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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (675)5/18/1998 10:56:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul  Read Replies (1) of 14778
 
>>what is the best value bang for the buck <<

I have a feeling I could do a little better value vs price than just going out and buying a 300 mhz Dell.

I agree that DELL's prices can be beat. They have a good reputation. They use Intel mainboards and CPU's. You will be constrained by specific configurations.

Upgrading DELL computers is easier than it used to be. To see your upgrade potential look at Intel mainboards. They generally have fewer PCI slots and memory slots than some of the other manufacturer's boards.

I recently had a simple configuration question for DELL that I could not determine from their web site. I called them and spent a lot of time on the phone being transferred from one representative to another. "oh, you do not work for state government, sorry can't answer your question but I will transfer you to someone who can." It went on for fifteen or twenty minutes.

What type of upgrade potential are you concerned with?

would Sag be as good as any way to go?

I have no personal experience. They have been mentioned positively on the thread a couple of times. You probably need to compare components to get a feel for the price comparison. It is rather easy to add up the individual components to find out what kind of deal you are getting. RAM could make a big difference in the comparison. Most sites merely indicate 64 MB RAM or 128 MB RAM without indicating what type. There is generic RAM and grade A name brand RAM. Find out what is quoted in the configuration when you make a comparison.

another suggestion altogether

You might want to checkout KC Computers 192.41.20.224 They have a lot of very satisfied customers. Check out the reviews at the sysopt site. sysopt.com ( page takes about thirty seconds to load)

It looks like the firm will build just about anything. KC will help with design considerations. He prefers communicating via email! and claims he responds quickly.

Zeuspaul
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