Outlet ThinkCentre A60 (8700) - Good Deal?

[hart22]

Can anyone advise if this is a good deal? Never bought a pre-built desktop (always built them myself), so I'm kind of unsure of my judgment. I have one on order from Lenovo Outlet but I can cancel it as it hasn't been shipped. Much appreciated.

ThinkCentre A60 8700-D5U:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ (2.2 GHz dual-core)
1 GB RAM
250GB 7200RPM S-ATA HDD
PCI/PCIe Tower (4x4)
NVIDIA GeForce 6100 MB (Integrated Graphics & Audio)
Multi-burner Plus 16x (DVD-RW DL)
56K modem
Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet
USB memory card reader
Windows XP Home
3-yr onsite warranty
(No monitor or diskette drive)

Price: $399 ($423 final price with tax, shipping, etc.)

[Harryc]

This seems like a nice deal to me, although I'd go for the Core 2 Duo machine if it is not too much more money. With 3 year onsite repair, you can't go wrong with this deal.

[hart22]

Update:

Got the machine a few weeks ago and I am very pleased with both the system and Lenovo customer service. Everything runs very smoothly and the computer is dead silent, unlike the jet engine of a beast I had before, plus the mouse they shipped out even had a red scroll-wheel (although no stripes ).

The system shipped out two days after I made the order, although I didn't get the 3-year onsite warranty, only a 1-year onsite. When I placed the order one place listed 3 years but another listed 1 year, but I did get double the ram that was advertised (512 mb) in the erroneous page. Two weeks after I made the order there was a $100 price drop, and within a week of calling in for the price protection plan there was a refund in my account.

So at the end of the day I got the system listed above with a 1-year onsite for $315 taxes and shipping included. Better deal than expected.

[ryengineer]

So at the end of the day I got the system listed above with a 1-year onsite for $315 taxes and shipping included. Better deal than expected.

Very sweet deal! Congrats.