[geeks] WTB: P3-600 slot1 cpu

[Shawn Wallbridge]

I just quickly checked a local site (MLH) and priced out a complete
Duron 1300 with 256MB and a 20GB drive and it came to $740. Not bad
since they are all decent components (well, for a PC).

I have found that ordering PC hardware from the US is a pain and not
worth it.

And Celeron's and Athlon's don't have more profit. Pretty much
everything has the same markup. An Athlon XP1700+ is only $10 more than
the processor I quoted, so why not go with it. And their are some
Celeron's that are even cheaper than the Duron I quoted.

shawn


On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 12:29, Geek wrote:
> That sounds promising. I have yet to find anyone selling AMD Duron
> systems anywhere near that low here. They all seem to sell
> Celeron's(more profit) or Athlon's(same), or try to max out Duron's to
> the limits with every piece of hardware they can find just to make the
> same profit margins. Therefore, I can get an Athlon for less than Duron,
> or as far as I have seen. You all have to remember, there you have
> Circuit City, and a computer store within a short distance.
> 
> Our biggest chain is Future Shop, and they rarely have a good price.
> There are a few decent small stores, but the best two are too small to
> build a low cost system. I thank you, though, Bill for your mention of
> this, but it only angers me that our stuff costs so damned much more.
> 
> 
> Dwight Wallbridge,
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Bradford" <mrbill at mrbill.net>
> To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 12:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [geeks] WTB: P3-600 slot1 cpu
> 
> 
> | On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:17:42PM -0500, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> | > And lets not forget the durons.
> |
> | I got a complete, brand new AMD Duron
> 1100/20G/cdrom/audio/video/sound/
> | ethernet/128M system for my mom for $299 here locally two months ago.
> |
> | Onboard video and sound, but hey, it works great for her.
> |
> | Bill
> |
> | --
> | bill bradford
> | mrbill at mrbill.net
> | austin, texas
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