Topic: Very nice computer deal....

[IKV Nemesis D7L]

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The problem with DIY is that I have a Dell Dimension 4100 and it uses a nonstandard power supply.  So I'll probably have to buy another case w/ps and that will eat $50-$100 bucks from my $400 budget.  

I'll guess I'll keep looking at Tiger Direct and Overstock.com for something.  If anyone has any other good suggestions for good places to keep an eye on, I'd like to know about them.

 

This need not be a killer.  As I understand it the Dell powersupply is a standard ATX wired backwards (for motherboard power only).  You should be able to look up instructions to convert it to a standard wiring pattern.  Of course this requires you to be confident in your ability to do such rewiring or know someone you trust to do it for you.

 

[Sirgod]

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The problem with DIY is that I have a Dell Dimension 4100 and it uses a nonstandard power supply.  So I'll probably have to buy another case w/ps and that will eat $50-$100 bucks from my $400 budget.  

I'll guess I'll keep looking at Tiger Direct and Overstock.com for something.  If anyone has any other good suggestions for good places to keep an eye on, I'd like to know about them.

 

This need not be a killer.  As I understand it the Dell powersupply is a standard ATX wired backwards (for motherboard power only).  You should be able to look up instructions to convert it to a standard wiring pattern.  Of course this requires you to be confident in your ability to do such rewiring or know someone you trust to do it for you.

   

That's true, If you can read the blue Prints off of the Basic powersupply, all you have to do Is very gently remove The brass/Copper , whatever they are Doohickey's which are housed in the Plastic. then readjust them for a Proper Power supply. It's actually pretty easy to do.

stephen

[Maxillius]

Get an HP.  HP's are great, I've bought 2 of them  Funny thing though, my girl's grandparents have an HP with a PIII and WinME on it, and I *think* it's 700-ish MHz, and it runs like a turd, but my old 400MHz Celeron with XP on it *still* runs like a dream!!  HP's tend to make their bottom-line machines better.  My Athlon XP 2400+ runs hot but doesn't give me much trouble.  Keeps my room warm too

[Storvick]

I found soem pretty good deals at pricewatch.com when I went to upgrade my computer.  

[Scott Allen Abfalter]

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Get an HP.  HP's are great, I've bought 2 of them  Funny thing though, my girl's grandparents have an HP with a PIII and WinME on it, and I *think* it's 700-ish MHz, and it runs like a turd, but my old 400MHz Celeron with XP on it *still* runs like a dream!!  HP's tend to make their bottom-line machines better.  My Athlon XP 2400+ runs hot but doesn't give me much trouble.  Keeps my room warm too  

Thanks everyone for your advice.  

Actually, I did end up buying a bottom-of-the-line HP system.  Well, 2nd to bottom of the line.  But it was onyl $450 and it still beats the snots out of my original system.  

I will have to raid the old system for goodies (like the floppy and DVD drives).  But all and all it ended up cheaper and better to go that route than to try and upgrade.  The goofy nonstandard power supply and odd form factor of the case made the difference.  Plus taxes --no taxes when I ordered from HP.