Good computer from good company for around 500 bux?

[chiwawa626]

Good computer from good company for around 500 bux? +/- 75 bux...
i need a good computer, athlon XP or pentium4, whatever, just pretty recent and fast....
will be used for real lightweight stuff, first year computer science...not much games, some visual studio like Vc++, web browsing, word processing....

please help find me a good company and computer for around 500?

 

[fatbaby]

with or without monitor and speakers?

 

[chiwawa626]

without, just need the actual computer, no monitor, no speakers, no keyboard....

 

[fatbaby]

From dell small biz

p4 1.4
256 mb sdram
20 gb hd
integrated audio
16 mb ati rage
no speakers, monitor, modem

 

[freebee]

Dell often has coupons and sales where its moderate-low end systems will approach the 600 mark. (check hot deals, etc.) You can eliminate most software except OS to save even more. Of course you could build one for such an amount and many people would suggest you do so.

However, I own both a p4 dell and an athlon self-built, and I can tell you that for similar speeds, the Dell is silent....no fan noise, nothing.

 

[chiwawa626]

is there any deals like msn passport or something that will save me some money? or any dell coupons?

 

[fatbaby]

I know a $100 off gateway coupon code for a gateway computer..

PM for details..

 

[chiwawa626]

bump

 

[PsychoAndy]

ygpm

 

[b0mbrman]

Why not just go the Newegg route?

 

[wyvrn]

Go to Newegg and buy the Shuttle SV24. Then add a celeron, memory, and hard drive. You have a light, fast computer for around $500. Have you ever built one before?

 

[DDad]

If you aren't afraid of building your own (But I assume this ain't for you)
TCWO has a good barebones 1700 for 469:

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  <LI>TCWO TR&Uuml; <a href="http://www.tcwo.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=1334" target=_blank>Pro series</A> SocketA barebone system with a <B>320</B> watt AMD approved power supply.
  <LI>AMD Athlon 1700+ SocketA CPU
  <LI>Coolermaster DP5 SocketA heatsink/cooling fan combo
  <LI>128MB SDRAM
  <LI>20GB UDMA100 hard drive
  <LI>Intel/Ambient 56k v.90 PCI voice/fax modem

The bad part is it's a integrated board

 

[RossMAN]

Good luck.

You may want to try a Dell refurb at delloutlet.com

 

[RossMAN]

P4 1.6 with monitor & speakers for $679

Yes there are strings attached, read that thread to find out if it's worth the hassle for you.