OK, makes more sense now (about $200 more
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Factor in the price of the sound card and operating system you didn't include in your price, and this starts looking more like a $1200-1300 system to assemble from parts. That's about what I'd estimated when I was looking, and why I bought the Dell (it was $1038 shipped).
Its real easy to say "Oh its always cheaper to build it yourself". Its what I've always done in the past, but not because it was cheaper, it was simply my way of getting the best quality possible for no more expense.
But telling people they can always have saved money and then citing examples where you used parts you already had, used special discounts you get because you work in the industry, and used refurbished parts etc etc is kinda, well, BS, dood
Its like me and cars - I was in the car repair business for 25+ years, so of course I fix my own car cheaper than I could take it to a shop....but you don't see me in here telling people they paid too much because they took their cars to a shop and paid retail for repairs.
Looking at a situation like this means you have to take "who" into account. I say that those here who told Golfer he coulda saved money shoulda built his own etc are wrong. I think he made the right choice.
culero (well, of course I do, it was my choice too LOL)
