EMachines Semperon 3400 - $215 NR

[jackschmittusa]

1 day special

Pretty hot for a basic rig considering that XP home oem is $89 by itself. Has a PCI-e slot as well.

 

[captains]

may be time to upgrade the rents

 

[BMdoobieW]

That seems like a REALLY good deal. Thanks.

Edit: That is, if you can get one in-store and thus avoid the shipping fee. But it seems many stores do not have any in-stock, according to the website. Of course, that hasn't been updated since last night, and unless this is a clearance model, maybe the stores all received some for today? Unlikely, I know.

 

[Ike0069]

Wow, nice find OP!

 

[Aztech]

Pretty good, but not available for pickup anywhere near me. Shipping adds another $30, and then there's tax. I'm on the fence until I hear more hype...

 

[eLiu]

Socket 754

 

[Aztech]

Originally posted by: eLiu
Socket 754

How can you tell? And is that a deal killer?

 

[eLiu]

Originally posted by: Aztech

Originally posted by: eLiu
Socket 754

How can you tell? And is that a deal killer?

Linky

It's not necessarily a deal killer. I have a friend who wants a desktop, so I thought it would be optimal to get something like this now, and in 1-1.5 yrs, when dual core prices come down even further, upgrade the CPU.

So I mean add some more RAM now & a new CPU down the road...for a net cost of ~350ish, the machine should last a good 3-4 years for a non-gamer.

edit: But that plan doesn't work here b/c it's socket 754. However if you have low needs for a comptuer (surf the interweb + word kind of thing), then this is an awesome deal.

 

[Jester666]

anyone know if bios can be flashed on this?

 

[superHARD]

I'm in for one...had to pay tax plus the shipping but this will rock for my mom

 

[superHARD]

Holy cow...I bought the last one...now it says sold out!!!...geez am I a lucky guy or what?

 

[altonb1]

Originally posted by: superHARD
Holy cow...I bought the last one...now it says sold out!!!...geez am I a lucky guy or what?

All OOS in the Baltimore, MD area, as well as the Harrisburg, PA store. At this price, I would have bought one for my kids so they could stop fighting over my existing desktop and trying to borrow my laptop all the time. Oh well.

Darn you, superHARD!

 

[badflash]

Check instore guys! I got two of em! W00t! Hot Deal!

 

[superHARD]

Originally posted by: badflash
Check instore guys! I got two of em! W00t! Hot Deal!

where are you at? (what zip code?)

 

[Aztech]

I ordered one online for instore pickup and went and got it at lunch. It wasn't at my nearest Best Buy, but that turned out to be a good thing because the checkout person at this store let me use that 30% Back to School coupon on a monitor! I had struck out at several others in my area. I got the 19" MAG LCD that's on sale this week for $199. I got it for $139! I haven't heard much at all about MAG lately, but the price is right. I'll have to look them up a bit... Anyway, that was a HOT lunch break

Thank you OP!

 

[knightc2]

WOW! Hot. Too bad most stores are sold out.

 

[tbogstad]

got the last one in Norfolk, VA , Hampton Roads area, there was 1 left in Newport News, which is just north of Norfolk, and i got it, all the other 10 stores show none in stock.

Arizona has them at a lot of stores, i check Phoenix area had them at 4 stores.

 

[uhohs]

good thing it wasn't socket 939 or i'd be really sad i missed this.

 

[tbogstad]

just check some random zip codes, and lots of store still show in-stock, especially in rural areas, "the boonies", more densely populate areas are sold out, so it you live in the middle of nowhere, you have better chance of geting this.

 

[elph]

Too bad I missed it. This is a hot dealio.

 

[badflash]

Originally posted by: superHARD

Originally posted by: badflash
Check instore guys! I got two of em! W00t! Hot Deal!

where are you at? (what zip code?)

94583 or 95054

 

[tbogstad]

Here is info on the motherboard, i just cracked my system open and here is a list of the parts, not gonna boot it though so don't ask.

Motherboard "FIC", like most Emachines http://www.fic.com.tw/product/motherboard/AMD/k8mc51glf.aspx
2 x sata 3.0gb ports the fastest ports out for sata

Hard drive "SEAGATE" IDE ATA100 model 7200.9 7200rpm 8mb cache 1year warranty from Emachines, the oem version of this drive has 5 year warranty, so pretty good drive.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148103
http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/dis...es/marketing/detail/0,1081,713,00.html

1 x 512mb pc3200 cas3,3,3,8 "HYNIX" ram single sided

"LITE-ON" 16x DVD+-RW Dl and all that jazz model: SHW-1635S manufactured: March 2006

"Bestec" 300Watt PSU 20pin plugged in to 24pin connector no motherboard, also typical Emachines "SOP"

9 in 1 memory card reader

1 case fan

passive heatsinks on both the north bridge and southbridge chipsets.

great basic machine for everyday use for most people wit hno upgrades.

even a pretty good low end gameing, for the very casual gamer, onboard 6100 graphics is one of the best onbard graphicas chpsets out.

a few inexspensive upgrades and this would ply all games at 800 x 600 or higher

add a 1gb pc3200 stick for $60.00 and a X800 128mb PCI-E is only $65.00 after rebate, and probably would not need a PSU upgrade, i just got the saphire x850XT PCI-E for $96.00 after $30.00 rebate from newegg, which would make this play most any game on medium settings, but might need a better psu to run the X850XT .

nice cheap gameing rig for $350.00 to $450.00 depending on if you got the X800 128mb or X850XT 256mb and PSu to run it.

here is the anandtech review of a 6100 graphics motherboard, and as i said it plays most games at low res just with onboard graphics, not bad huh.

http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=2539&p=4

 

[badflash]

Thanks for the details! Does it come with the XP install cd's? Thanks!

 

[Powermoloch]

Awwhh crap...no AGP SLOT !!! WHY GOD WHYYYY !!!!!?

I've gots 2 x 512 mb extra and a 6600 AGP to spare...it will be a great mid gaming rig for my brothers....

Still available for pick up @ the Long Beach, CA and around......

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: Aztech
I ordered one online for instore pickup and went and got it at lunch. It wasn't at my nearest Best Buy, but that turned out to be a good thing because the checkout person at this store let me use that 30% Back to School coupon on a monitor! I had struck out at several others in my area. I got the 19" MAG LCD that's on sale this week for $199. I got it for $139! I haven't heard much at all about MAG lately, but the price is right. I'll have to look them up a bit... Anyway, that was a HOT lunch break

Thank you OP!

I got myself a mag 17" LCD last year...and it still runs like a champ :thumbsup: