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 > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list