I tried making a computer from their cheapest line and it came out to somewhat reasonably prices, about $1000 with a free LCD, however it didn't have an option for a graphics card. So i tired going up to the next level and picked almost exactly the same stuff and instead of being $100 more it came out to $1400 and something =P
Costco Compaq Presario SR1675C-B - $899.99
AMD Athlon 64 3500+
1 GB PC3200 DDR RAM
250 GB 7200 RPM HD
17" LCD Monitor
Dual Layer DVD+-R/RW/CDRW
DVD-ROM
ATI Radeon 256 MB Shared
9 in 1 memory card reader
MS Windows XP Media Center Edition
56k modem
10/100 base T
Compaq SR1030-Z ($359.99 base price)
$759.98 (without LCD)
$699.98 (after rebates)
$1009.97 (with LCD)
$899.97 (after rebates)
Win XP Pro +$80
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ +$20
1 GB DDR-400MHz SDRAM (2x512) +$90
250 GB 7200 rpm SATA HD +$60
LightScribe DoubleLayer 16x max DVD+/-R/RW +$40
9 in 1 Card Reader, 3 USB +$10
no Monitor -$120.00
Compaq FP15 15" LCD +$79.99
NVIDIA GeForce 6200SE w/TurboCache 256MB support +$10
LinkSys Wireless-G USB Adapter +$49.99
Dell Dimension E310 ($599 base price)
$993 modified (with free LCD)
Intel Pentium 4 521 w/HT (2.8 GHz, 800FSB)
Windows XP Pro +$119
Win XP Pro CD +$10
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz 2DIMMs +$50
250 GB SATA HD 7200 RPM +$110
16x CD/DVD burner +$80
15" LCD (free bonus)
Integrated Intel GMA 900 (blech!)
Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy +$25
56k modem (included)
Dell Dimension E510 ($807 base price)
about $1500 modified =P (discounted LCD)
Intel Pentium 4 630 w/HT (3.0 GHz, 800FSB)
Windows XP Pro +$119
Win XP Pro CD +$10
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM 400MHz (4x256M) +$60
250 GB SATA HD 7200 RPM +$110
16x CD/DVD burner +$50
17" LCD +$50 (free upgrade)
256MB PCI Expressx16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X600 +$90
Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1
56k modem (included)
Gateway S-5200D ($599.99 base price)
$909.98 (no LCD)
Win XP Pro (free upgrade)
Intel Pent4 521 (2.8GHz, 800MHz FSB 1MB cache)
1GB DDR2 533MHz SDRAM (2DIMMs) +$55
250GB SATA 7200RPM HD +$125
16x DVD+/-RW/CD-R/RW
ATI Radeon X300SE 128MB DDR & TV Out +$45
(or NVIDIA GeForce 6600G with 128MB DVI, VGA, TV-Out +$110)
InkJet Printer +49.99 (but with $50 mail in rebate)
So the Compaq is still looking pretty tempting. And not that it's a deciding factor or anything, but the Compaq 9 in 1 memory card thing looks pretty cool, and it has two extra USB ports on it :)
