Good deal or not?

[kionee]

I found a online coupon for a Dell XPS Gen 4 system that reduced the price by $1200. (http://www.dealcatcher.com/toolbar.asp?m=610&c=54006 ) and was wondering if the following configuration was worth the price...the deal just seemed to be too good to be true, so I thought I'd put a query here as you guys seem pretty knowledgable

Dimension XPS Series, Intel Pentium 4 Processor 640 (3.2GHz) w/HT Technology and 2MB cache
1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz
Dell Quiet Key Keyboard
Video ready option w/o monitor
256MB Nvidia GeForce 6800 Graphics Card
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
3.5in Floppy Drive
Dimension Dell Support
Image Restore
Windows Media Player 10
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005, English
Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system set-up to access
Dell USB Optical Mouse
Intel Pro 1000 Integrated PCI NIC Card
No modem requested for Dell Dimension
Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0
16X DVD-ROM and 16X DVD+/-RW
PowerDVD Software Decoding forDVD Drives
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS THX Certified Sound card with DVD
Dell A425 Speakers
Norton Internet Security 2005 15 Month
Music Match 9.0 Basic 7 day OnDemand
Paint Shop Photo Album 5.1 Premium
AOL DHS
Dell/My Way Home Page
NETZERO ISP
Broadband Icon for Inspiron
Word Perfect Productivity Pack
3 Year Limited Warranty
Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7 Technical Support, 2 Year Extended
Technical Support, 2 Year Extended
Technical Support, Initial Year
Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Wee kends, 24x7 Technical Support,Initial Year
Dimension XPS, Specialized Support
Thank you for choosing Dell
Quickbooks 2005 Special SimpleStart Edition
Sub-Total $1,395.00
Shipping $0.00
Tax $6.05
Total Price $1,401.05

 

[DanDaMan315]

Not really a deal, 3.2 is kinda weak for a p4, and a plain 6800 is weak too. Seems like you could find better on the outlet site. Or just build your own AMD beast.

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
Not really a deal, 3.2 is kinda weak for a p4, and a plain 6800 is weak too. Seems like you could find better on the outlet site. Or just build your own AMD beast.

Agreed.

 

[imported_Kensai]

Yup, Yup. Moo.

 

[imported_whatever]

So if that reduced the price by $1200, Dell started by trying to sell that machine for $2600?

 

[stevty2889]

Yeah, not really worth it, you could definatly build a better system for that price.