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• TheBaron Austin, TX

  November 2003 edited November 2003

  heh, sweet. the real question is, how much cheaper is EXACTLY THE SAME THING from newegg. thats one of the main that i wouldn't use non-proprietary parts as a business, is because it makes it that much easier for people to see how much you're ripping them off

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• NYCDrew NYC(duh)

  November 2003 edited November 2003

  THAT's the thing! Guess how much they want for that set up? $2999.97!! I didn't configue it through Newegg, but NO WAY it's that much!

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• karatekid Ogdensburg, NY

  November 2003 edited November 2003

  All from newegg
  Pentium 4 3.2Ghz - $393
  Asus P4C800-E - $182
  Corsair XMS PC3200 512MB x2 - $234
  Leadtek GeForce FX 5950Ultra - $420
  SB Audigy 2 ZS Platinum - $162
  2x Seagate Barracuda 120gb - $190
  Antec 480W True Power - $83
  DVD Burner ~ $200
  CD Burner ~ $60
  Wavemaster Case - $148
  Speakers, keyboard, mouse ~ $400
  Throw in about 50 bucks for shipping, carry the one, and you have just under $2500. 500 bucks left over, just enough to buy a bad-ass monitor. And I think I overshoot the speakers/keyboard/mouse part, but I figured a system like this would probably come with $250 speakers.
  
  I see this has nothing but a huge failure for Compaq. They are not going to beable to convince the everyday user that it is worth spending the money on such high quality parts when they can get a similar system from other OEMs using typical OEM products (50 dollar motherboards and what not) for hundreds of dollars less. And they certainly are not going to get the enthusiest crowd, as I have just proven, you can build the same computer for half a grand less, and not have the gay Compaq name plastered on your computer.

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• yagga Havn't you heard? ... New

  November 2003 edited November 2003

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• Orgazmo CT

  November 2003 edited November 2003

  Blah, Compaq will always suck no matter what anyway, just build your own from NewEgg. My current set up cost $2500.

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• kanezfan sunny south florida Icrontian

  November 2003 edited November 2003

  you can't remove the compaq name unless you know how to hack a bios, but even then, no one who is into bios hacking is going to bother hacking a compcrap bios.

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• TheSource

  November 2003 edited November 2003

  looks like Dell is doin the same thing:
  
  3.2 Pentium 4
  Intel 875P chipset motherboard,
  SATA RAID with a pair of 250GB hard drives,
  a Radeon 9800 XT, Creative's top Audigy 2 sound card,
  8X DVD+RW and
  48X CD-RW,
  Logitech's top Z-680 5.1 speaker system, a
  nd a 16ms 20" flat-panel display designed for gaming.
  
  http://anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.html?i=1920

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• ramdex Tucson

  November 2003 edited November 2003

  HEHE, all my comps have parts from new egg. Going anywhere else is just stupid.

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• AcidicDreams Oregon

  November 2003 edited November 2003

  umm in response to karatekid... yes those computers will sell... I work at a fry's in computer sales and it will sell to people who "want the best" and don't know sh*t about computers... they'll beleive anything a salesman says... they are few and far between but they'll sell them.. plus you need to remeber the everyday computer users DOES like HP, and sony, and compaq etc... they'd think a home built computer would be make with hokie parts (I've actually been denied by a company to build them a computer because their "computer expert" thought I'd be using crappy parts and dell only used the best... HAHAHAHA right.. fat ass idiot) anyways... just my 2 cents

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• antthis Bowling Green ky

  December 2003 edited December 2003

  shipping more then 50 buck try 100 or you get free and slow shipping

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