 2 years ago that was similar to that except twice the price. The only difference is the amount of RAM really. One of my friends has a computer with 256 RAM that has been running slow, that's why i recommended an upgrade to 512.
I just got the following from HP: 2.4 Ghz with 800 mhz front side bus. 120 GB hard drive 512 MB Ram upgradeable to 4 GB (PC 2700) DVD-ROM DVD+RW(4x)/CD-RW Personal Video Recorder GeForce 5200 128MB video card 6 card memory card reader 6 USB 2.0 ports 2 firewire ports Usual network stuff (modem, NIC) 17" Flat panel LCD monitor HP 5150 printer $1500 after $200 rebate.
cool bobrek. thanks for looking around for me. but too fancy. i'm studying, so on a budget. therefore can't indulge in the dvd drives and the super sexy flat moniters. this is strictly for engineering programs and asia carrera clips off kazaa.
Man, thats a pretty decent price. I remember back a few years ago when you couldn't even get a 128K mem stick for less than $120.
Actually, that's just what I bought myself. You ought to check out Dell. I believe they have student discounts.
i still gotta plunk some money down for a monitor. intel p4, celeron and AMDs. anybody wanna give me a quick crash course on the difference in performance and cost? also which is best for value?
when shopping for hp stuff, go to hpshopping.com, not hp.com. You can check out refurbs and clearance stuff. Might be able to customize this up with rebates to what you want: http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/cto/computer_customize_start.do
not a bad price. but i personally would never buy a motherboard with on board everything. just my 2 cents.
I wouldn't recommend anything with video onboard. It will use the resources on you motherboard to power the video, so you'd want to go with more RAM for sure. Also if you're ordering this thing online, check out www.resellerratings.com. They allow people to rate online resellers, you'll get some good horror stories, but also some good info about the company you're ordering from. I build my own machines now, but the my first one I got through Dell. Thier customer service has been great. I've had 2 things go out on my PC and they have replaced them with no questions asked.
Did you know that Dell has started outsourcing all of their customer service to India? I thought that was a big competitive advantage for them (cust. service) but now they are just throwing it away. I guess the cost savings is worth it.
Intel has the most cutting edge stuff, but you have to pay for it. AMD Athlon gives you more bang for your buck, but generally tails a little in performance. Celeron (Intel) and Duron (AMD) are lowest in cost, but also are lacking in functionality (most glaringly in cache).
