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shadowstreak
03-30-2009, 04:58 PM
Was going to buy this computer tomorrow

Case-COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail

MOBO-GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

PSU-GIGABYTE GA-EP45-UD3L LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail

CPU-Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor Model BX80571E5200 - Retail

RAM-G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-8500CL5D-2GBPK - Retail

HD-Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD6400AAKS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM

GPU-XFX PVT98GYDLU GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail

And comes out to me for 580, including CA's gay tax, and shipping.

Now Dell is offering me the same exact thing, except the ram is DDR 800, and a optical drive(going to rip out an old one from my old pc), and I get a copy of windows vista, AND they build it for me for 550! And free shipping!

I mean... I thought custom build PC's were suppose to be the cheap way...

Is it just me, or does this seem too good to be true?
darkmessiah
03-30-2009, 05:10 PM
You're saying that this build is 550?
shadowstreak
03-30-2009, 05:11 PM
Yea, 549 from dell.
darkmessiah
03-30-2009, 05:15 PM
Oh my jesus. Oh my diablo. Oh my chrysanthemums.

If it's true, then AJJARJAJRWA

Otherwise, it's too good to be true.
shadowstreak
03-30-2009, 05:19 PM
AJJARJAJRWA
???
darkmessiah
03-30-2009, 05:19 PM
???
I blame the government.
Marcopolo
03-30-2009, 05:20 PM
god just spend 600 on new egg and build a better comp urself

Edit: Oh shit didn't look at the HDD lol, it is worth it.
shadowstreak
03-30-2009, 05:22 PM
god just spend 600 on new egg and build a better comp urself
I picked all of my parts off of newegg, and it was more expensive...
darkmessiah
03-30-2009, 05:27 PM
I picked all of my parts off of newegg, and it was more expensive...

Well, great find, I'll be sure to watch in envy as I lust after your computer. I can't buy it now because I've been feeling a little slothy, but after my big gluttony spell, I'll save and save and save, don't call me greedy. Or you can just feel my wrath. But I'm too proud to do such a thing.
Goldkills
03-30-2009, 09:32 PM
GL with replacing any of the parts other then the Video card on that dell and guess what there is no overclocking dells so what u get is what u get also u can't upgrade that CPU down the road to a E8500. dell its not worth it, the life of a custom made computer is way more then a dell computer due to upgrading u want the most out of your money build it your self.
Darkness
03-31-2009, 08:47 AM
and I get a copy of windows vista

Deal breaker. This is not going to play games well for you. with only 2g ram, noting its @800mhz doesnt help.

Vista is a resource hog. So you need quite a bit of resources. If you must have vista, i suggest taking the bite and getting the 64 bit version and get yourself atleast 4 gigs of ram. Ohterwise you want XP for your gaming's sake.
Dead Fish
03-31-2009, 09:35 AM
Deal breaker. This is not going to play games well for you. with only 2g ram, noting its @800mhz doesnt help.

Vista is a resource hog. So you need quite a bit of resources. If you must have vista, i suggest taking the bite and getting the 64 bit version and get yourself atleast 4 gigs of ram. Ohterwise you want XP for your gaming's sake.

You can play games on Vista with 2GB of RAM just fine. I'm using that with a 8800 GTS and a 3.0GHz Core 2 Duo. It's in no way a deal breaker.