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SirKenin · 05-02-2008, 01:38 PM

Ummm.. The OS is the only thing worth anything.

I'll give an example. Yesterday I dropped off a brand new machine to a client with the following specs:

AMD X2 4400+ retail box
Asus M2N-MX SE
Kingston 1GB DDR2 retail box
160GB SATA
LG DVD/RW
In-win SFF desktop case
XP Home with disk/manual/COA

$399 plus tax, brand new, 1 year warranty.

So, you want to strip the OS and the DVD player out of it, and leave whoever with a very crappy mobo and PSU, ugly case and boot up to a prompt. Where's the incentive to that and how is that worth anything without even a warranty (because we all know that if you own an MSI board, chances are REALLY good you're going to need the warranty)? The MSI board is getting slaughtered in reviews.

I dunno. No OS or DVD.. $200 max is fair.

05-02-2008, 01:38 PM	#23 (permalink)
SirKenin Diamond Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: In a box, under a bridge...With EVDO internet. Age: 37 Posts: 4,607	Ummm.. The OS is the only thing worth anything. I'll give an example. Yesterday I dropped off a brand new machine to a client with the following specs: AMD X2 4400+ retail box Asus M2N-MX SE Kingston 1GB DDR2 retail box 160GB SATA LG DVD/RW In-win SFF desktop case XP Home with disk/manual/COA $399 plus tax, brand new, 1 year warranty. So, you want to strip the OS and the DVD player out of it, and leave whoever with a very crappy mobo and PSU, ugly case and boot up to a prompt. Where's the incentive to that and how is that worth anything without even a warranty (because we all know that if you own an MSI board, chances are REALLY good you're going to need the warranty)? The MSI board is getting slaughtered in reviews. I dunno. No OS or DVD.. $200 max is fair. __________________ cpu: Intel E8400/Asus Silent Knight AL mobo: Asus Striker Extreme Case/PSU: Antec 900/Antec TruPower Quattro 1000W RAM: 4GB OCZ Gold GX XTC DDR2-800 VGA: 8800GTX 768 MB, Asus PhysX Sound: SB X-Fi Fatal1ty DVD: 2 x Pioneer SATA DVD/RW HDD: WD RaptorX 150GB, Raptor 74GB, Seagate 750GB Monitor: 37" Sharp Aquos 1080p Do you really care? I didn't think so. Last edited by SirKenin; 05-02-2008 at 01:44 PM.