clearance barebones@buy.com

[natennd]

MY first post. I saw 2 systems @ buy.com's clearance desk top page a; ecs p6se-ml @$80.63, and onspeed u-631 @$70.55, was wondering whats needed for a working setup,and if these are worth the price.Any feed back appreciated.

 

[TravisBickle]

maybe you mean p6set-ml? i have seen one with video, audio, lan, modem all integrated, and both slot 1 and ppga sockets. bare bones means you'll get it inside a case with psu, cd rom and floppy. you have to supply everything else. even if you don't get the drives I think that board works PIII and celerons @100fsb (on a slotket adapter to the slot1) so it's a good price.

 

[natennd]

Thanks, I'm fairly new to this sport , the technical specs listed for those models are the most ive seen, dont make much sense @ present time. So do I need to supply a hard drive, operating system, and monitor? Also does the cpu come with most setups like this? I'd like to piece one together for fun and a couple of my brothers would like to enter the world of computing so I think the systems would have homes. Buy.com appears to have several hundred of each.
thanks again.

 

[TravisBickle]

ECS support etc
i bought a similar sort of board and remember these pages.
you should only get what I told you with it, I have seen their barebones packages before. i looked for U-631 and I only found uboats. be aware that water is very bad for your computer
apparently the board takes celeron 766 now
these setups are an amazing cost saver but be aware that the 3D performance is appalling. I hope you get a driver disc with it, you do need this...

 

[randypj]

natennd--I looked at the On Speed U-631 Barebones System at buy. Yes, you would need to supply all the items you mentioned, plus the cpu.

Good that you noticed it did not come with a cpu.....or RAM, etc.

Hmmm....I can't see that it's quite that good a deal without cpu. I've always bought my stuff separately, and pieced everything together, so, I'm not an expert on these items. Mostly you get onboard sound/modem/video, and it doesn't look like it's all that good video. And, ps, mobo, case, floppy. I don't think it has onboard lan.

TravisBickle--couldn't he get quite a bit better system for a little more, by getting a barebones with cpu and maybe a better mobo? I mean, they do have good quality integrated mobos now? Do you know where he would look? I mean, other than Fry's or Tiger?

Yeah, it could be pretty neat, specially to build 'em with your brothers. And, I have found if you build several that are all the same or similar.....when you find a fix for one thing....it is a whole lot easier.<G>

I notice you have a Dell. I asked....can't remember which forum....sometime in Nov. thru Feb. about whether I should go with a mobo/cpu, and piece stuff together, or go with Dell for a g/f thinking about building her first. They came up with some pretty decent mobos that were integrated. However, for the $$$'s, she went with a Dell from their refurb. store.

PM me if you need a link for the thread. It might be a bit outdated.
--Randy

 

[natennd]

Thanks for the feed back and the link (dont know how to make one)URL for items;
http://www.us.buy.com/retail/clearance/subcat.asp?loc=13930
(looks right hope it is!)
I'm goin' and look at em'again!