Dell 10 for 10

[piasabird]

I was looking at some of these deals Dell is trying to offer for Win 10. Some of them are pretty good.
An i5 with 8 gigs of RAM and 1 TB HD for $479. They claim this is a savings of $250.

Example:
http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-3...del_id=inspiron-3847-desktop#secondaryContent

 

[lehtv]

Example:
http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-3...del_id=inspiron-3847-desktop#secondaryContent

Similar parts (including card reader, wireless and DVD drive) along with Win 10 (but no other software) can be had about $550 on newegg. Rather than buy the Dell, I'd spend a little extra on a better quality motherboard (B85), better quality PSU (e.g. S12II) and longer component specific warranties.

 

[piasabird]

For the fun of it I put together a little practice build:

Apevia Q-Pak3 MATX case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811144294

Gigabyte B85 Pheonix with AC wireless mini-itx
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128735

i-5 4660
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117302

G-Skill Ripjaws 8Gig
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231428

WD 1TB HD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236339

DVD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106393

Still need a power supply.

Total: 465.94 + shipping.
I purposely used the same CPU as Dell did.

You would still need $100 extra for an OS to be fair. Also this motherboard has better wireless than the Dell system.

You can probably cut about $50 or so if you use the right coupons and maybe go with a cheaper motherboard but then you would not have wireless. Through careful selection you might be able to break even with DELL for better quality, unless you just want to buy retail and sit down and relax.