Feedback for a custom PC quote please.

[Guest]

Greetings,

I am in the market for a new PC and have been researching components
for a few weeks. I picked the individual components and submitted
them to a company to be assembled. I realize it would be cheaper to
just build the system myself, but I am not confident enough at this
point to try and more importantly I want one place to call if I have
any problems.

I received a quote of building the system below for $960.00 and I
would like to know if it is fair. I figure the people that are
regulars on this site would be able to tell me if the quote is
reasonable. Any feedback is appreciated.

Happy holidays,
Jim

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Kingwin (Black) All Aluminum 10-Bay Mid tower case, with a Large Side
Window. KT-424-B-WM Specifications:
2.00mm aluminum thickness.
Anti-shock absorber system for hard.drives.
Dimensions: 20"(D) x 8.6"(W) x 17.7"(H).
Drive Bays 4 x 5.25" - 2x 3.5" - 4 x 3.5" (Hidden)
Material: Aluminum Alloy
3 x 80mm Case Fans.
2 USB + 1 Firewire Ports at front.

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Asus Motherboard for AMD Athlon XP/Duron Processors, Model# A7N8X
Deluxe Retail
Socket A AMD Athlon XP/Duron (support AMD XP 3200+ "Barton")
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra SPP, nForce2 MCP-T
FSB: 400/333/266MHz
IDE: 2 x ATA133
RAM: Dual Channel DDR 400 3x 184-pin DIMM Sockets
(PC3200/PC2700/PC2100 non-ECC DDR)
Slots: 1x AGP (Pro/8X), 5x PCI
Ports: 6x USB2.0
SATA: Silicon Image Sil 3112A Controller w/ 2 ports
NVIDIA SoundStorm Audio Processor Unit with Dolby
MCP integrated 3Com MAC + Broadcom AC101L PHY LAN
Firewire 1394: 2 Ports MCP-T integrated IEEE 1394a + Realtek PHY 8801B

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SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9200 128MB DVI/TV-out AGP OEM Lite box
Chipset/Core Speed: RADEON™ 9200 /250MHz
Memory/Effective Speed:128MB DDR/400MHz
BUS: AGP 1X/2X/4X/8X
Ports: VGA Out(15 Pin D-Sub)+TV-Out(S-Video Out)+DVI Connector
Support 3D API: Microsoft®DirectX®8.1,OpenGL™1.3
Package Included:1 Cable,Driver CD
Max Resolution@32bit Color: 2048x1536@85Hz

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ZALMAN ZM400A-APF 400W(with PFC) ATX Power Supply. Noise-free 400W ATX
(version 2.03) / ATX12V power supply Supporting Intel Pentium 4 and
AMD CPUs.

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AMD ATHLON XP 2500+ "Barton" 333 FSB PROCESSOR CPU- RETAIL
Specifications:
CPU: 1.83 GHz
Type: XP 2500 Barton Core
Cache: 512K L2, 128K L1, Total 640KB
BUS: 333MHz
Socket A
Retail Box (Heatsink and Fan included)

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KINGSTON HyperX Series 184-pin 512MB Kit (2x 256MB) DDR400 (PC3200)
DDR RAM modules, Model# KHX3200K2/512
Specifications:
Type: Kingston HyperX
Capacity: 512MB (2x 256MB)
Speed: DDR 400 (PC3200)
Latency: CAS Latency 2 (2-2-2-6-1T)

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MITSUMI D359M3 BLACK FDD 1.44MB 3.5INCH

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MAXTOR 80GB 7200RPM SATA HARD DRIVE MODEL # 6Y080M0 - OEM
Specifications:
Size: 80 Gigabytes
Interface: Serial ATA 150
Seek time: 9ms
RPM:7200
Cache 8MB
One year Manufacturer Warranty

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Samsung SM-352BENB Black 2MB Cache 52x24x52x16x CDRW/DVD Combo Drive -
OEM
Specifications:
Model: SM-352BENB BLACK
Write Speed: 52x CD-R, 24x CD-RW
Read Speed: 52x CD-ROM, 16x DVD-ROM
Interface: Internal IDE/ATAPI
Buffer: 2MB
OS Support: Windows 98SE/2000, ME, and XP
Features: Adopting Superlink (Buffer Under Run Proof Technology)

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Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack SP1a

 

[Ralph Mowery]

I am in the market for a new PC and have been researching components

for a few weeks. I picked the individual components and submitted
them to a company to be assembled. I realize it would be cheaper to
just build the system myself, but I am not confident enough at this
point to try and more importantly I want one place to call if I have
any problems.

I received a quote of building the system below for $960.00 and I
would like to know if it is fair. I figure the people that are
regulars on this site would be able to tell me if the quote is
reasonable. Any feedback is appreciated.

While this is not the answer you want, you should go to a web site such as
newegg.com and look up all the parts and then add whatever you think is fair
to put everything together. The time to install and checkout the software
will probably be the most time consuming part. Then decide if it is fair or
not.

 

[Guest]

While this is not the answer you want, you should go to a web site such as
newegg.com and look up all the parts and then add whatever you think is fair
to put everything together. The time to install and checkout the software
will probably be the most time consuming part. Then decide if it is fair or
not.

Thanks for your response Ralph.

I took your advice and went to newegg.com to compile prices for each
component. I came up with a total of $741. The difference between
the quote of $960 and $741 is $219. Is 220 dollars a reasonable price
to pay someone to build a computer?

 

[philo]

Thanks for your response Ralph.

I took your advice and went to newegg.com to compile prices for each
component. I came up with a total of $741. The difference between
the quote of $960 and $741 is $219. Is 220 dollars a reasonable price
to pay someone to build a computer?

Although I assemble machines for my friends and generally charge
$75 - $100 ...if i charged them any where near what the job is really
worth...
I'd actually go above that $220 figure.
As long as their work is guaranteed it would be worth it.

As long as the quality is there... the price is not terribly important

 

[Guest]

As long as their work is guaranteed it would be worth it.

As long as the quality is there... the price is not terribly important

Very good points.

Thanks )

 

[Alceryes]

How much are they charging you to ship it? Remember to add your shipping
cost to the bottom line when doing price comparisons.