Which pre-built refurb?

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I'm looking to buy a prebuilt Dell XPS refurb. I will be buying off ebay so prices will be as listed - ~30%. Which system gives the best CPU/GPU combination for the best price? Consider the possibility that I might overclock, but nothing extreme.. novice stuff.

# Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 Ghz 1333 Mhz FSB 12 mb cache CPU 45nm Technology
# 4 GB Memory ( 800 Mhz)
# 1 x 80 GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
# 1 x 1000 GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
# 20X DVD Writer +/- R/R/W dual layer writer
# 1.44MB Floppy Drive
# ATI 4870x2 Video Card with 2048mb memory and Dual DVI outputs
(Card is 2 4870 cards with Cross Fire in one package)
# Onboard Audio
# Onboard Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 network controller
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$1600

# Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 Ghz 1333 Mhz FSB 12 mb cache CPU 45nm Technology
# 4 GB Memory ( 800 Mhz)
# 1 x 80 GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
# 1 x 1000 GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
# 20X DVD Writer +/- R/R/W dual layer writer
# 1.44MB Floppy Drive
# Nvidia Geforce GTX 280 with 1024 MB memory, Dual DVI outputs
# Onboard Audio
# Onboard Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 network controller
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$1550

# Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 Ghz 1333 Mhz FSB 12 mb cache CPU 45nm Technology
# 4 GB Memory ( 800 Mhz)
# 1 x 80 GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
# 1 x 1000 GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
# 20X DVD Writer +/- R/R/W dual layer writer
# 1.44MB Floppy Drive
# Nvidia Geforce GTX 280 with 1024 MB memory, Dual DVI outputs
# Onboard Audio
# Onboard Gigabit Ethernet 10/100/1000 network controller
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$1500

Chassis/Motherboard: Mini Tower chassis. Motherboard based on Intel® X38 chipset, 525 Watt Dell Power Supply
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 2.66GHz @ 3.33GHz (8MB L2 Cache & 1333 MHz FSB, 100% Stable)
Video Card: Asus 9800GT 512MB Video Card (Overclocked) - Dual DVI, TV-Output (Factory overclocked to 725MHz Core / 1750MHz Shader / 2000MHz Memory)
Memory: 4GB Corsair XMS PC2-6400 / DDR2-800 Dual channel Memory (4 DIMM's...4 x 1GB)
Operating System: Windows Vista Premium (32bit), Install Disc Included
Hard Drive: Western Digital 640GB 7200RPM SATAII Hard Drive (Model# WD6400AAKS)
CD / DVD Burner: 16X DVD Bunrer
Sound Card: Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio
Network Card: Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Likely add: Upgrade from 640GB Hard Drive to Seagate 1TB SATAII Hard Drive (7200.11 Series).....Add $75
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$1350 +$75 = $1425

# Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83 Ghz 1333 Mhz FSB 12 mb cache CPU 45nm Technology
# 4 GB Memory ( 800 Mhz)
# 1 x 80 GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
# 1 x 1000 GB 7200rpm SATA Hard Drive
# 20X DVD Writer +/- R/R/W dual layer writer
# 1.44MB Floppy Drive
# Nvidia Geforce 8800GT with 1024 MB memory, Dual DVI outputs
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$1300

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB
4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM Memory
250GB 7200RPM SATA II Hard Drives
16X DVD+/-R/RW Dual Layer Burner
1024MB Nvidia GeForce GTX 280
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$1250

Intel Core2 processorQ9450 (2.660GHz,1333FSB) w/Quad Core Technology and 12MB cache
4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
Nvidia GeForce 9800GT Dual Scalable Link Interface
640GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ DataBurst Cache
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$1150

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83GHz
3GB DDR2 800MHz RAM Memory
500GB 7200RPM SATA II Hard Drives
16X DVD+/-R/RW Dual Layer Burner
512MB ATI Radeon HD 3870
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$1100
 
I concur with dhc014: definitely the $1250 build. The performance difference between the Q9550 and Q9450 is less than 1%. Even if you buy your own 1TB for that $1250 build, it'll still come in cheaper than the $1500 build with Q9550 and GTX280 but still get the same amount of performance.

So definitely the $1250 build.
 
I'd concur as well, it mostly matches the other GTX system for much less. You could toss in a bigger hard drive for $50-100 whenever you felt like it.
 
TY lowteckh im aware of that. But I also have a 10% ebay coupon that I've confirmed through an ebay rep that will stack :D
 
Only if your paypal account has explicitly received the message for 10% coupon, and limited to 1 use per account.
 
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:D

Now to just pick a monitor. Or should I wait until Black Fridayish ??
 
If a $130-$160 22" isn't cheap I don't know what is. You're not expecting $100 or less are you? BF doesn't make things become free and if you've been keeping in touch with BF ads, they're very sad. $950 for that comp is helluva expensive...................................
 
lowteckh said:
If a $130-$160 22" isn't cheap I don't know what is. You're not expecting $100 or less are you? BF doesn't make things become free and if you've been keeping in touch with BF ads, they're very sad. $950 for that comp is helluva expensive...................................
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I didn't want a random super sale monitor. And no, i wasn't expecting $100 or less, lol. I ended up buying the non-ultra sharp 24" Dell and used a $100 gift card I had.

$950 for the comp is expensive? Everyone else seemed to say it was the best pricepoint at $1250... where were you then? The CPU and GPU alone go for $700...........................................................................
 
You were prebuilt comparing systems, what do you mean "where was I then". That GPU is $120, the CPU is $320. On sale is even less. I
 
Um, do you even know what you're buying?
The $1550 and $1600 systems are the ones with the GTX280.
The $1250 you purchased carries a Q9450 and a 9800GT.

??? indeed.
 
I see this for the $1250:

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 2.66GHz 12MB
4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM Memory
250GB 7200RPM SATA II Hard Drives
16X DVD+/-R/RW Dual Layer Burner
1024MB Nvidia GeForce GTX 280
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The OP made a quote and then added the price, it confused me at first since I'm used to a title first ($1250 first) and then the quote
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O rofl. Not used to:
Quote then
Headline

Well meh then. Now to sulk in the corner.

@ Danny, your non-edited post was teh correctness. Now you just.. uncorrected yourself and put the 260.
 
lowteckh said:
O rofl. Not used to:
Quote then
Headline

Well meh then. Now to sulk in the corner.

@ Danny, your non-edited post was teh correctness. Now you just.. uncorrected yourself and put the 260.
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Huh? No, my non-edited post was wrong. Put down the 9800GT instead of the actual GTX 260. Shit, brain is mushy now. Time for sleep.
 
Danny Bui said:
Huh? No, my non-edited post was wrong. Put down the 9800GT instead of the actual GTX 260. Shit, brain is mushy now. Time for sleep.
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You mean GTX 280.. 2x fail for you, 3x for me. Let's get a room and sulk together ;)
 
:) sorry -- I did consider putting hte price inside the quote after I posted but I didn't feel like editing. Not a bad purchase then right? :p
 
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