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Build a computer with SSD for $199

Tiger Direct sets new low price point for an SSD equipped computer

Tiger Direct SSD barebones Build a computer with SSD for $199 photo

ECS A780LM-M2 AMD DiabloTek Barebones Kit $199 limited time offer

This is the lowest priced computer kit we’ve seen. At $199 for a limited time, you get a $270 Athlon bare-bones computer kit! The price expires March 31st, 2012.

At that price it’s like getting the SSD for nothing.

It surprised me to learn recently that big companies like Microsoft and Amazon.com don’t buy computers anymore. They build their own computers and servers from kits and parts.  Continue reading →

Build your own $259 Intel i3 PC

TigerDirect kit with Intel i3-22100 CPU 500 GB hard drive and 4 GB RAM for a low cost Intel computer

TD i3 2100 kit Build your own $259 Intel i3 PC photo

Intel i3-2100 Kit

Low priced computer kits don’t mean low performance or quality. Tiger Direct has two kits anyone with reasonable skills could make for less than $290.

Either kit would be fun to assemble and provide lots of computing power for desktop work and web surfing.

Windows 8 is more efficient than older versions of Windows. Either computer kit will be faster than many costlier computers if you use Windows 8.  Continue reading →