good deal on a dell?

narlus · Jan 30, 2006

are there two monitors included?

H8R spec'd me a killer machine for about $1K in total, which i assembled (w/ BV). if you go the same route, you could save some $, esp if you have a copy of xp you can install. however, my build reused some existing stuff (monitor, keyboard, mouse, optical drives), and it was hard drive-heavy.

binary visions · Jan 31, 2006

That's a very decent deal. Not screaming, but not bad either.

If you need something quickly, that's as good as any deal going right now. If you don't need something quickly, you can wait it out and look at sites like bensbargains.net and fatwallet.com who post bargain setups from time to time and every once in a while you'll get a super hot deal. There was an $1100 setup that was similar (though a little downgraded) from yours that came with the 24" widescreen UltraSharp LCD, which has never sold for less than $800 even on sale.

The other thing to consider is look carefully at the price of the upgrades and look at what you could get a piece of hardware from NewEgg or another vendor from. For instance, Dell wants to charge you $150 for an upgrade to a GeForce 6800. If you bought the stock video card, you can get a GeForce 6600GT from NewEgg for $120 which will probably outperform the 6800, and you could sell the stock card on eBay. Probably end up netting you a savings of $60.

All depends on how hard you want to work. I think it's silly that you aren't including a DVD burner, though, especially if you do multimedia work. Just MHO

Good computer, good price. Go for it if you need one!

binary visions · Jan 31, 2006

I have a 20% off $999+ desktops and laptops that's going to expire today. PM me if you jump on this deal and want it. I don't know how much it'll realistically save you since the coupon codes often kill some other built-in discount but you're welcome to try it.

FatWallet usually posts deals before Ben's gets to them, I just like the clean, simple and informative layout that Ben's gives you.

narlus · Jan 31, 2006

corey_dcstreet said:
i have a copy of XP home and plenty of HDs ... doesn't seem like that's going to save me much though.

well xp home is ~$200 retail, and my hard drives (10K SATA western digital) came to almost $500 of my total 1K build.

d-sop · Feb 5, 2006

let me just warn you now, that dell absolutely blows. they are the worst make of computers out there. i have no problem with myne now, but thats because i've learned to cope with it, meaning replacing all parts except the mobo and the processor. dells are absolute ****boxes. but the specs look good, so its up to you. one thing, though, i HIGHLY recommend xp pro. i know its a home system, but pro just has such more to offer. im on a home comp, and i wont use anything else except pro.

binary visions · Feb 5, 2006

d-sop said:
let me just warn you now, that dell absolutely blows. they are the worst make of computers out there. i have no problem with myne now, but thats because i've learned to cope with it, meaning replacing all parts except the mobo and the processor. dells are absolute ****boxes.

I've seen hundreds and hundreds of Dells go through the offices I've worked at, both working in I.T. and other departments, and Dell's computers are fine.

Some people have positive experiences with Dell, some have negative experiences, but stating that they are the "worst make [SIC] of computers out there" is a little extreme.

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