Dell E521 - About $300 Shipped

[pioneercrazed]

I'm needing to build a semi-cheap web surfer for my mom to use. The problem is that building it part by part add up, especially when I don't have an OS to put on it(was going to try out beta Vista). I was then checking out some hot deals somewhere and saw this deal. Any reason to not grab the dell? Can I build something similar cheaper? These things even finally come with a PCI-x slot...

Specs:

Dimension E521
AMD Sempron? 3400+, Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition

Unit Price: $279


AMD Sempron? 3400+ (A64 3200+ for $20)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
Memory 512MB Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 1DIMM
Hard Drive 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache?
CD ROM/DVD ROM 16X DVD ROM Drive
Monitor No Monitor
Video Card NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU
Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

 

[imported_Imp]

That doesn't seem too bad a deal, especially since it includes an OS. If you really want to check how sweet the deal is, go to Newegg and start adding those parts. A rough estimate puts all those parts together at around $279, but if you looked hard (at all), you can probably build one for cheaper; maybe $50 cheaper if it's worth the hassle. I have no experience with Dell, except their website that tried to scam me, but I've seen bad experiences with their Support. Then again, who hasn't with any company.

 

[Alex]

Imp is right... i'd say cough up 50 bones extra and get the Dell... no i would never buy a dell for myself but their support and warranty will mean less headaches for you later on cause if you build it yourself its up to YOU!

 

[bluemax]

Do you want to be tech support for your mom?

It's a good deal, but I'm not sure how I feel about Dell anymore... just going through Dell hassles now - for an E521 no less. 🙂