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pdrucker
September 25th, 2005, 21:54
is this too good to be true? site link (http://cgi.ebay.com/INTEL-3-06GHZ-512MB-80GB-52X-CDRW-15-1-CARD-READER_W0QQitemZ5244232152QQcategoryZ52476QQssPageNameZWDVWQ QrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Bruce
September 25th, 2005, 22:05
Seems reasonable to me. I could build it for about that price.
CoogleX
September 25th, 2005, 22:14
just wait, 10 min. before it's gonna end it's gonna be as high as around 1000
Johnson
September 25th, 2005, 22:49
Uhhh....it's a "Buy it Now".
WL-Michael
September 25th, 2005, 22:51
just wait, 10 min. before it's gonna end it's gonna be as high as around 1000
Nah, luckily not this time... Its a BIN (Buy It Now) auction
CoogleX
September 25th, 2005, 23:55
My bad, missed it, WOW, that's a great deal then!!
kabatak
September 26th, 2005, 06:25
to good to be true - yes.
Bruce
September 26th, 2005, 06:44
Windows isn't included so they're still making money on the deal.

It's a Celeron with onboard graphics... we're not talking about a high-end machine.

mobo - $40
cpu - $90
ram - $35
hdd - $50
cd-rw - $20
case - $25
speakers/keyboard/mouse - $15
=$275

Of course they also get wholesale prices and I don't... so they can get the parts cheaper than I can. Obviously they're aren't going to be selling at-cost.
ben-mr
September 26th, 2005, 17:37
Yeah people just see a nice case and then they think that all the components in there are good.
For £250 which is about $400 sometimes theres 3.0ghz 1 gig ram and 200 gb harddrive.

BEN-MR
pdrucker
September 26th, 2005, 17:42
which would be better,

intel celeron D, 256kb L2 cache, 533 MHz FSB

or

amd athlon xp 3000+, 512kb L2 cache, 400 MHz FSB
Wojtek
September 26th, 2005, 18:08
second one
WideBand
September 26th, 2005, 18:24
Wojtek is dead right. AMD is the way to go.
Wojtek
September 26th, 2005, 19:06
over celeron thats for sure
Canuckkev
September 26th, 2005, 20:56
I would say "never buy a Celeron".
WL-Michael
September 26th, 2005, 21:04
Wojtek is dead right. AMD is the way to go.
I second that!
leatherchair
September 26th, 2005, 21:53
well, its good, but im an amd dude. i would never buy one when i could build one!
save a whole lot too.
WL-Michael
September 27th, 2005, 00:35
well, its good, but im an amd dude. i would never buy one when i could build one!
save a whole lot too.
Agreed again. I like to know what I'm working with :biggrin2:
heymrdj
October 8th, 2005, 17:01
1. Always build yourself
2. Always buy an Intel
niv
October 8th, 2005, 17:13
Correction:

1. Always choose your own parts.
2. Know what applications your system will be running (which will determine which arch you buy). Intel and AMD fanboys are both wrong.