On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:08:47 -0500, Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:

>I'm thinking of a system upgrade. It's been a while since I've shopped 
>computers. Dell has a discount deal with the company (I wished I had 
>known this when I bought my wife's laptop ... I literally found out the 
>day after I pushed the "purchase" button)  So, I start specing a system. 
>When greeted with the processor options, I found something drool-worthy. 
>Core 2 Quad. O.o (!!)

I'm doing something similar, but piecing it together instead.  We get a discount from
Dell too, but I couldn't find any Dell machine that I thought was a good starting
point.  I keep adding nicer and
nicer parts though.  I'm up to about $1300 without an OS.  :(

+ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 
+ Asus P5Q-E motherboard 
+ 4GB PC8500 DDR2 memory 
+ GeForce 9800 GT video card 
+ Antec 300 case 
+ 2x 500GB hard drives 
+ 22" Samsung LCD 
+ ...

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