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Thread ID: 89587 2008-05-05 05:17:00 This 1 yr old computer good deal? whitts (5961) Press F1
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666152 2008-05-06 04:55:00 Taking into account everything that has been said - i found another option on trademe, i do not want to have to put it together so buying indivdual parts on pricespy is not an option. The following is listed on trademe:

ASUS P5GC-MX LGA775 All In One Motherboard DDR2 SATA2 Support Pentium D 65nm Dual Core total 4ghz

Intel Duo Core processor E2180 2.0GHz 1M FSB800

2gb ddr2 667mhz

20x liteon duel layer dvd burner

Western digital 250 gigabyte

For $470 buy now, it is also local to me.

Would this be a better option for me? 		whitts (5961)
666153 2008-05-06 06:04:00 Yes.
:) 		Trev (427)
666154 2008-05-06 06:54:00 Just looking through all the posts one thing that I cant see with all this -$500 PC - WHERES the OS ??

Fine if you are going to use Linux. BUT add in the price for a OS, bearing in mind those spec's would be best to use XP - so include in approx $150 for Windows XP.

I'd like to know where some of those prices actually come from that are quoted, most of them are below wholesale.

Please prove me wrong - post links showing the shop that sells the items with prices quoted that the average person can obtain.

As for the P4 CPU - nothing wrong with it, most of the PC's here run P4 3.0 and 1 Gb RAM work perfectly and are not slow, a couple even run vista quite happily 		wainuitech (129)
666155 2008-05-06 07:50:00 Just looking through all the posts one thing that I cant see with all this -$500 PC - WHERES the OS ??

Fine if you are going to use Linux . BUT add in the price for a OS, bearing in mind those spec's would be best to use XP - so include in approx $150 for Windows XP .

I'd like to know where some of those prices actually come from that are quoted, most of them are below wholesale .

Please prove me wrong - post links showing the shop that sells the items with prices quoted that the average person can obtain .

As for the P4 CPU - nothing wrong with it, most of the PC's here run P4 3 . 0 and 1 Gb RAM work perfectly and are not slow, a couple even run vista quite happily

Finally someone talking sense 		gary67 (56)
666156 2008-05-06 10:42:00 Just looking through all the posts one thing that I cant see with all this -$500 PC - WHERES the OS ??

Fine if you are going to use Linux . BUT add in the price for a OS, bearing in mind those spec's would be best to use XP - so include in approx $150 for Windows XP .

I'd like to know where some of those prices actually come from that are quoted, most of them are below wholesale .

Please prove me wrong - post links showing the shop that sells the items with prices quoted that the average person can obtain .

As for the P4 CPU - nothing wrong with it, most of the PC's here run P4 3 . 0 and 1 Gb RAM work perfectly and are not slow, a couple even run vista quite happily

I quoted where my pricing came from (C1 Shopping Mall) heck I did without logging into the website so that my membership discount wouldn't effect the total price .

My price matched the original posters price basically a new PC for the same price as the second hand one . Original poster stated they have an OS already so therefore why would anyone count the cost of a Microsoft license? 		razzarphenix (2626)
666157 2008-05-06 11:05:00 I did already state that i have an os. whitts (5961)
666158 2008-05-06 11:20:00 IF the OS is new then yep no problem , if its not then legally not always transferable to a new PC.

As for c1 price - well I just looked, EG: Seagate 250Gb drive in this earlier thread- $74.00 - C1's price $90.65 for the IDE & $80.55 for SATA - slight difference.

Doesn't worry me in the slightest, the cheaper components are sometime cheap because they are rubbish - read that as parts can fail quicker - I see it every day from customers who have tried to " try to save a buck" buy rubbish components then complain when its always failing or always having problems - get what you pay for.

BUT if you can buy a PC new & cheap at least you would get the usual standard 1 year warranty - where as second hand you usually wont & you dont know its history. 		wainuitech (129)
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