affordable Desktop PC deals

[bobright]

looking to spend within the 3-400 range

hoping my CAG friends can hook me up with some sweet deals/findings


cheers! :bouncy:

[saturnotaku]

Best bet would be to hop on Newegg, buy the components, and build it yourself. Any pre-built systems will have yesterday's hardware and not really be anything close to suitable for gaming (if that's what you want to do).

[Malik112099]

my local walmart has a decent e-machines mii tower with 20" widescreen monitor for $348 right now

[EeveeFanboy]

You might want to watch Slickdeals. Seem to be a lot of PC deals. Like right now there's a 20% off coupon for Dell Outlet. Get some pretty nice machines for around $350 after tax and shipping, but they don't have monitors. They'd probably be overkill, but if this isn't something you want right this moment, they might find a deal more suited to your needs.

[bobright]

alright ive still been looking and have now about 5-600 to spend, do you guys think Gateway is a good brand to roll with? if between Gateway or Dell what should I choose?

ive been looking at this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883113124&nm_mc=OTC-Froogle&cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Desktop+PC-_-Gateway-_-83113124

[E_G_Man]

Personally I do not like either brand. If you do not plan on doing any gaming that PC may be alright, however if you are interested even slightly in gaming will you most likely need to put a video card into it and because the power supply is a 220W you are going to need to upgrade that as well.