Harris Tech is having a 2-day sale with its quad-core lenovo desktop minus monitor for $699. It's only a q6600 though, but still pretty good value just by itself, especially when everyone else's just jacked up their prices recently. Exchange rates really do hurt, I guess.
Specification: Lenovo ThinkCentre A57 9702
(Edited by scotty — added specification)
Maybe its a Shaw psu.
I guess Lenovo will pay a lot less than $165 for a copy of Vista Home Premium, which appears to be the most expensive "component" on the list.
Video cards usually draw the most power, this is especially the case for high end video cards, since this is sytem has intergrated graphics, 280W should be sufficient.
Well, the system itself would draw around 130-160W under full load.
The likes of HP/IBM/Dell have their own spec PSUs mass produced, they don't just pick them off of the shelf.
Wow. This is a great price for a retail PC. I might have to pop out and grab one to replace my old dual core AMD.
Edit: 7:00PM Just picked one up. It is a very nice machine and comes installed with 2 firewire ports in PCI slot. PSU for model on display was LiteOn but looks like case can accomodate larger PSUs. Card reader is installed in a 3.5" bay but this can be removed to add another HDD. Included with machine is a Lenovo keyboard and optical mouse. BIOS definately not for overclockers but not my thing. Has a 16x PCI-E slot for fasted graphics cards. Normal RRP is $1142 or $1399 with a 19" monitor.
I'm half thinking about it, but hanging onto the faint glimmer of hope that my Dell might come through..
Looks like there's only 2 ram slots.. so to upgrade RAM, you'd have to dump 2x1Gb sticks..
"Expansion Slots Total (Free):
2 memory - DIMM 240-pin
1 ( 0 ) x processor - LGA775 Socket
2 ( 2 ) x PCI - half-length, full-height
1 ( 1 ) x PCI Express x1 - half-length, full-height
1 ( 1 ) x PCI Express x16 - half-length, full-height"
you cant use more then 3GB anyway.
OW is selling it with 19" LCD for $999, the LCD on SI is well over $200, so it's not like a huge saving with the HT 2 day sale, HT is retailing it normally @$899
http://www.officeworks.com.au/technology/computers-monitors/…
Seems like a bargain to me, no one would pay $300 for a 19" LCD. You could get a 24" for that much. So $699 excluding monitor is a good deal.
I was trying to justify "Normal RRP is $1142 or $1399 with a 19” monitor" posted above wasn't quite the case. You do still save over $100 if you love this Lenovo.
This are the prices I was given in store off their stores price list. They may be RRP but as with everything, prices can and do vary in the real world.
@Graeme: Just as a comparison, in the HT site there is also another Lenovo desktop with much of the muchness with this desktop, except with Vista Business + XP and better graphics card. That's selling for $1,270, before shipping charges. Almost half-price for just about the same thing…
Very very cheap, similar system from MSY
Coolermaster RC-330: 69
Q6600: 295
2GB Kit - Transcend: 38
320G WD: 71
20x SATA Samsung: 25
Home Premium: 165
MSI G31M3-F: 54
Build Fee: 70
Total: $718
Only thing I don't understand is how the system from harris tech can run on a 280W power supply, as I don't know of any quality 280W PSU's.