So Cal Fry's GQ 3121AMD Sempron 2200+ PC with Lindows/Linspire 4.5 $179.99 +tax

[Paladin3]

So Cal Fry's B&M has been advertising these every few weeks for $199.99, but in the 3/26/05 Orange Country Register AD (upper right corner) the price has dropped to $179.99 +tax, NO rebate. Outpost.com (Fry's online store) is still showing it for the non-sale price of 279.99.

I bought two of these for relatives recently and they are decent basic computers if you don't want to build your own. They even come with a cheap keyboard, mouse and speakers. More info in THIS THREAD.

 

[Ghettocowboy]

hmmm, not even worth the upgrade from my 5 years old computer, PIII 700 MHZ, 160 gig WD 7200 RPM, 256 meg of RAM and Voodoo 5 Video card, and SB Live MP3 sound card

 

[breweyez]

Originally posted by: Ghettocowboy
hmmm, not even worth the upgrade from my 5 years old computer, PIII 700 MHZ, 160 gig WD 7200 RPM, 256 meg of RAM and Voodoo 5 Video card, and SB Live MP3 sound card

a PIII 700 MHZ beating out a Sempron 2200+...you keep smoking that crack ghettodweller

 

[nomadh]

Swap some parts, buy some extra ddr memory ant then you'd have quite a decent upgrade ghettocboy. So far its a decent system. Not "great quality", just good guality. Unlike most of their blank cd or dvd media. Those just suck.

 

[Samus]

nomadh, i hear that brother, i have a cake of their cd-r's and they rank 'up' there with krapermedia and office depot-brand media.

anyway, i picked up this GQ machine for 179 back during BF and it overclocked quite well. it included pc2700, so i set the fsb to 166 and it ran fine at ~2.2ghz with no multiplier/voltage adjustment. i was satisfied and threw in another 256mb pc2700 to give it 384mb total and its still running as a pc for my dad. best 193 bucks i ever spent. bought it at downers grove, il fry's (chicago) so tax is like 8%.

 

[Paladin3]

I was in Fry's today and looked at a spindle of GQ DVD+Rs and you could see splotches in the dye thru the packaging. I've had good luck with about a dozen 10-packs of the GQ CDr's in the slim jewel cases, but I wouldn't touch the GQ DVD media.