Dude - I need a Dell...

[Cat]

This is a long shot pricewise, but I may be looking to buy two desktops (doesn't have to be Dell ) in used, but good working condition. I would like them to be dual processors, and prefer two gigs of ram, but would take a one gig if it was a one gig chip (instead of two 512s). Win XP is ok, but prefer Vista. The proper restore disks must be provided.

I think we paid like $350 for ours new a couple years ago with similar specs, but I would need them to come in at $250 or less including shipping. I would be interested in used flat screen monitors as well. (in good working condition)

Like I said, it's a long shot on price, but lemme know what you have. I want to point out that we are just looking right now, and will make a decision based on what's available on Black Friday (which isn't much at this point) and how it compares.

Cat

[InsaneIrish]

check your local Craigslist.

Although at $250 and dual processors your choices are going to be pretty slim.

[ravingbantha]

I just got back from wal-mart and I noticed they had some new sytems out that were close to that price. they weren't top of the line, but it was still a good system. Only downside was it did not come with a monitor. But I would still suggest looking there

[Cat]

Thanks for the tips! I will check those out.

I've changed my mind though. I want this! :

Alienware MJ-12 8550i Gaming
Features:

- 8 cores in two Intel Xeon 5355 2.66 GHz 1333MHz FSB w/ 8MB Cache & Quad Core
- Genuine Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- 3-Year AlienCare Toll-Free 24/7 Phone Support w/ Onsite Service
- AlienRespawn v1.0 Recovery Kit
- Alienware Professional 4U Rackmount Chassis
- Alienware 700 Watt Multi-GPU Approved Power Supply
- Alienware Professional Motherboard w/ Intel Xeon 5000P Chipset
- 16GB Dual Channel DDR2 FBDIMM at 667MHz - 8 x 2GB
- NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 X2 2 x 512MB GDDR3 w/ 4x Dual Link DVI
- Standard Cooling
- (4) 1TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s 7,200 RPM w/ 32MB Cache
- Alienware® 28-in-1 Digital Media Reader / Writer
- (2) 18X Dual Layer DVDRW/CD-RW Writer w/ Nero Software Suite
- Integrated High Performance Gigabit Ethernet
- Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer High Definition 7.1 Audio
- (4) 24" Dell 1920 x 1200 UltraSharp Widescreen Flat Panel
- Alienware USB Full-Size Keyboard
- Alienware Optical 3-Button Mouse with Scroll Wheel

Avg. Price: $15,346

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Mommee wantee

[Vitus von Atzinger]

Daddy wantee, too.
I'd quit SCA if I had that thing. It's a spaceship. I'd get so deep into Eve Online I would never be seen again.
Gaming is now so heavy and cool that regular hobbies just can't compete.

[Aergis]

Heh.

You can build a pretty amazing gaming computer if you put the parts together yourself...

Ultimately no game is going to push that machine to it's limit, so why the excess? You could spend $2,000 USD for the parts separately and build a machine that would kick the crap out of any game you could put on it. I just built one for $1,200 that is by far good enough to even play things like Crysis at maxed out settings. Other games like wow or warhammer or eve aren't much compared, I can actually play 3 copies of them at the same time.

And if you can make armor you can build a computer. It's pretty simple. Crap, you could make a beautiful case out of stainless... Hey... that might be a great market! 1/2 of alienware's sales is because they look so slick...

Heh, they even recently came out with a stainless mouse for WoW...

[Glaukos the Athenian]

Cat,

Have you tried the Outlet in Dell's website?

R.

[Vermillion]

Cat,

Check here: http://www.pricewatch.com

Best place to look for hardware on the net.

Just make sure you use a credit card for fraud protection.

[Dierick]

These guys have a proven track record with me, for both quality low end machines, and superb customer service. I did some contract work for them at my old job and was amazed by the smoothness that they moved things along.
http://visioncomputers.com/

[Cat]

Thanks for the suggestions guys! Somebody PM'd me with a link that has refurbished ones for $229, so I think that will work.

Thanks again!
Cat

[ticeetal]

Cat,

You might want try checking out Wally Mart, for an affordable laptop. Last week they had a special for $289.00. I have a buddy working there, and he informed me that there will be even better deals this coming Friday, if you don't mind getting up early.

http://www.walmart.com/browse/Computers ... 000.500592

Regards,
Odeane

BTW...Don't get a Dell if you can afford it get a Fujitsu Laptop they are right now about the best on the market at the moment IMHO...

[tvetree]

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp ... 8010538925

For sufing and such.
Not to bad a deal.
Not a gaming rig though.

[svonbaden]

Cat,

You might want try checking out Wally Mart, for an affordable laptop. Last week they had a special for $289.00. I have a buddy working there, and he informed me that there will be even better deals this coming Friday, if you don't mind getting up early.

I won't do Black Friday shopping unless I have a full war band backing me up. Good god, how do people DO that every year?

Suggestion for youtube video-makers: a video with footage from the Pennsic field battle edited together with footage from the doors opening on Black Friday. You could do footage of people standing in line together with footage from the bridge battle.