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Fuck Dell... order the parts from Newegg, put it together yourself.
Nice Athlon 6400 with simple RAID, 1GB, decent sound/vid cards and 19" LCD -- sub $1500. You can trim $200 off this if you bargain shop the site. Takes about 4 hours to build the computer from parts (at least, that's how long it takes me with my marginal experience). Systems perform better than mass manufactured systems IMHO.
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DVD Burners
1 NEC Black IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner Model ND-3550A - OEM
$39.99 $39.99
ATX Computer Cases
1 Sky Hawk/Eagle Tech PSR5601W-SL ATXALUMGT Silver Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
$69.99 -$30.00 Instant
$39.99
Internal Hard Drives
2 Western Digital Raptor WD740GD 74GB 10,000 RPM Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
$40.00 Mail-in Rebate
$161.00 $322.00
Monitors - LCD
1 ViewSonic Q9b Black 19" 12ms LCD Monitor - Retail
$265.99 $265.99
AMD-compatible Motherboards
1 DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
$125.00 -$12.00 Instant
$113.00
Sound Cards
1 Creative Sound Blaster Audigy2 ZS SB0350 8 (7.1) Channels PCI Interface Sound Card - OEM
$70.00 $70.00
Power Supplies
1 Thermaltake TR2 W0070 ATX 430W Power Supply - Retail
$10.00 Mail-in Rebate
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$39.99 $39.99
Keyboards
1 Microsoft S51-00001 2-Tone PS/2 Wireless Ergonomics Keyboard Mouse Included - Retail
$81.00 $81.00
Memory - System
1 CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel
$81.75 $81.75
Operating Systems
1 Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 - OEM
$129.95 $129.95
Combo
1 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3200BPBOX - Retail
1 PNY VCG6600GXPB Geforce 6600GT 128MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail
$40.00 Mail-in Rebate
$291.00 -$15.00 Combo
$276.00
Subtotal: $1,459.66
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