Need To Buy A New Tower PC - Cheap!
PreCd
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Time to buy a new tower computer and need to get it cheap. Not into gaming or much at all that requires a great amount of power. The usual. Office programs. YouTube. Etc....
From those of you who are looking and have found one or those who have made a purchase already let me know.
From those of you who are looking and have found one or those who have made a purchase already let me know.
SDA2BTL
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Bottlehead Quickie Tube Preamp
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I've gone to places like Best Buy, Walmart, Office Depot, etc... and scan the area for clearance/open box items. If you're patient and check a few places out, you'll likely stumble upon a good buy.
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i was just about the post that myselfMain 2ch -
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Not a bad one and not a bad price.SDA2BTL
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Weak point will be the CPU, which is normally something you would see in a netbook. But for the price hard to complain. If you've got an extra $100 to spend, I'd go for this Lenovo instead:
http://www.staples.com/Lenovo-H415-30991PU-Desktop-PC/product-nr_441599
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Look at Dell Outlet, as they usually have some very good deals there. I'd stick to their business models though (Vostro, Optiplex, Precision).
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Dell Outlet or HP. I would go for at least an AMD or Intel quad core processor and 1tb of storage.Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!
Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showcase/view.php?userid=73580 -
Quad-core/1TB not really necessary for the OP's intentions. Also as someone who has sold and supported all three brands, I would definitely rate Lenovo above HP or Dell. The market seems to be catching on as well, as Lenovo surpassed Dell as the number two PC maker last fall. HP is still number one, but at Lenovo's rate of growth they could definitely catch them.
RT-12, CS350-LS, PSW-300, Infinity Overture 1, Monoprice RC-65i
Adcom GFA-545II, GFA-6000, Outlaw Audio 990, Netgear NeoTV
Denon DCM-460, DMD-1000, Sony BDP-360, Bravia KDL-40Z4100/S
Monster AVL-300, HTS-2500 MKII -
The Lenovo looks good. And yes I am not needing that much power.........it is a work computer.SDA2BTL
Marantz CD5004
Adcom GFA-545
Bottlehead Quickie Tube Preamp -
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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Quad-core/1TB not really necessary for the OP's intentions. Also as someone who has sold and supported all three brands, I would definitely rate Lenovo above HP or Dell. The market seems to be catching on as well, as Lenovo surpassed Dell as the number two PC maker last fall. HP is still number one, but at Lenovo's rate of growth they could definitely catch them.
I wouldn't limit a new computer purchase to just web browsing and email. I would suggest splurging the extra coin in case the OP decides to put the PC to other tasks, which would benefit from having a quad core rig, more RAM etc. Something in the 400-600 range should be good and plenty.Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!
Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showcase/view.php?userid=73580 -
OP asked for a simple machine on a budget, not a media/gaming machine. Regardless, the Lenovo from Staples I linked to above is a quad-core and it has 6GB RAM.
RT-12, CS350-LS, PSW-300, Infinity Overture 1, Monoprice RC-65i
Adcom GFA-545II, GFA-6000, Outlaw Audio 990, Netgear NeoTV
Denon DCM-460, DMD-1000, Sony BDP-360, Bravia KDL-40Z4100/S
Monster AVL-300, HTS-2500 MKII -
This place has some good deals usually, not today it would seem.
http://www.techbargains.com/catsearch.cfm/0_12_0 -
Thanks. I will keep an eye out for deals on their site.
So far the Lenovo at Staples has my vote.This place has some good deals usually, not today it would seem.
http://www.techbargains.com/catsearch.cfm/0_12_0SDA2BTL
Marantz CD5004
Adcom GFA-545
Bottlehead Quickie Tube Preamp
