woot, surprised no one has posted...

[SNiPeRX]

HP Athlon 64 Desktop with DVD Burner
$399.99
+ $5 shipping

Specifications:

AMD Athlon Athlon 64 3200+ (2.0GHz) Socket 754 processor

800 MHz Hypertransport system bus (1600MT/s each direction)

Cache: L1 Cache = 128KB; L2 Cache = 1MB
ASUS K8N8V-LA nForce3 150 Motherboard

Memory: 512MB PC2700 DDR SDRAM memory, (expandable to 1GB)
Memory Speed: 2700 MB/sec (PC2700)
200GB 7200RPM Ultra DMA hard drive
Multimedia Drive: 8x DVD+R/RW drive with CD writer capabilities; 8x DVD+R, 4x DVD+RW, DVD+RW, 12x DVD-ROM, 24x CDR, 10x CDRW, 40x CD-ROM
DVD-ROM: DVD-ROM drive 16x max. speed
Sound: Integrated audio
Video Graphics: GeForce FX5200XT 8× AGP 128MB DDR, VGA and TV out
Network Interface: Integrated 10/100Base-T network interface
Fax/Modem: High speed 56K modem

EDITED: just noticed its a refurb, but still good deal

 

[buzzsaw13]

add in another stick of ram and a decent AGP card and it'll be a nice gaming system.

 

[razor2025]

Adding a decent AGP card will be around $150, another 512MB (assuming it came with only 1 stick of 512) runs around $40, you're looking at a $600 mid-range gaming rig, which isn't too bad. Not exactly "hot hot"

 

[imported_wocman]

There is an Emachine T6212 (recently bought by Gateway) that is also refurbished at Tigerdirect. It is on sale now at about $400 but shipping is a hefty price at about $40+.

I believe that it has a socket 939 with an AMD Athlon 64 3200 as well as a PCI-Express slot but you might need to replace the power supply in order to run the high end power hungry cards.

Emachine @ Tiger Direct: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...tails.asp?EdpNo=1576696&Sku=E400-T6212

Motherboard for T6212 (I think)
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=639

 

[Localan]

That TD eMachines link has a tech details tab that shows it as a s754, but indeed with a PCIe (x16) slot.

 

[ondarkness]

wow. yous guys have quite the insights- thanks guys-

 

[Robor]

Originally posted by: wocman
There is an Emachine T6212 (recently bought by Gateway) that is also refurbished at Tigerdirect. It is on sale now at about $400 but shipping is a hefty price at about $40+.

I believe that it has a socket 939 with an AMD Athlon 64 3200 as well as a PCI-Express slot but you might need to replace the power supply in order to run the high end power hungry cards.

Emachine @ Tiger Direct: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications...tails.asp?EdpNo=1576696&Sku=E400-T6212

Motherboard for T6212 (I think)
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=639

I just sent my brother this link. Good find!

Nice first post by the way. And welcome to AnandTech! 🙂

 

[Hacp]

I would have been in but OOS. I saw this on FW heh.

 

[Bacinator]

Yeh... They only had 150 of them.

 

[imported_wocman]

That TD eMachines link has a tech details tab that shows it as a s754, but indeed with a PCIe (x16) slot.

I was guessing that 2000Mhz FSB were only for the 939 cpus. I thought that 754's could only reach 1600Mhz.

 

[aka1nas]

According to the description, this is also the first gen NF3 chipset, no tthe 250gb that is currently being used. It's not quite as fast and had a lower HT speed I think.