Should I buy this computer

[wbrumfiel]

What do you think of this rig. Ive been really wanting the 20" dell and the system seems to be OK too [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]. Note: I have all the DVD writer CD writer drives 1 man can handle so that isnt a problem and I dont game so the video card and sound card seem trivial to me, any suggestions?


Dell 8400
Processor Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT Technology (3GHz, 800 FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 400MHz (2x512M) 1GB
Keyboard Dell Quietkey® Keyboard
Monitor SAVE $450! 20.1 in 2001FP Dell Ultrasharp™ Digital Flat Panel Display
Video Card 128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon™ X300 SE
Internal Hard Drives FREE UPGRADE! 80GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive
Floppy Drive and Memory Keys No Floppy Drive Included
Mouse Dell 2-button scroll mouse
Network Interface Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
CD or DVD Drives -- Read, Write and Store Data Single Drive: 48X CD-ROM Drive
Sound Card Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio
Speakers No Speaker Option <-- got those too
Mail- In Rebate $100 Mail In Rebate
Free Dell 720 printer <-- no use to me but whatever its free

Total of $1138 - +$47 tax - $100 rebate = $1085.47 all said and done.

[obsidian]

I would suggest at least getting a DVD-ROM drive, and maybe upgrading the CPU if it is cheap.

[LALDAAS]

My roomate jus bulit his pc this weekend. This one is equal it cost him around a grand.

This comes with the monitor? if so no brainer here. He only got the 19"

[wbrumfiel]

This does include the 2001FP. To the other poster who said upgrade to DVD-rom read the top where I state that i already have more dvd and cd roms then i can handle. the CD-rom that comes with it is probably going in the trash.

[ricochet420]

What's wrong w/ 3ghz? Are you going to notice a real time difference of .2 or .6 ghz? You ReALLY won't. I think it's a helluva deal with the 2001.
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I would suggest at least getting a DVD-ROM drive, and maybe upgrading the CPU if it is cheap.

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[mreinecker]

It looks like a good deal to me...

As far as upgrading the CPU, I don't think that'd be neccesary. It should be fine where it's at. You have plenty of RAM there too, and that's always good. Are you going to be connecting more monitors ?

[BusterStacks]

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It looks like a good deal to me...

As far as upgrading the CPU, I don't think that'd be neccesary. It should be fine where it's at. You have plenty of RAM there too, and that's always good. Are you going to be connecting more monitors ?

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If so, he'll be able to.

[k_squared]

how did you get $450 off the monitor???

[wbrumfiel]

I didnt really get $450 off the monitor per say. The package comes with a 17" flat screen but when you configure you have the option of adding the 2001FP for an additional $349 which they claim is $450 off thier price of $799. I guess my other option would be to take the 17" monitor that is "free" and add a 2001FP for $500 later but I wanted to do it all in one shot and this seemed like the best deal.

To the other person asking if I was going to do more than 1 monitor. I have a 17" CRT that I may hook up now and possibly get another 2001FP in the future but thats gonna be a while.

Also, I checked the processor, its $100 to get an extra .2GHz. No thanks.

[obsidian]

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Also, I checked the processor, its $100 to get an extra .2GHz. No thanks.

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Ah, that's a little steep. Was thinking it would be around $50.