Here are the rules.
1) Everything must come from NewEgg.
2) Nothing Refurbished - Availability too hit/miss.
3) Count Rebates. Dont count shipping.
4) Don't include the OS, but it should be able to "RUN" XP and perhaps "Notepad" :>
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Analysis: This system came in MUCH lower than I expected. Also, I could actually just pop in another $18 memory chip and it would actually be a usable system for checking your email, ebay and Yahoo.
In fact it would likely outperform a large percentage of the deployed corporate desktops which often have a 4 year life-cycle and are often not on the high-end to start.
Most of the PCs for a regional medical system I work with are 2.4Ghz Pentiums w/ 40gb drives and 512mb of RAM.
The new standard is higher, but the listed specs account for well over 1/2 of their systems.
according to the compatibility on that cpu cooler, it won't work for your cpu. Anyways, if you used 512mb ram like you were saying, it would be a decent setup.
You can even add a floppy drive to the AMD system (the drive would probably access data faster than the system could handle it) for $5.50 and still match your price of $161.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6821152001
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