Texsox Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I am trying to decide if I should pick up a new case and motherboard and keep my HD, CDRW, etc. or buy a new machine. Being a cheap college student I was looking at Tiger Direct and liked their prices on refurbished systems. Has anyone here bought one? Any other place to look for decent systems for under $500? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrimsonWeltall Posted March 9, 2004 Share Posted March 9, 2004 I have heard bad things about Tiger Direct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wise Master Buehrle Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 www.newegg.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUKE_CLEVELAND Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I am trying to decide if I should pick up a new case and motherboard and keep my HD, CDRW, etc. or buy a new machine. Being a cheap college student I was looking at Tiger Direct and liked their prices on refurbished systems. Has anyone here bought one? Any other place to look for decent systems for under $500? For a couple hundred more you can get a brand new Dell or Gateway. Why mess with refurbished stuff when a brand new machine isint much more expensive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I'd say dell. Check out www.gotapex.com and look down and they usually have some pretty good configuarations for cheap. They'll post coupons and all that type of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsideirish Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I am trying to decide if I should pick up a new case and motherboard and keep my HD, CDRW, etc. or buy a new machine. Being a cheap college student I was looking at Tiger Direct and liked their prices on refurbished systems. Has anyone here bought one? Any other place to look for decent systems for under $500? I purchase items there all the time to build computers or to upgrade. I have never had a problem with them. I did have a case window that I had to return that I was given some bad information on, but 1 time out of 100 isn't a bad ratio. If I was you I would just upgrade your current system, unless it gets too expensive. A good place to look for parts is www.pricewatch.com. Make sure you read everything though because most items are OEM, which a lot of people don't like. I, again, have never had a problem with OEM parts. Plus they are still under warranty by the manufacturer. I think most don't like them because it doesn't come with the manual or software/driver. But you can easily find those things by searching the web. Good luck on either way you go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I am trying to decide if I should pick up a new case and motherboard and keep my HD, CDRW, etc. or buy a new machine. Being a cheap college student I was looking at Tiger Direct and liked their prices on refurbished systems. Has anyone here bought one? Any other place to look for decent systems for under $500? stop buying crap and s*** get what is real what you need this is my best advice to a very good friend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn12 Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 stop buying crap and s*** get what is real what you need this is my best advice to a very good friend Sorry cw, you are in the very small minority on that issue. Maybe you need to watch this video to remind you how most of us feel about Apple products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan420 Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 I am trying to decide if I should pick up a new case and motherboard and keep my HD, CDRW, etc. or buy a new machine. Being a cheap college student I was looking at Tiger Direct and liked their prices on refurbished systems. Has anyone here bought one? Any other place to look for decent systems for under $500? dell has unbelivable prices if you just want a inexpensive reliable computor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan420 Posted March 10, 2004 Share Posted March 10, 2004 Sorry cw, you are in the very small minority on that issue. Maybe you need to watch this video to remind you how most of us feel about Apple products. i agree but if you have something you need to get ride of from the grovernment, its best to have an apple or a shreder program. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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