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I need a Desktop Computer, But the on line Dell Precision 690 Mini-Tower w Dual Core costs a whopping $4500?

Any suggestions for a high quality computer that is reliable with North American Tech support The rep told me that the Precision is more expensive than the Vostro, because it's components are of higher quality. (Is that true) This $4500 Precision 690 comes with Xeon Processor 5130 with 2 Gz, 4MB L2 Cache 1333Mhz Memory 4GB, DDRE ECC SDRAM Memory 667Mhz, 4 X 1 GB and 2 Hard drives, RAID 1 it comes with Windows XP Pro and Microsoft Office Professional and a 4 year gold warranty for N. American Based Tech support. But I do not get a hard copy of the Operating system or software. I will be using the computer for Trading Futures, and CAD drawing, Photoshop, and Illustrator and a library of photos and videos. My problem with this unit is that it costs $4500, and it seems too expensive. Plus when I speak to their phone sales reps, they can bring it down a few bucks, but cannot tell me who makes the parts, so I do not know if I am getting high quality parts. I will not be using it for Gaming.

Public Comments

1. http://www.newegg.com they have what you need at a great price.
2. http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/landingpages/qx9650/default.asp?gclid=CND26LvE2pECFQgRGgodv3bCfg http://www.tigerdirect.com/
3. Gaming or not the cheapest way to buy your own computer is to build one yourself. It's really very simple. Anyone with a bit of tech savy can do it. It really just is connecting the wires of the same color and putting things in the right place(the circle thingy goes in the circle hole). If your worried about warranty then buy your parts off of newegg or maybe amazon. you will get warranty for all the parts you use so if somethign goes wrong you can return everything.
4. Way to expensive www.newegg.com or buy a magazine like pc world very good i would not buy it just because they wont give you a hard copy disc BS i does sound like you need a very good comp for your business i would go to a computor store and tell them what you will be doing with it they will build you one. bestbuy has always done good buy me make sure you get your owen disc.
5. 'Heavy multimedia/drafting, DIY' AMD 9500 Agena CPU= $199 ECS A770 AM2+ Motherboard= $55 A DATA ddr2 800 2 x 2GB RAMs = $64 Sapphire HD 2600PRO 256MB 128-bit Video Card = $55 250GB Hard Disk = $67 DVD Burner = $25 Cooler Master Centurion 5 casing = $50 Antec Earthwatts 500W = $55 Vista Home Premium 64 bit = $110 Microsoft Office Home & Student 2007 retail = $120 Hanns G 19" LCD = $189 Total = $989, prices quoted from Newegg