Did my friend get jipped on his comp?

[50]

My friend just bought a dell, he spent 1350 and got

P4 3.06
1 gb DDR2
Radeon 300x (never heard of it)
dell speakers
1701fp
dell keyboard and mouse
win xp

I think he got ripped off, he said he didn't want to build it himself because it didn't have an OS.

 

[imported_chrisbtx]

The 300x AFAIK is the new lower end series from ATI. From what I have seen, there is a x300, a x600, and the x800. I saw the x600 on an inventory sheet at my store, but haven't seen much about it anywhere else....

 

[nick1985]

PWNED

 

[bjc112]

That's not TOO terribly bad considering the LCD included...

X300 isn't the best.. But he could pawn that off and get a 9800 pro or 6800 series card..

 

[DaveSimmons]

Your friend made a big mistake if he cares about gaming. It's a decent machine for PhotoShop though.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Originally posted by: bjc112
That's not TOO terribly bad considering the LCD included...

X300 isn't the best.. But he could pawn that off and get a 9800 pro or 6800 series card..

the Dell doesn't have AGP as far as I know. Buying one of those would be his second mistake

 

[Mik3y]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: bjc112
That's not TOO terribly bad considering the LCD included...

X300 isn't the best.. But he could pawn that off and get a 9800 pro or 6800 series card..

the Dell doesn't have AGP as far as I know. Buying one of those would be his second mistake

lol

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

he could get an x800xt

 

[Mik3y]

still, he got ripped.

 

[UmneyDurak]

Originally posted by: 50
I think he got ripped off, he said he didn't want to build it himself because it didn't have an OS.

Thats a silly reason not to build yourself. On the money you save you can actually own a copy of an OS. Instead of rellying on a P.O.S rescue disk.

 

[Gurck]

$1350 is way too much for that rig even if the LCD was 20"

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons

Originally posted by: bjc112
That's not TOO terribly bad considering the LCD included...

X300 isn't the best.. But he could pawn that off and get a 9800 pro or 6800 series card..

the Dell doesn't have AGP as far as I know. Buying one of those would be his second mistake

But it does have PCI-E.

 

[LordPhoenix]

Take a phone book and smack him for getting a Dell.

 

[Vegito]

yeap these dell pci-e system from dell are way over priced... even a home built pci-e system is 300-400 above an agp system

 

[n7]

Hopefully he doesn't plan on gaming, as he's not gonna find any good PCI-E cards for a while.

 

[Sonic587]

It's an ok deal if he doesn't want to game.

Expect to be paying out the rear for a new PCI-E videocard if he does...

 

[50]

Oh I forgot to add he got a free dell crappy printer with it. He's now tellin me he's going to buy a geforce 6600 PCI-E card to replace the radeon.

 

[MrChad]

Seems like a nice system to me. Is he happy with it? New computers are exciting, let him enjoy it!

 

[n7]

Originally posted by: 50
Oh I forgot to add he got a free dell crappy printer with it. He's now tellin me he's going to buy a geforce 6600 PCI-E card to replace the radeon.

:thumbsup: Looks like he's in for a wait

 

[TheGeek]

you can get an athlon 64 3200+ w/ 6800 GT system for less than that

 

[stickybytes]

Originally posted by: n7

Originally posted by: 50
Oh I forgot to add he got a free dell crappy printer with it. He's now tellin me he's going to buy a geforce 6600 PCI-E card to replace the radeon.

:thumbsup: Looks like he's in for a wait

6600 series cards are scheduled to be launched in quantity in september. or so they say... could be another paper launch *cough* x800xt, 6800 ultra *cough*

 

[JBT]

He got ripped but atleast if he isn't to tech savey he can improve his ability to comprehend indian accents.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Originally posted by: MrChad
Seems like a nice system to me. Is he happy with it? New computers are exciting, let him enjoy it!

I second that... While I personally wouldn't buy it, If he's happy with it, then let it be. Also, he does get a warranty(sp?) and call support from DELL. That means that none of us will have to go over to his house and hold his hand when something goes wrong.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

Originally posted by: JBT
He got ripped but atleast if he isn't to tech savey he can improve his ability to comprehend indian accents.

Heh, was going to add that in my post...

 

[BurnItDwn]

hmmm ....
I would say he made a bad purchase.

DDR2 is a waste right now since DDR1 is still faster. (From what I've seen at least in reviews)

I could put together a Athlon64 3200+ system with a 17inch LCD and a MUCH better vidcard for less. One that would stomp the dell in every possible benchmark.

As far as intel based PCs ... I think he paid about $200 to $300 too much ...