Thoughts on this deal?

[Claytens]

I was just browsing thought a few sites and happed to find a Emachine for $599 I think this is a great deal what are your thoughts or do you own this system? It has gotten good reviews, I just like my fellow computer geeks info.

Here it is
E machines T6000
XP Home
Athlon 64 3200+ Socket 754
DDR 400 (PC-3200) 512mb
160gb hard drive 7,200rpm
DVD rom
cd-rw
floppy drive
media reader
ATI RADEON 9600 128 mb
modem
usb 2- 6 ports
fire wire
all the ports for audio and all that crap
It also has plenty of ports for all the other things one would need
keyboard and mouse

$599 (with a 100 off coupon

The only thing that a problem for me is its refurbished it comes with a warrenty and all that but I have need bought a refurbised pc.

If I do get it I have a DVD-RW to add to it and I will have to get a better graphics card down the road, oh and a monitor.

 

[Maverick2002]

It's an eMachine, it's reburbed, and you could put all that together for around $400, $500 with WinXP. So no, not worth it. If you want a prebuilt PC check out the Hot Deals forum as there's almost always some dirt cheap Dell desktop on sale.

 

[DaveSimmons]

A lot of the prebuilt PCs come with cheap low-watt power supplies that might not work with a 6600GT or 6800.

I'd suggest going to newegg and price out something similar but with the parts you really want. Thread #1 in this forum, the "Guides" tab, and all the other system threads here should offer plenty of guidance on parts.

 

[LANMAN]

Stay away from Emachines. Period.

POS in this thread, would not mean Point of Sale. 😉

--LANMAN