A little Dell Comparison

investorofmercy · 03-16-2007, 06:13 AM

I was looking at Dells today and decided that the H2C edition was pretty sweet. SO I decided to see what I could duplicate it for.

Dell.............................................. ..... New Egg
Qx6700............................................ ...$970
Xp Media............................................. $109
motherboard....................................... ..$379 Asus striker xtreme
20 Widescreen Monitor.... ......................$264 Acer Al2051w
4gb dual channel.......................$192x2= $384 OCZ Gold series 667mhz
300 GB hard drive......................$209x2= $418 Western Digital 10k 150 gb
Dual dvd-rom and dvd-rw............$40x2= $80 take your pick
Dual Geforce 8800 gtx................$550x2= $1100 take your pick
Soundblaster x-fi extreme music .............$140 x-fi Fatality
Case...Thermaltake Armor........................$150 $25 back later
power supply...OCX1000pXs.....................$339 $30 back later
Water cooling..Silverstone SST-TD01B.......$306
1 yr warranty.......................................... Fix it yo-self..at least that on all
$5499............................................. .....$4639

that leaves me $860

which I can:
1. Upgrade to a Acer AL2423wadr..........add $335....delete 20'
2. Dual R-600s ..................................add $100....delete dual 8800gtxs
3. Seagate barracuda 750 GB...............add $60....delete 1 150 gb 10k
4. Logitech z-5500.............................add $292
.................................................. ...........$887 I'm $17 over

WAIT!...NO TAXES!

that leaves another $367......Logitech MX5000................$115 Powercon King Pro KIN 2200ap 1320w power protection.....$250

ANY Questions?

SimpleSimon · 03-16-2007, 06:35 AM

Um...when in doubt build it yourself...and...umm....NewEgg

[-0MEGA-] · 05-02-2007, 12:51 AM

Yes, Newegg is always better then buying from Dell, and you have the fun and enjoyment of building it yourself

JamesBart · 05-02-2007, 01:09 AM

ive bought dell and although i do like em! build it yerself as other peeps have said

INTELCRAZY · 05-02-2007, 01:43 AM

BUILD!!!! *pause* BUILD!!!! *pause* BUILD!!!!

I see components that you do not need, such as 4Gb of RAM. That is overkill, not necessary.

ducis · 05-02-2007, 01:51 AM

not to mention the fact that dell sell the cheapest mobos around the cheapest ram without heatsinks

03-16-2007, 06:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
investorofmercy Bronze Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 36	A little Dell Comparison I was looking at Dells today and decided that the H2C edition was pretty sweet. SO I decided to see what I could duplicate it for. Dell.............................................. ..... New Egg Qx6700............................................ ...$970 Xp Media............................................. $109 motherboard....................................... ..$379 Asus striker xtreme 20 Widescreen Monitor.... ......................$264 Acer Al2051w 4gb dual channel.......................$192x2= $384 OCZ Gold series 667mhz 300 GB hard drive......................$209x2= $418 Western Digital 10k 150 gb Dual dvd-rom and dvd-rw............$40x2= $80 take your pick Dual Geforce 8800 gtx................$550x2= $1100 take your pick Soundblaster x-fi extreme music .............$140 x-fi Fatality Case...Thermaltake Armor........................$150 $25 back later power supply...OCX1000pXs.....................$339 $30 back later Water cooling..Silverstone SST-TD01B.......$306 1 yr warranty.......................................... Fix it yo-self..at least that on all $5499............................................. .....$4639 that leaves me $860 which I can: 1. Upgrade to a Acer AL2423wadr..........add $335....delete 20' 2. Dual R-600s ..................................add $100....delete dual 8800gtxs 3. Seagate barracuda 750 GB...............add $60....delete 1 150 gb 10k 4. Logitech z-5500.............................add $292 .................................................. ...........$887 I'm $17 over WAIT!...NO TAXES! that leaves another $367......Logitech MX5000................$115 Powercon King Pro KIN 2200ap 1320w power protection.....$250 ANY Questions? __________________ 2 Core Dual 6400 Asus P5L-MX Mobo 2 gigs OCZ DDR2 667 IceQTurbo x1950pro 160 GB Samsung HD, Lite on lightscribe CoolerMaster case, Rosewill 550 W PSU Acer AL1916, Acer AL2223W,Logitech MX3000 Speakers Cyber Acoustics A3780 180 Watt

03-16-2007, 06:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
SimpleSimon Silver Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 214	Um...when in doubt build it yourself...and...umm....NewEgg __________________ Current Build MOBO-EVGA 680i SLI CPU-Core 2 Duo E6600 GPU-EVGA 8800GTS 640MB RAM-Patriot 2GB (2x1GB) HDD-WD 150GB 10,000RPM Sata PSU-OCZ GameXStream 700W

05-02-2007, 12:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
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ducis Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,650	not to mention the fact that dell sell the cheapest mobos around the cheapest ram without heatsinks __________________ formerly firsttimebuilder pm me for any questions on sub ambient cooling FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 My Guide to Benchmark Cooling Free Website Hosting!

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05-02-2007, 01:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
JamesBart Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,376	ive bought dell and although i do like em! build it yerself as other peeps have said

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INTELCRAZY banned Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,060	BUILD!!!! pause BUILD!!!! pause BUILD!!!! I see components that you do not need, such as 4Gb of RAM. That is overkill, not necessary.

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