UPDATE: Complete PC for $600 + tax from Dell

Looks like $700 to me, I think you rounded the wrong way.

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Dell's are great computers for the "typical end user". What I mean is most people would be happy with one. I personally would not match a P4 2.4Ghz procesor with a GF4 MX video card but...for most people that would offer enough performance. I also think that PC 2100 ram strangles the memory bus to that CPU. Then again if you just want to use this machine and aren't too concerned about future upgrades buy it. Most come with a recovery CD wich makes it easy to fix catastrophic errors (unless you've modified the setup then it can get tricky).

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I think you need to look again. $673.50 rounds to $700.00. You're better off just saying you got it for $673.50.

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wtf do the features have to do with a the rounding??? 673.50 would round to 700 not 600.

It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black.

Yeah, we payed $139CDN for shipping when we got our P4 1.4GHz.

...And all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put my computer back together again...

If you think it's not a great deal then you are a definitely a hardware newbie, It's sad that some people get advices from you... well, here is some beginners info for you. Open up pricewatch.com and put a system together for that money and then come here and post the specs with the lower/same price... I know I am not going to see your post again because it will be impossible to do... hope you will learn something from that...

Here are the lowest prices as of today:
2.4Ghz Intel 533FSB - $194 (Retail)
256MB DDR2700 - $65
40GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive - $65
Geforce 4 MX - $55
15 inch LCD Monitor - $320

Etc…

Looks like I don't even have to even finish, because it's already over $675 mark... Besides, these were the lowest prices I have found and they were all in different stores, so you will need to add shipping to each component. When I tried newegg.com the price was even higher… Of course it's not top of the line system, but it's a great machine for regular homeuser. So, by getting this system, I saved about $300. Great Christmas present


oh and also, it comes with DDR2700 not 2100

it doesn't matter if I can upgrade it or not, this computer will be used primarily for e-mail, word processing, browsing internet and nothing more and the current specs are more then enough. I do not know the details yet, because the system is still in the mail. It is scheduled to arrive next Wednesday, for some reason they shipped via USPS, but I don't care as long as it's free.

as far as quality I am not really concerned about that, it comes with the warranty and I never heard anyone complain about Dell parts. btw I had Sony laptop (brand new) a year ago and that thing was falling appart, first fan, then hard drive, then dvd-rom... then I just gave up and after fixing it I sold it right a way...

... because there is nothing else to argue about... the system is cheap and end of story, if you don't count the monitor the whole computer costs $350, and I just sold Pentium Celeron 900/128MB/8GB HD for $320

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I think your total price is actually $800 after shipping. Your link picture is shrunk so I cant see the details of your system. Anyhow it would probably cost about the same amount of money to build your own at $800 price tag with that monitor. Local pc show would reduce the price too. If your not into building your own systems for the benefits that offers the purchase fine. I guarantee that monitor has a crappy viewing angle for that price and a crappy refresh rate. I cant wait because next year you will probably be able to purcase a 17" LCD with tv and 170/170 viewing angle for $300. Hopefully by then you will be able to purchase a 17" LCD for under $500 by then that is widescreen HDTV with PIP / TV and 170/170 viewing angle. WOOT

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Another one...

it's been said several times that the total price is $670 and NO you can't build the same system for $350 (without monitor)

I wouldn't waste $673.50 on that PC. Hopefully it'll make your girlfriend happy.

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Why would anybody want a system with those specs?

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Go ahead and justify your post title however you want, but $600 is a lie. You've been in America too long.

John A

enough said

John with all due respect you are so wrong and you know it, when you go shopping at the store you see a 50 inch TV for $800, you don't think about tax, you think about what a great deal and then you tell your wife or whoever that you paid $800 for it. Tax is something that you exclude from the conversation. That system costs $600 + tax, and it's a good/smart deal and if I decide to sell it on ebay I will easily make $250 - $300 on it. So I am not lying about the price, it's you who is dilusional.

Good deal is when you buy something for about $50-$150 off
Smart deal is above that.

immaturity is all over...

PC2100 isnt that bad...that is if it is running cas2-2-2....which most of the higher end ddr doesnt officially support yet and run stable (especially if you are overclocking)....but I think at the end of this month there will be ddr333 available from mushkin according to their site that is 2-2-2...
as far as buying from dell...not a bad deal...but it would take someone with an ak held to my head before I went out and purchased a pc =]...
and some of the prices you listed for your products are actually cheaper on pricewatch..ie p4 2.4 533fsb on pricewatch 188 bucks
but then again I guess it serves its purpose and you do get a warranty and dell tech support (<-----lol)...so not a bad deal

not sure I understand your remarks but the cost includes shipping....and if you purchase something out of state you do not pay taxes on the product...this is the final price
187.99 to be exact from econopc....

first of all I already mentioned that the memory is DDR2700, that was my mistake.

second of all the price you found on pricewatch was for OEM and not including shipping the price I gave was for retail.

yea, price difference retail vs. oem is $8, for that money you get 3 year warranty and a heatsink w/ fan. don't know what you trying to prove here, but it's irrelavant

or you could get a replacement for free... anyway you really missing on the point $8 doesn't make any difference it's still hella cheap system... $350 for P4 with 256MB RAM 40GB HD and G4 can't find a better deal (w/out monitor)