Originally posted by: hans007
Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: hans007
Originally posted by: bamacre
Originally posted by: furballi
Hmmm...the price is $679 with CD writer, 80GB HDD, and 19 inch E196FP LCD (no DVI input). My cost for parts is around $580 but I suspect DELL's cost is just north of $500. Too bad one cannot overclock this CPU.
I can guarantee you Dell's cost is much, much lower.
But if you were building...
Case/PSU = $100
945P Motherboard = $95
CPU = $160
Memory = $78
Video card = $35
CDRW/DVD = $30
80GB SATA = $45
OS = $100
That's over $600 there, plus there is a 19in LCD, mouse, and keyboard.
you can do way better than that. an 820 chip is maybe $120 at most places. you can get them for $90 or so on ebay.
a half decent case / psu is not $100. you can even get pretty good cases from a brand name for $50 with a psi. same with the ram, decent quality ddr2 1gb is about $45-50.
and the OS being xp home, oem is like $70 or less not $100.
But it is not a half-decent case, nor a half-decent power supply. The power supply could actually run a couple of 7900 GT's in SLI, not that the motherboard supports it. The case is extremely well-design. I've worked with a LOT of ATX cases on the market, and there are no $50 cases that even compare with this case. Now attractiveness is a preference, so I'm ignoring that. The case has a lot of very nice features inside, check out the pics I linked to above.
You're right about the cpu. In fact, a 930 would be a much better buy at ~$175 retail.
I'd like to see where you can get some 1GB kits of DDR2 for $45-50, and XP Home for $70. I'm currently paying $82 for Home OEM, and ~$145 for 2GB kits of DDR2 (corsair). The Dell will include either Samsung, Infineon, or Micron.
Even still that deal included the 19in LCD as well as a mouse/keyboard.
seeing as this is the hot deals forum...
frys routinely has deals on corsair or patriot brand ram for $99 for 2 gigs. there was also just a deal for xp home from best buy for $50, let alone the $20 deal at office depot.
or you can try ebay where xp home is routinely in the $60 range. i'm not saying youy can go to any store and buy this stuff that cheap, but its a certainty that dell pays much less than you can get even through a reseller for that stuff.
as for the case, the dell case surely doesnt cost $100 for dell to buy. i actually OWN an antec btx case with a better psu than the dell and it is $75 shipped at amazon. let alone if you decided to buy a case from say... inwin for maybe $55. if you went with a non btx case, i'm sure you can get a case such as an antec slk2650 on a deal for $50 or so. you might even have to buy it at compusa and mail in a rebate, i'm just saying it is possible.
$145 for a 2gb kit of corsair ddr2 533 is a ridiculous amount to pay. check ebay. seriously you can get 512mb sticks for $25 or so new. you might end up getting spectek or having to buy something on a rebate, but you should be able to do it if you're a real hot dealer.