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Hammer. how much is this "Dell" going to cost you? give us the specs and what name brand parts are in it. you can build it cheaper with better parts.
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SRV,
I'm an IS guy, and as I said before, I've built all of my previous 4 systems. To be honest, I do this stuff for a living, and the last thing I want to think about when I get home is a computer.
I know its quite a bit cheaper to do it yourself, especially if you go with an a non-Intel processor.
At this point, just get the system to me in working order with a warranty, and make it fast...
Basic specs are:
Intel P4 @ 2 GHz
512 MB RDRAM
60 Gig HD
Optical mouse
standard keyboard
4 USB ports
10/100 PCI Fast Ethernet NIC (Cable Modem)
SoundBlaster Live! 5.1 Digital Sound Card
Harman Kardon HK-395 Speakers with Subwoofer
48x Max CD-ROM Drive
Win XP
17 inch flat screen monitor
64MB DDR NVIDIA_ GeForce4 MX™ Graphics Card with TV-Out
Shipped to my door including shipping\handling\taxes for $1,200
I'll be transferring my CD-R and my HD from my old unit and I never use DVD on the computer as I have the big screen downstairs, so I didn't opt for those extra CD additions.
I wanted to get the new ATI Radeon 128 MB video card option, but the addition was a little pricey... I think I'll wait 2 months and watch the price go down to half in the local CompUSA...