I have always read that building a pc is cheaper but when I acctually priced out what I wanted it wasn't turning out that way. Is there something I am doing wrong? I tried searching on the internet for good prices but its still not much of a savings.
My Pc:
case: thermaltake VA9000BWS $250
cpu: intel BX80562QX6700 $970
gpu: pny VCG88GTSXPB $356
m. board: EVGA 122-CK-NF68-A1 $200
memory: kingston hyperX KHX8500D2K2/2G $210
psu: antec TP3-650 $125
OS: Vista Premium oem $110
hd: Samsung HD501LJ $110
monitor: samsung 226BW $320
dvd burner+ 2nd dvd drive: $75
sound card: Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer $95
total: ~$2800
comparable cyber power pc: $ 2591
comparable aeoncraft: $2832 w/ qx6600 instead of qx6700
alienware $3173
What I am seeing is that you don't save much of any money building this type of setup. Is there something I am doing wrong?
thanks for any advise.
ps. Please don't respond with things like "you know you can get vista for free." Or "why are you using vista instead of xp/linux/whatever"
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