Mxsmanic said:
If barebones PCs contain so little, why not just go one step further and
buy the handful of components they contain oneself? Then you get
_exactly_ what you want, right down to the case, PSU, and motherboard,
and it only takes an extra few minutes to assemble.
Well, I got a really good deal on it, and thought I could get by with the
cheapie PSU, but it didn't work out that way. It was for a Linux machine
that I was trying to build with a fast Athlon XP processor, new memory, a
big HDD, and some spare parts and get by for less than $400. I did have a
friend that worked at Best Buy as a manager in the computer/technology
section and he sold me an Antec SLK2650 case with PSU for $30, though, so
it worked out.