This is not a deal for the base machine, so if it's too thick for your skin, and you think you can build one for less yourself, that's cool

But dell has a pretty loaded monster for what I think is a very nice price.

Request your 10% off coupon here:

Start here

Choose the following

• No Monitor [subtract $460]
• Dell Optical USB Mouse [subtract $10]
• None [subtract $40] (instead of Dell 19 in 1 Media Reader with Bluetooth)
• No Floppy Drive or Media Reader Included add $0
• No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system) [subtract $10]

Add to cart, at this point your price is $1629 - $550 - auto 4% off = $1,035.84

Apply 10% coupon, your price is now $932.26

Use DPA to get 4% extra off, your price is now $894.96

Seems high, right?

But see what you are getting, and decide for yourself

Intel® Core™2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Digital Cable Support
3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs
Dell USB Keyboard
No Monitor
512MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT
500GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache
Dell Optical USB Mouse
56K PCI Data Fax Modem
Blu-ray Disc Combo (DVD+/-RW + BD-ROM)
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Trend Micro Internet Security 15-months
1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor,24x7 Phone Support
Included 10GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Year
Adobe Elements Studio for XPS™ 420

I am no newb to building my own, but i think if i didn't care for overclocking limitations, i would be hard pressed building something else similar for this price, even with taxes.

Credit in part goes to Starbuck79, my job was to relink it and post it here, you be the judge

I went ahead and looked up pricing for some of the comparable components to this machine, to show the comparison (based on prices Today, using pricegrabber)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 [pricegrabber.com] $280 (we had OEMs for $250 also, or $265 today [pricegrabber.com])
3GB Memory - I will assume DDR2-667, $15/stick with no rebates ($7 or so after $20 MIR on the most recent HP deals when you count shipping) - $45
Motherboard - ~$80 (XPS 420 uses P35 boards)
Power Supply $30 AR
Vista Home Premium OEM [pricegrabber.com] $95
Cheapest BluRay Player/DVD Burner [pricegrabber.com] $220
good size tower case - say $30 ($20 AR or so)
Keyboard, mouse $20
8800GT - $230

Total: $280 + $45 + $80 + $30 + $95 + $220 + $30 + $30 + $230 = $1040 (today) OR
$250 + $21 + $80 + $30 + $95 + $220 + $20 + FAR (mouse/kb) + $230 = $946 if you buy everything on deals, and get your rebates back at some point

Note, I purposefully excluded tax, although dell does charge tax.