Today's killer deals at Tiger Direct and Pacific Geek

Tiger Direct's Web site -- like New Egg's -- is so vast and offers so many products that it's hard to a) keep up and b) find the best deal (or the deal that's right for you).

I signed up for e-mails from Tiger Direct, and I'm glad I did. They have killer deals all the time. Check out this PCChips P23G v3.0 Socket 775 Barebone Kit / Intel Celeron D 360 OEM / 512MB DDR2 PC4200 / ATX Mid-Tower Case with a 450 Watt Power Supply -- yes, it even stuffs in the memory -- for $149. Curiously, you need to add a CPU fan. They've got them from $9.99 and up, though. Yeah, you still need a hard drive, CD drive, keyboard, mouse and monitor, but you've got at least some of that stuff from you old system, don't you?

Well, they've got you covered on all that crap, too. DVD burners start at $31.99. SATA hard drives start at $44.99.

Or go for this system, $109.99 after rebate, but with the CPU fan and without RAM. ...

And if you want EVERYTHING included AND put together, Pacific Geek has an IBM P4 2.8 GHz, 512Mb, 40GB, CD, XP Pro System for $269 -- yep, that's your out-the-door price.

Neither of these companies kill you on the shipping, either.

And while we're on the bargain train, Tiger Direct has a 1 GHz Compaq laptop -- reburbished, of course -- for $299. That's better than you'll do on eBay, where everybody is whacked in the head.

Photos: At top left, the case in the Tiger Direct $149 bundle (before you stuff it with the rest of the parts). At right, Pacific Geek's reburbished IBM box and accessories.