Dell has a bunch (13 as I type this) of these certified refurbished at $849. A new one with similar specs, except that it uses an nVidia GeForce GTX260 1792MB GDDR3 instead of the ATI card, runs $1099..
What do you think?
Studio XPS 8100
- Studio XPS 8100 Desktop * Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
System Price : $849.00
Operating System Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium
Memory
8 GB DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz (4 DIMMs)
Hard Disk Drive
1 TB SATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/ 16MB DataBurst Cache
Video
1024MB ATI Radeon HD 5770 GDDR5
Hardware Upgrade
125V Power Cord Dell USB 6-Button Laser Mouse USB Keyboard No Modem Thermal Module Heatsink,95W
Software Upgrade Windows Live Microsoft Works 9.0 McAfee Security Center, 30 Day
64BIT Operating System DVD
Network Interface Card Dell 1525 Wireless-N PCIe Card
Base Studio XPS 8100 Desktop
Processor Processor: Intel Core i7-860 Processor (8MB Cache, 2.80GHz)
Media Bay
16X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
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