What to buy?

[LiLRiceBoi]

I have a friend in sacramento who wants to get a new desltop or laptop. I would build a system for him but he lives too far away and i dont wanna ship it.

He's willing to spend $2800 for the comp alone...w/o monitor.

What should he be able to get with this money?

Are there any good places online to barebones systems?

[This message has been edited by LiLRiceBoi (edited 09-01-2000).]

[Richard_Cranium72]

Man, $2800, wow. OK , Dell it is, IMHO anyway. Here ya go->>

$2,898.00

Dimension® 4100 Series, Pentium® lll Processor at 1GHz

Memory : 256MB 133MHz SDRAM

Keyboard: Microsoft® Internet Keyboard, Dell Edition For Windows ME

Monitor : 19" Trinitron .24 dot -

Video Card: NEW 64 MB DDR NVidia GeForce2 GTS with MDK2 Action Game

Hard Drive: 45GB Ultra ATA 100 (7200 RPM) Hard Drive

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® Millennium (Windows Me)

Modem : 3Com V.90/56K PCI Telephony Modem - Sound Option

8x/4x/32x CD-RW Drive

Sound Card: Soundblaster 64V PCI with Music Match Software

Speakers: Altec Lansing ACS-340 Speakers with Subwoofer

Bundled Software: Microsoft® Office 2000 Small Business Plus Encarta 2000

Norton Antivirus® 2000 for Windows Millennium

Service: 1 Year Next Business Day On-Site Parts and Labor, Years 2 and 3 Parts,

Special Promotional Offer!: Free! Visioneer OneTouch 5300 USB scanner (USB cable included)

If he's this loaded, get the optional warranty too.. http://www.dell.com/us/en/dhs/offers/specials_3x_special03.htm

[LiLRiceBoi]

Yeah thats what i told him to get...

This guy is rich...so he has some money to burn haha

Any other suggestions? I wanna give him options

[Warthog]

We have ruled out building the comp, right?

Dell.

NOT the Cow Company, Hewlett Smackard, Comcrap or Emachines.

Warthog

[PassnThru]

You know you can build a high end systen for him for less. Low end systems cost less from the majors than from us - but high end systems are so generic from the majors! I'm sure you could build it for less including shipping! What's the holdup? If you need it, I'm sure you can get needed advice right here...

[LiLRiceBoi]

Yeah...I told him not to buy any "name brand" comp...like compaq, hp, **** cow box, etc. but i told him dell's are good, but kinda expensive

How much would it cost to ship a comp to him? i live in southern california. i guess i didnt want to build one for him and ship it cuz i was lazy.

[Richard_Cranium72]

PassnThru, before you state that YOU COULD build for less, have YOU priced all the components for a 1ghz system including s/h and accessories??

I thought not, we've been through this before.

Check search, you will see what it takes to build a system.

Building yourself is not always to save money, it is to tailor the system to your needs/wants.

DrVette

[skywalker[TSG]]

hmmm cant build a system with a intel 1ghz

they are only shipped to OEMs


but i would build it myself
it may be in the same pricerange but you will get better stuff and learn about comps much more if you build it

also the quality of the mobos and so on in these systems are ofter lower than poor

[LiLRiceBoi]

i was thinking of trying to get him to build his own system. i could help him, but he's kinda comp illiterate so i dunno how well he would do. he's never built a system, and prolly never even taken the cover off the comp he has right now. should i just tell him to get a dell just because it would be convenient?

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[drojman]

there is a great computer company in the seattle area that build high quality, high performance gaming systems... they constantly win reviews in pcgamer and other magazines... check them out at www.falcon-nw.com (http://www.falcon-nw.com)
they just won a pcgamer editors choice award for their stuff last month, and that machine only cost $1500...
you might want to check them out...

[Warthog]

Falcon seems a bit pricey. You can't configure a comp with them, can you?

I still say Dell.

Warthog

[brandon184]

Dell..

We do business with them pretty much monthly, and they are a pleasure to deal with. http://sysopt.earthweb.com/forum/smile.gif

- Brandon

[LiLRiceBoi]

So it seems pretty obvious what i should tell him to get...

a dell it is then...unless anyone else has something to say.

[brandon184]

Nope. Dell is great, their tech support is good too, if its ever needed.

- Brandon

[spark25]

AW,come on-Dell? Check this out,and PC nut is a great reseller. Look at this system. (http://www.pcnut.com/systems/uppowerd.htm)

[This message has been edited by spark25 (edited 09-03-2000).]