just bring $4300 to your local computer store. I bet you can get a way better deal on a pc then dell.. If you get a brand name pc and something happens.. chances are you going to have to spend money to send it to them and have them fix it. so if you buy it from your local pc store, something happens just bring it to them.. unless you live at the middle of nowhere. i guess you could go with dell.
"64mb ddr nvidia geforce4 ti 4200 w/dvi and tv-out" $220
what brand is that? i seem it for no more than $200, it really doesn't matter what brand as long its comes with 3 year warrenty with manufactor.
"sound blaster live" $79
is to old. I have the sound blaster augidy (not external one), bought it 4 months ago. which i believe is till the newest sound card by creative.
"80gb ultra ATA 7200rpm hdd" $109
which brand? lucky my pc store still have old stock of 80 WD Hd before they made the change till 1 year warrenty. So I still 3 year warrenty
. but i thnk you can pay $20 thru westerndigtial.com for extra 2 years"firewire"
sound blaster audigy comes with 1 firmwire. and you probably won't even use it. so why have them 4 of those on a pci slot.
"15 lcd" $550
good for saving electricity, but heard its not good for gaming.
"56k data fax modem" $25
doesn't matter what brand since i guess you probably going to use broadband. even if you get the cheapest modem like what i got "Aopen" still will work fine for a long time.
"dell dimension 8200 intel p4 2.8ghz with mini tower"
why get p4? get athlon xp and get the ATX case. you will end up saving at least $150-$200 and XP is shown to be faster then p4.
And about the P4 being more stable.. that is a bunch a BS computer stores use to get you to Buy the P4 ended up you paying more.
"512mb (2x256) memory pc800 rdram"
dont' know how much this cost, know it cost way more than ddr and hard to find. 512mb ddr cost around $110-$170 depending on the ram.
10/100 pci (forgot what brand) network card ($10)
doesn't matter what brand you buy, they all work perfectly. bought a dlink for $10
"dell quietkey keyboard
logitech optical usb mouse"
maybe its the same keyboard as the one i use in school has no internet function. get the logitch keyboard mouse combo. cordless optical mouse and cordless keyboard. keyboard has kinda like quietkeys, expect for the space bar, $100
"48x cdrw with easy cd creator"
they probably going to give you some cheap oem cdrw
you can just get the better cdrw for $120. and it comes with nero or easy cd creator software. depending on the brand you buy. unless you watn to get a dvd rw which is like $300.
harman/kardon speakers with subwoofer (woof! woof!)
never seen or heard of it. I got the inspire 5.1 5700 paid around $230 comes with controller and box thing.
Don't know if you going to read all this. or even gonna look at this at all. but I think i did give you good reason not to go with dell.. the prices may be different, depending where you live.
