Originally Posted By: wfaulk
Well, my argument was mostly for normal desktop computers, not special purpose stuff. You have a point.

I was going to say that you couldn't get a big discount buying parts yourself, even with the MS tax. But I just went to Newegg and spec'd out the cheapest computer I could. Less than $200. Given, it's not exactly a power house, but that's a complete, functional computer.


...and if you spend a whole $75 more with Dell you'll get a PC with 4 times the disk space, 4 times the memory, a RW DVD drive and a faster CPU. The time I'd spend putting it together (let alone any time I might spend troubleshooting if it didn't work) is worth more than $75 to me.

If you buy from the Dell outlet store you can pretty much match the newegg price, within $5. I had never considered the outlet store before, but used it a couple of times recently with great success.
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