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Posted at 2:29 PM on Wednesday 06/24/09 by
Ben
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Geeks.com has the Athlon XP 2200+ 1.8GHz Geek Kit for $140 with free shipping with coupon code FREESTUFF. Includes SIS741GX-MN mATX socket a motherboard, 450-watts power supply, 512MB RAM, 40GB HDD, CDRW/DVD, modem, keyboard, mouse, speakers & more.
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    h57h - Posted 2:32 pm PDT 06/24/09 (360 Posts)  Report Spam

    Is there a deal here ? Other than for geeks ?

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    Cpotato33 - Posted 2:39 pm PDT 06/24/09 (745 Posts)  Report Spam

    Boy, I bet there are dust all over this kit as it must have been sitting in the warehouse for some years now. This is probably less powerful than even a netbook. Hmm...512MB DDR RAM, phone modem, AGP bus ...
    The only thing good about this kit is the 450W power supply.
    The pc I am thinking of dumping is better than this.

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    MisterE - Posted 2:41 pm PDT 06/24/09 (881 Posts)  Report Spam

    They should include a new CMOS battery with this kit.

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    sggoodman - Posted 2:43 pm PDT 06/24/09 (93 Posts)  Report Spam

    Piece of crap. Stay away

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    krusty - Posted 2:55 pm PDT 06/24/09 (1109 Posts)  Report Spam

    Slot A?

    Really?

    Er, Socket A

    It probably can't even use all 512 mb of ram.

    Does it come with win 95?

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    nuisance - Posted 3:05 pm PDT 06/24/09 (10365 Posts)  Report Spam

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    Cpotato33 - Posted 3:08 pm PDT 06/24/09 (745 Posts)  Report Spam

    It says the condition is "new and refurbished". Wonder what that means.
    I guess it means they picked up an old pc from the garbage, took all the parts out and brushed off the dust and then add a new CMOS battery to make this kit?

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    sswhiz - Posted 3:37 pm PDT 06/24/09 (3 Posts)  Report Spam

    Would have been a great deal in 2002?

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    koko4414 - Posted 3:38 pm PDT 06/24/09 (9 Posts)  Report Spam

    you had me at coupon code bacon

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    doomed - Posted 4:25 pm PDT 06/24/09 (1229 Posts)  Report Spam

    Perfect linux box.

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    Anonymous - Posted 4:43 pm PDT 06/24/09 (16776936 Posts)  Report Spam

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    ktron42 - Posted 5:28 pm PDT 06/24/09 (60 Posts)  Report Spam

    hehe, bacon Smile

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    macgyversite - Posted 6:17 pm PDT 06/24/09 (213 Posts)  Report Spam

    This can be a HTPC can it not? Undervolt the CPU and run a real quiet CPU heatsink fan. Get a fanless videocard. This can use less wattage or similar than an Atom type processor undervolted? Well add in 512mb more ram and a vid card that might kill the idea.

    Thoughts?

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    Cpotato33 - Posted 7:29 pm PDT 06/24/09 (745 Posts)  Report Spam

    #13, there are potential problems. You need to find a low cost AGP video card that supports DVI/HDMI interface (hopefully supports HDCP or whatever your HDTV needs).
    And the cost of these PC3200 DDR SDRAM are probably not cheap.
    It's much better to build your own pc from ground up, rather than spend $140 on this kit.

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    superd00d3 - Posted 8:15 pm PDT 06/24/09 (3031 Posts)  Report Spam

    Cpotato33 wrote:
    It says the condition is "new and refurbished". Wonder what that means.
    ...


    That means it is new and refurbished.

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    MaJoad52 - Posted 8:19 pm PDT 06/24/09 (457 Posts)  Report Spam

    Learn, #11.

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    HAHAHAHAHA - Posted 7:19 am PDT 06/25/09 (364 Posts)  Report Spam

    bacon wrote:
    Couldn't we save $140 on this by rooting through our local computer shop's dumpster?


    Why are you trying to kid yourself? You don't live in a dumpster by choice.

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    mike_storm777 - Posted 8:46 pm PDT 06/25/09 (216 Posts)  Report Spam

    I feel ashamed...the PC I have now has pretty much these exact specs...

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