The frick are you talking about?

You can always build a better quality machine, but in this case, a better quality (read: higher quality parts) build would likely cost more. It's hard to beat the off-the-shelf prices for basic home PCs at budgets below $500, as long as you shop properly. I could probably beat or match something like that by using some questionable OEM parts, but at that point it's not worth the hassle.

EDIT: Although, that Dell optiplex may not be the best you can do for that price either... let me look around.

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Posted by Srbtiger06

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Posted on 12/8/14 at 9:57 pm to ILikeLSUToo

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It's hard to beat the off-the-shelf prices for basic home PCs at budgets below $500, as long as you shop properly. I could probably beat or match something like that by using some questionable OEM parts, but at that point it's not worth the hassle.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. I can't really see the point. It will be a 3-5 year machine for basic office use. Get online to order stuff. Look up parts. Point of sale stuff.

I don't think it would be worth it to build one for this use. I'm not used to shopping on a budget when building computers

Plus I would imagine when you start cutting corners that much to hit a price point that low you start getting some real hit-or-miss hardware.

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Posted by Srbtiger06

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Posted on 12/8/14 at 10:22 pm to ILikeLSUToo

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EDIT: Although, that Dell optiplex may not be the best you can do for that price either... let me look around.

That isn't the exact model they're offering. I can't remember manufacturer off hand but similar specs (4130, 4GB, smaller HD but it was a hybrid). Don't have any experience with hybrid drives though.

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