Cant tell if this is good deal...

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Building new northwood for an aquaintance, hows this price look. All from Googlegear.

P4 1.6 Northwood = $141
Intel D845WNL = $125(stability MAIN issue)
80GB IBM 120GXP = $152(Wanted 80GB)
OEM WinXP Pro = $150(Would Give her 2K free, but wants XP Pro which I dont have)
Asus DVD = $68
MSI TNT2 m64 = $37(Not a gamer at all)
Kingston 256PC133 = $62
Floppy = $11
Yamaha 16x10x40 = $99(Thinks Yamaha are the best...dont ask)
MS Keyboard/Mouse = $25
Creative 56K = $22
Shipping = $48

Total + Case + Speakers + Nominal Labor Fee = $1200

Suggestions?

 

[jh0sken612]

Go with a cheaper ATi card.. if she doesnt play games
Save a few dollars
Smack that woman around, tell her to get a diff CD-R
Spend a little more and get an Intel HaM or a USR modem

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Im sort of in a pickle...I dont particularly like this woman, but I do like building computers(Who doesnt?) And trust me, ive tried everything to convince her differently about the CD/RW...I dont know what it is but shes got her heels dug in deep.

 

[The Dancing Peacock]

do you want to be her tech support for as long as you know her, especially if you don't like her too much. I will only build for family, that's it.

Everyone else is, "Dude you're getting a Dell!"

 

[Sundog]

<< Everyone else is, "Dude you're getting a Dell!" >>


Ditto for that!!!

I will continue to build systems people who know what they are doing, but people that I know are high maintenance to begin with end up with me saying "Dude you're getting a Dell!"

 

[jcmkk]

Peakock and Sundog, you're absolutely right. Trust me, you don't want to be her tech support person. If she wont go with any burner other than a Yamaha, then she must not know squat about PCs. Tell her to go down to a local computer shop if she wants a custom built PC. Or better yet, tell her to build it herself. That is what I usually do. I tell them that I will assist them if they have any huge problems building it, and give them links to good hardware review sites so they can pick out all of their parts. Then I check their parts list and make sure that it is alright.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

What a waste.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

<< What a waste. >>



Eh?

 

[Kingofcomputer]

tnt2 and sdram with P4 1.6A, what a waste.

give her a celeron with 815E is good enough.