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Is this a good build for the price?

by necrologic Aug 25, 2010 10:29PM PDT

Without shipping it cost $473.00 and with $538.00
if not where can i get similar for less
Here are the specs

Case= iBUYPOWER Lexa-S AMD Dragon Special Edition Gaming Case

Case Lighting= None

Noise Reduction = None

Internal Expansion= None

Processor= AMD Athlon? II X2 250 Dual-Core CPU

Processor Cooling= Certified CPU Fan and Heatsink-

Memory= 2 GB [1 GB X2] DDR2-800 PC6400 Memory Module-Corsair-Value or Major Brand

Video Card= ATI Radeon HD 5570 - 1GB-Single Card

Motherboard= ASUS M4A785-M -- AMD 785G Hybrid CrossFire Chipset

Motherboard USB / SATA Interface= [Free] Internal USB 3.0 PCI-E x1 Expansion Card

Power Supply= 700 Watt -- Standard

Primary Hard Drive= 500 GB HARD DRIVE -- 16M Cache, 7200 RPM, 3.0Gb/s-Single Drive

Optical Drive= 24X Dual Format/Double Layer DVD

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Operating System= None

by Brechan Aug 26, 2010 4:52AM PDT

You'll have to factor in at least another $100 for an O/S; also I would check out this link for possible reasons NOT to buy from this manufacturer http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7586_102-0.html?threadID=116362 although this thread was started many moons ago, there have been some recent replies added

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kinda pricey

by ramarc Aug 28, 2010 9:56AM PDT

you can get a quad core pc with 4gb and windows 7 from best buy/compusa for aboout the same price.

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