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Racing Rice
10-23-2001, 12:30 PM
Anyone know any places that sell cheap, but reliable systems.. I know about pricewatch.com, I visit there often.. But are there any other places like that, that you guys would liek to share. Im wanting to get a barebones system here in the next couple of weeks.

Addict
10-23-2001, 01:20 PM
Originally posted by Racing Rice
Anyone know any places that sell cheap, but reliable systems.. I know about pricewatch.com, I visit there often.. But are there any other places like that, that you guys would liek to share. Im wanting to get a barebones system here in the next couple of weeks.

Try 5'OClock computers HERE (http://www.5oclock.com)
or
The Computer Zoo HERE (http://www.computerzoo.com)

5O'Clock is in Beavercreek and Computer Zoo is up by the Dayton Mall.

Racing Rice
10-23-2001, 01:23 PM
Originally posted by Civic_Addict


Try 5'OClock computers HERE (http://www.5oclock.com)
or
The Computer Zoo HERE (http://www.computerzoo.com)

5O'Clock is in Beavercreek and Computer Zoo is up by the Dayton Mall.

Cool Ill check it out.. Ive been to computer zoo before. My friend got his case and stuff there but its been a while.

Addict
10-23-2001, 02:00 PM
Heh....Now I'm finding things for you.......;)

Racing Rice
10-23-2001, 02:09 PM
Originally posted by Civic_Addict
Heh....Now I'm finding things for you.......;)

See you never know when youll need a friend.. Thats why I try not to make to many enemies..

Addict
10-23-2001, 03:01 PM
Originally posted by Racing Rice


See you never know when youll need a friend.. Thats why I try not to make to many enemies..

Good philosophy...

90civiclxryder
10-23-2001, 05:44 PM
ebay

2000Pimpinex
10-23-2001, 11:44 PM
I think it was Dell who had a nice system on sale for like 999. That included everything. Pentium III processor, monitor, printer and everything else needed.

Racing Rice
10-24-2001, 08:07 AM
Originally posted by 2000Pimpinex
I think it was Dell who had a nice system on sale for like 999. That included everything. Pentium III processor, monitor, printer and everything else needed.

$999 dang man... I was think like $250 at the most.. $999 would almost buy me a turbo..*L* ;)

Addict
10-24-2001, 10:00 AM
Originally posted by Racing Rice


$999 dang man... I was think like $250 at the most.. $999 would almost buy me a turbo..*L* ;)

You've already got the monitor, mouse, keyboard, etc..

Mid Tower INWIN-501 250W (w/Ballbearing fan) UL ATX $51.50
Gigabyte GA-7ZXR3-RAID 0/1 KT133 4XAGP (6P,3D) ATX $124.00
AMD K7 Duron 1000MHz (OEM) $76.00
Mitsumi Floppy Drive 1.44 MB $11.25
SDRAM PC133 512MB Micron / Infinion 6Layer $49.50
IBM 40GB 7200rpm IDE (U100) $115.00
Creative 52X IDE - Internal $34.50
Abit Siluro MX400 64MB AGP No TV Out (Ret) $73.00

TOTAL $534.75

Here's what you can do to cut back costs on the system
Uses floppy from old computer -$11.25
Use CD-ROM from old computer -$34.50
Use old hard drive from old computer -$115.00
TOTAL AFTER $374.00

Don't cut back on memory though. The hard drive in that pricing is 7200RPM ATA/100. It will be much faster than the one in your current system. If you watch the Sunday ads a bit you will find that CompUSA runs good deals on hard drives($115 isn't the best pricing) & cd-roms. The motherboard also supports RAID. This is all from 5O'Clock by the way.

Racing Rice
10-24-2001, 11:16 AM
Originally posted by Civic_Addict
Don't cut back on memory though. The hard drive in that pricing is 7200RPM ATA/100. It will be much faster than the one in your current system. If you watch the Sunday ads a bit you will find that CompUSA runs good deals on hard drives($115 isn't the best pricing) & cd-roms. The motherboard also supports RAID. This is all from 5O'Clock by the way.

The only thing I need now is.. Case w/300W PS, mother board, CPU w/Fan, and memory. I already have everything else..

I found a couple places on pricewatch that wanted $129 for 1.2 CPU/fan/motherboard, about $40 for 256 MB RAM, about $60 for case/PS

So Im looking at around $250 with shipping.. Thats not to bad..