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So, my 'old' PC was on it's last legs (with me) and I had become frustrated with it...

So... Dell's EOQ ended this past Monday... low and behold, they sent me a 50% off coupon for use on up to 5 'enterprise' level products.

The sales guy literally laughed when he came up with this quote.... he said that this was SO far below Dell's cost that it was insane. He also said that in 5 years of being at Dell, he's never seen a deal like this.

They came to my door this morning (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

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I got together with a buddy of mine and bought 3 between the 2 of us.

For what you can't see, it's running 2 146gig 15k SAS drives on a Perc5/i

Take 1/2 of what you can configure it for on Dell's site. Add in 4 year onsite and accident protection = the weenar!

And JUST because I bought this a couple days before my race event, I was cursed with broken brakes... murphy's law.

This post has been edited by CJ-TA: May 2 2007, 02:29 AM

CJ-TA View Member Profile	May 2 2007, 02:26 AM Post #1
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 384 Joined: 2-October 05 From: San Antonio, Tx Member No.: 905	So, my 'old' PC was on it's last legs (with me) and I had become frustrated with it... So... Dell's EOQ ended this past Monday... low and behold, they sent me a 50% off coupon for use on up to 5 'enterprise' level products. The sales guy literally laughed when he came up with this quote.... he said that this was SO far below Dell's cost that it was insane. He also said that in 5 years of being at Dell, he's never seen a deal like this. They came to my door this morning (IMG:http://www.frrax.com/rrforum/style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) (big picture warning) http://www.2000transam.com/gallery2/v/Rand...ageViewsIndex=3 (make sure you scroll right) I got together with a buddy of mine and bought 3 between the 2 of us. For what you can't see, it's running 2 146gig 15k SAS drives on a Perc5/i Take 1/2 of what you can configure it for on Dell's site. Add in 4 year onsite and accident protection = the weenar! And JUST because I bought this a couple days before my race event, I was cursed with broken brakes... murphy's law. This post has been edited by CJ-TA: May 2 2007, 02:29 AM

JimMueller View Member Profile	May 2 2007, 10:10 PM Post #2
Experienced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 1,695 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Casselberry FL Member No.: 206	What's up with that graphics score? They don't sell decent graphics boards?

CJ-TA View Member Profile	May 3 2007, 03:27 AM Post #3
Advanced Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 384 Joined: 2-October 05 From: San Antonio, Tx Member No.: 905	QUOTE (JimMueller @ May 2 2007, 05:10 PM) What's up with that graphics score? They don't sell decent graphics boards? I bought the absolute bottom end as the only options are business level cards.. all quadro cards are crap when it comes to performance. Bump up from the base was +$490. I ordered a 8800GTX along with it (the system) from Newegg for a couple bucks more than the +$490... it's not here yet.