Anyone know where I can buy a decent computer system (monitor, keyboard ect. included) for under $800 USD?

I'm just curious, where i live this is what you get for $800
is this cheap or expensive compared to where you live?

Processor: Athlon Palomino XP 1800+ (1533MHz)
Motherboard: ECS K7S5A
Ram: 256 MB RAM PC-133
GF Card: Geforce 2 MX200 32 MB RAM
HD: 40 GB Harddisk ATA 100
Speakers: 80 Watt
DVD: 16XDVD 40xCD-ROM
Keyboard: Acer Accufeel Keyboard
Mouse: Logitec S48 with scroll
Miditower ATX Tower PFC
Sampo 17" 718DT

Space

Build yourself? pricewatch.com though.. I've heard good thiggs about http://www.newegg.com http://www.mwave.com and http://www.crucial.com for memory.

Well I am located in Canada. $800 USD converts to $1,274.77 CAD. The best thing you can get for arpund $1,274 around here is

Intel Pentium 4 Processor 1.8GHz
256MB DDR Memory
80GB HD
24x CD-RW
16X DVD-ROM
Windows XP included

You can see it here (http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&dept=0&WLBS=fs%2Dweb5&biasid=F560495A76424423AC4D171BABD604E3&sku_id=0665000FS10013489&catid=&newdeptid=1)

That is the best place. HANDS DOWN.

If you are looking for a pre-built unit. I would recommand ABS (www.buyabs.com).

They have very good prices and all systems are built with upgradable parts. The three year warranty helps too.

Damn thats some nice hardware you get for that kind of money in Canada :)

Check out http://www.resellerratings.com or something they review sites that list in pricewatch. AMD ALL THE WAY!

Currently looking at this http://www.cpusolutions.com/bestbuy_p317.htm
Seems like a pretty good deal to me.

Are you wanting prebuilt, or build your own? You could buy a nice rackmount server lol. ( Well cheap one from interpromicro.com )

prebuilt

check this out....

http://www.qualifiedconsultants.com

selling there gamer package for $649USD having a amd athlonxp and 256 mb ram as well as 40 gb hd... not bad..

try http://www.visionman.com/ - never used them but pricing looks good - even for rackmount systems!!! Dunno about support and quality.

I built a computer using www.pricewatch.com for less than $800.

Athlon XP 1800+
ECS k7s5a mother board
swiftech heat sink
(as combo paid $170+ shipping [now its $148 on pricewatch])
ATI Radeon 7500 -----$70
Sound Blaster Live Value ----$30
512MB PC 2100 DDR Memory ----$120
Basic 56x CDROM ----- $20
Lite on 32x10x40 CDR ---- $65
Maxor 7200rpm Diamond Max Ultra 60 (40.0GB) ---- $60
Basic Case ---- $20
Basic Floppy ---- $10

And i picked up a monitor keyboard, mouse etc at bestbuy

cant say enough about pricewatch...youll save so much...i would have a qualified friend build one for you, its worth it.

i built my comp almost a year ago now...

AMD Athalon 1.2ghz
512mb DDR RAM
geforce 2 32mb gfx card
nice motherboard
nice case w/matching keyboard! :)
cant remember stats on DVD rom drive but its like 48x cd-rom too
40gb HDD
uhhh and i think that was all i got...had the rest from previous system.

but for a year ago, if you wanted something similar to this you couldnt get it for less than like 1200...i ended up paying 900 i believe after shipping and all that good stuff.

anyways my 2 cents.

Pricewatch = ownz all

also just got 3 32mb flash memmory cards for my digital camera for 9 bucks each! jeez!

build your own

newegg.com has some good prices

I've got a nice ElitePC custom built computer (http://www.elitepc.com).

1.2GHz
40GB
256MB
Onboard Video
Network/Modem
for about $500, but that was about 1/2 a year ago, and I'm sure the prices are probably cheaper now.

Anyone else use ElitePC or know of someone who has one?