Micron Pc with ddr mobo good deal???

[G41184b]

This seems like a fair price for a prebuilt PC from micron Pc Check it out here

1.2 ghz Tbird about $515
128MB 200mhz pc1600 $65
20GB ata 100 7200rpm HD $85
8x4x32 CDRW $125
12x DVD $100
1.44MB floppy $15
64MB Gefrorce2 $210
17 inch monitor $170
Soundblaster live! value $50
Altec Lansing acs33 3 pc $30
56K v.90 modem $20
Logitech wheel mouse $15
Atx minitower $50
MS windows ME $200
MS office 2000 SmallBus $150
AMD 760 Mobo $160???
= $1960 not including labor
Microns Price of $1999 seems pretty fair, what are your opinions on this vs building it yourself?


Prices from pricewatch including shipping.

 

[Spook]

Nice Deal.... Add another 128Meg, and a 40G HD, take out the monitor, and... Its beautiful...

 

[G41184b]

Any more opinions?

 

[Adul]

Looks good to me

 

[etech]

For those who do not build their own
Best Buy Launches Micronpc.com Millennia Series

Micronpc.com and Best Buy First to Offer AMD Athlon Combined with DDR Memory in Retail
NAMPA, Idaho--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2000--In a move that highlights one of the best features of the retail-direct relationship forged earlier this year between Best Buy Co., Inc., and Micron Electronics, Inc., (Nasdaq:MUEI - news), the companies this week will be first-to-market in the retail space with a performance PC that features the hottest, fastest technology available -- the AMD Athlon processor with the new memory technology known as Double Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM.

 

[Finality]

Wow a DDR system!

I wonder what motherboard. Is it the Samurai?

 

[ares32585]

Looks like a good deal...But I'm building mine.

Does this mean we should start seeing DDR motherboards on sale soon?

 

[PCResources]

<< I wonder what motherboard. Is it the Samurai? >>



No, it is not, the only company that has utilized the Samurai DDR chipset with Athlons (and dual Athlons) is PC Resources.

This is the 760, just as G41184b stated in his/her post.

Patrick Palm

Am speaking for PC Resources

 

[ElFenix]

its an even better deal once you realize that 128MB of PC1600 costs well more than $65. and according to the anand article today, so do 64 meg GF2s.

 

[Zach]

Micron makes the Samurai and doesn't use it? Interesting.

 

[PCResources]

<< Micron makes the Samurai and doesn't use it? Interesting. >>



Not really, the systems using the Samurai (Intel and AMD) are all VERY expensive ones (the PCRes version has 8 layers, yes folks, 8 layers, and Abit said it would be too expensive to produce a mobo with 6 layers), meant to have more than 1 CPU, and the design is also very expensive to produce. Only the really, REALLY high end systems would use this solution.

Patrick Palm

Am speaking for PC Resources