water cooler :: Under $200 Wal-Mart PC with Xandros



Anyone have any further info on this, or any opinions?

I'm thinking this thing would rock with DSL.
Walmart

Gotta hand it to WalMart. They are tapping into Linux and touting the "no M$ viruses" blah blah. Say what you want but they have a very large audience and a desktop PC for under $200 will be very tempting to alot of people.

Not sure if the video is nvidia or not. The processor appears to be decent but the RAM could be a little better. $200 + a few bucks for additional ram would create a smoking DSL system.
Possible Wal-Mart/Microtel Motherboard
MB-ARK7S41GX (from Microtel.com)

### Mobo:
ASRock K7S41GX
microATX
onboard video/audio
2x DIMM DDR333/266
newegg: $46

### Memory:
PQI 128mb PC-2700
newegg: $17

PQI 256mb PC-2700
newegg: $31

PQI 512mb PC-2700
newegg: $60

### Processor:
AMD Sempron 2200+
newegg: $48

AMD Sempron 2500+
newegg: $68

### Hard Drive:
Seagate 20gb
newegg: $60

Maxtor 30gb
newegg: $40

Maxtor 40gb
newegg: $46

ExcelStor 80gb
newegg: $55

### CD-ROM:
Samsung 52x (black)
newegg: $14.50

Toshiba 16x DVD-ROM
newegg: $22

Rosewill 52x32x52x CDRW
newegg: $20

Rosewill 52x32x52x16 CD-RW DVD Combo
newegg: $31.50

### Floppy:
Alps 3.5
newegg: $7

### Case:
Powmax (black) Micro-ATX Case w/ 230w Power Supply
newegg: $30

CasEdge Black/Silver Micro ATX Mini Tower w/ 300w Power Supply
newegg: $33

Using the cheapest stuff from this list,
and no OS (assuming DSL),
using the same hardware options as Wal-Mart,
you can get an almost identical setup for $196.
Don't forget to add shipping.
Wal-Mart estimated shipping ~$12.75

OR, you can get a mobo/proc combo from $57 to $89 at newegg.

*all prices = U.S. $

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*below from Walmart.com

# AMD 1.5 GHz Sempron 2200+ processor with 3DNow! Technology
# 333 MHz Frontside Bus
# 128 MB DDR Memory, expandable to 2 GB
# One PC333 DDR DIMM Socket available
# 20 GB Ultra ATA-100 Hard Drive / 5400 RPM (total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment)
# 52x CD-ROM drive
# Integrated 10/100 Ethernet Connection
# Integrated graphics up to 64 MB shared video memory, default setting 32 MB
# Integrated 5.1 Channel AC'97 Audio
# Available drive bays: Two 5.25", one 3.5"
# Available slots: 1 PCI, 1 AGP 8x
# Serial port
# Parallel port
# 4 USB 2.0 ports (two front-mounted)
# 104 key keyboard
# 2 button mouse w/wheel
# Audio Port (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in)
# Stereo Speakers
# 1 year warranty, return to manufacturer
# Includes Xandros Desktop Standard Edition v2.0 operating system
That is hilarious. I was on newegg doing the exact same thing!  :D

I was curious on how good a deal this was. For about $50 more you can get an Abit nforce board (wihout video) and an nvidia mx4000 64mb card. If you had a resellers license this would probably be cheaper yet.
If all you are going to do is internet and email then I spose this would be an OK computer.  Heck, a setup like that would run DSL very well.  If DSL runs great on a 200Mhz that I have, I'm sure it would run well on a 1.5Ghz :)

I think it would be more fun to put it together yourself, via Newegg though.  :D
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