Barebones PC blowouts from Tiger Direct

By Steven Rosenberg on February 16, 2007 2:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

It's great being next door to Fry's, but they don't have deals like this -- in fact, they don't seem to package much of anything together when it comes to barebones computers, preferring to cede that area of the business to ... others.

The deals I'm talking about are on barebones systems at Tiger Direct.

The first includes a motherboard, 3.33 GHz Intel Celeron processor with fan, case and power supply, all for $99 after a $60 rebate. Add a hard drive, memory and a CD drive and you're done.

If you want more in the box, for $249 after a $102 rebate, there's a system with case, motherboard, 3 GHz Pentium with fan, power supply, 160 GB hard drive, 512 MB RAM. Add a CD drive and that's it ...

Oh ... both don't include the OS. Or a monitor, keyboard or mouse. These are perfect for people who are replacing an aging system and are OK with keeping the peripherals that came with it ... like the CD-R or DVD drive, and all that other crap that plugs into it.

Photo: The $249 system from Tiger Direct.

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