You seriously did that for $215? Damn! 
You seriously did that for $215? Damn!
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote: You seriously did that for $215? Damn!
yup was going to build something a little bigger and badder but had been considering a basic system... when tigerdirect sent me an email I jumped at it lol... the case kind of sucks from a building perspective (not tooless and the HDDs mount isn't sideways for quick/easy single door adding/removal and the power supply only has 3 sata power connecters (but I can use a slitter on the IDE one thats left)
but the big point was... it was you can build your own cheap with reputable parts for stinkin cheap... and it's more computer then MOST people need (most people honestly could get by with something as simple as weak as a netbook)
and like I said it was my first computer build... 1 hr box to running via a bootable disc OS... and with how easy it is to install windows7 why not?
Yeah, i've built many rigs before... just never been able to get one going that cheap... i need to look into this.
Light duty gaming + media center sounds like a winner.
oh and I did mention free windows7... that helps lol...
Even if you had to add on the other $90 that Tiger charges for Win7 as an add-on to a barebones, it's still a good deal. If you were able to unlock the 4th core on that tri-core, it would be a pretty screamin' deal.
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Here is a link to the barebone Donalson built.
thanks derick... looks like some of those rebates ran out lol... still not bad...
runs with the 4th core unlocked but a lot warmer... will keep it running 3... and playing with OCing it... but will in the end prob just leave it stock... but fun to play now that I can lol
Yeah, it's good enough of a deal for me to pick one up. I might wait for a little lower price, though. Even though I'm a computer nerd, I use the least processing power in the house, and this would have more than I'd need for a while. That 8GB of RAM helps out a lot, too.
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