Good Deal for a Core 2 Duo?

[ric1287]

XPS 410: 690$ shipped w/ 18 months no interest.
Intel® Core?2 Duo Processor E6300 (2MB L2 Cache,1.86GHz,1066 FSB)

Operating System:
Genuine Windows® Vista Home Premium

Memory: will upgrade when 2x1gig stix are cheaper
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs

Hard Drive: will add another 500gb of HDD
250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM)

CD or DVD Drive:
Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability

Video Card: Will upgrade with the 7800gt i have
256MB nVidia Geforce 7300LE TurboCache

Any thoughts suggestions? (other than build your own )

 

[engiNURD]

Dell + Core2Duo = no overclocking = bad

If you built it yourself, it'd cost around $725, but you could OC it to outperform a stock X6800. Also, you'd have a longer warranty on your parts, hehe.

 

[butch84]

If you don't want to build a system yourself, I'd say that's a decent deal. A lot of people will say you should build a rig yourself, but really this system will probably suit your needs fine.

 

[ric1287]

yeah i built a better spec'd system on newegg. Got the gigabyte DS3 board, 2 gigs of OCZ ddr800, and a E6300 w/ zalman flower cooler. : 600$ shipped


The damn financing is the deal breaker though, 18 months is amazing vs. 6 months no payments at the egg. Don't know what to do.

 

[Conky]

You act like building a system is hard or something, lol.

 

[Ruptga]

It seems like a good deal, as long as you don't care about overclocking it.

 

[trOver]

Originally posted by: Beachboy
You act like building a system is hard or something, lol.

yeah really. why dont you want to build yourself? not enough time? dont wan to deal w/ problems?

 

[ric1287]

no i can build it, i would just rather get it in the mail and turn it on. The only real thing thats swaying my decision is the financing stuff and selling my current set up. what to do what to do

 

[Operandi]

Dell is for those that don't know how to do it themselves.

 

[ric1287]

Originally posted by: Operandi
Dell is for those that don't know how to do it themselves.

for a complete system, find me the same parts for 690$ and 18months financing, and i will agree with you.