Yeah, checking around I see that they've been that low in the past, as
recently as late July. I'll wait around to see if it goes on sale again, no
rush. Man, what a nice monitor. I've been with a 17" CRT for ages.
Looking at getting one of those hot rod GeForce 7800 cards, hoping they're
compatible..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 4:59 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Check out this Dell deal, expires 8-17
Definitely a nice price, but that monitor has been down to $750 before,
and $800 frequently. A same-spec'd 9100 on ebay has been going for around
$450. Again, a nice price, but not completely exceptional.
That being said, if I hadn't just bought an AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ dual
core, I might have jumped on it. :)
(on a side note, X2's are piss poor overclockers...only able to get to
2.45GHz stable, 50MHz higher than a 4800+ X2)
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:39 PM
Subject: [H] Check out this Dell deal, expires 8-17
Hey guys,
Are my eyes deceiving me? Or is this one of those odd Dell discounts
that are almost too good to be true? Check the link, it's for a Dell
Dimension 9100 system that's fairly stripped down, but it includes their
highly-rated 24" Flat Panel monitor.
http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=3d91h3b&s=bsd
Thing is, the monitor itself is over $1000 even on sale, this whole
system (including the monitor0 is $1299, and $1199 after the mail-in
rebate.
Here's what I'm thinking, buy this system mainly for the monitor, and
installing a GeForce 7800 GTX card in it, and having a killer gaming rig.
I could install my own sound card and DVD/CD-RW from my current system
and upgrade RAM and the HD's as I go along.
Opinions?
thanks,
Veech
