How Cheap Can You Go?

liuliuboy said:
lol well, I think my 200 dollars emachine was the best deal, ofcourse i had to get up at 5 in the morning and stand in line at best buy during day after thanks giving.

Specs

Celeron D 2.66ghz
512mb PC2700 ram
Intel Extreme Graphics 3
80gb hd w/ 2mb cache
CD+RW/DVD drive
some 8 in 1 media card reader

AND it came with monitor, keyboard, speakers, mouse. All for $200=)
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With Windows? I think Emachines smoked us all, though it doesn't count for the cheapest you can build
 
Encore4More said:
Processor:Intel Celeron D 310 533MHz FSB Socket 478 Processor - $51
Mobo: ECS L4VXA2 (1.0A) ATX Intel Motherboard - $25
Ram: Kingston ValueRAM 128MB DDR 266 (PC2100) - $12
Harddrive: Seagate U Series X 20 20GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive - $30
Optical Drive:this - $13
Case: COOLMAX CV-580-Gray Computer Case w/ PSU - $14

$145

OOO YEA! BAM!!!

i prolly could get it down to $110- $120 if i tried looking all over the internet
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holyjunk125 said:
case:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811212029 $15
harddrive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148051 $30
mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135219 $25
cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819112208 $51
optical drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827134004 $14
ram:http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=235872&CatId=0 $16
subtotal: $150 o ya
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Both have a flaw!!! No onboard video on the mobo, you'd need to include a cheapo vid card :P
 
39.46 + 115.52 = $154.98. Nope. Still beat. Taxes on the Newegg would be less than the Fry's since you don't pay tax on shipping/handling. Creamed both ways. Though still the emachines is the best deal.

Saaer45, mine has onboard video :)

Now it's $10 more expensive, to $164.98. Lets see which is the better deal. Georgia has 7% tax, so....

$170.13 for the fry's machine,
$173.77 for mine :(
Oh well.... I tried
 
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Jet said:
39.46 + 115.52 = $154.98. Nope. Still beat. Taxes on the Newegg would be less than the Fry's since you don't pay tax on shipping/handling. Creamed both ways. Though still the emachines is the best deal.

Saaer45, mine has onboard video :)

Now it's $10 more expensive, to $164.98. Lets see which is the better deal. Georgia has 7% tax, so....

$170.13 for the fry's machine,
$173.77 for mine :(
Oh well.... I tried
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Here, or back at the original I changed it.
 
What do you mean? The one without the cpu (it was in the cpu/mobo combo section) was $115.52, but the one I changed it to was $125.52. So, yea. Then you add money for shipping, though the other ones didn't include that.
 
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