I saw something on dealnews.com or one of those sites the other day 
that said you could get a new Dell desktop w/ 2.2ghz proc for $200.  
Not a bad deal at all.

-jay

On Nov 5, 2003, at 6:57 PM, K B wrote:

> I actually built my own- all works, no problems.  Cost me about 
> $1,000...til I added dual LCDs :)
>
> This was six months ago, so prices have come down some:
>
> (Amounts are off the top of my head, might be slightly different)
> Athlon XP 2600+ (Retail) $105
> Asus A7N8X Deluxe $125
> 512MB DDR 2700 Kingston HyperX (CL2) $74
> (3) 120GB WD Special Edition (8MB Cache) $100/ea
> DVD-ROM $10 (Office Max rebate)
> CD-RW $0 (Rebates, can't remember which one, have spares)
> GeForce 4 Ti4200 128MB $90 (Best Buy, 'Day after Thanksgiving Sale' 
> 2002)
> (2) Promise ATA/133 Controller cards (so every device on own 
> controller) $35/ea
> (2) 17" CRTs $90 ea (new, rebates from Best Buy from 1-2 years ago, 
> sitting unopened, decided to use)
> Modem $100 Linux compatible- picked up from CompUSA (can't think of 
> brand right now...name brand though...good one) worked out of box with 
> RH 9 and Mandrake 9.1 (2.4 kernel, I believe, box said 2.2)
> Antec Case (Think old Alienware) $66+shipping
> 550 Watt Antec PS $118 + shipping
>
> Most parts ordered from Newegg, unless otherwise stated
>
> More questions?  Fire away.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Fischer <gfischer at visi.com>
> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org
> Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 16:49:08 -0600
> Subject: [TCLUG] I'm thinking of buying a new desktop machine
>
> Anybody had any experience with www.ibuypower.com?  Any recommendations
> for where to buy a machine with no operating system installed?
> --
> George Fischer - gfischer at visi.com
>
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