OD: COMPAQ SR5130F E2140/2GB/360GB/Vista HB $199

[andreid]

Seen in store at OD Lougheed Highway, GVR.

I believe it is the cheapest build PC with OS one can find. FS has been trying to get rid of their stock of the PC for some time...

btw it is pretty sad how HP gutted the COMPAQ brand and this model is probably the last we'll see of COMPAQ.

Cheers

[JAC]

Oh, I don't know. If I never see another Presario again, it'll be too soon.

[Goonish]

Those specs are hotter than the $199 FS Boxing Day special. Is this refurbished?

That being said, my $199 machine has been running smooth.

[syncmaster]

only if you post it 1 week earlier...

[Badger]

I went in, the SR5310F http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en...-81572630.html

is selling for $199, no brand new units. would not sell demo.

They also have the SR5350F
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en...-81573818.html

for $249. I took the last brand new one in stock. This one comes with 2gb of ram, Windows Vista Home Premium, memory card reader, lightscribe and E2160 Dual Core processor.

Thanks OP.

[mingus]

I went in, the SR5310F http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en...-81572630.html

is selling for $199, no brand new units. would not sell demo.

Why would they want to keep the demo??
Just came back from OD on Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby. Bought the SR5310F demo for 10% less and they also gave a free power bar. Damn the $10 enviro fee though .
They still have one SR5350F new in the box. Thanks OP!!

[Frosc]

I went in, the SR5310F http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en...-81572630.html

is selling for $199, no brand new units. would not sell demo.

PM it at Staples, you'll get it for $179.

http://www.staples.ca/ENG/Catalog/ca...AffixedCode=WW

[TeriyakiJack]

Why would they want to keep the demo??
Just came back from OD on Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby. Bought the SR5310F demo for 10% less and they also gave a free power bar. Damn the $10 enviro fee though .
They still have one SR5350F new in the box. Thanks OP!!

Because the salesman has it reserved for himself

[jamgyu]

this deal available in Toronto?

[fishlover]

Just came from OD-Lougheed, can't find it. I believe it's gone already.

[Koslov]

what the hell is OD?? Did you overdosed?? :P

[nsx]

what the hell is OD?? Did you overdosed?? :P

OD = Office Depot.


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[icemiko]

what the hell is OD?? Did you overdosed?? :P

Office Depot

[GVRtrader]

Just came from OD-Lougheed, can't find it. I believe it's gone already.

It was gone at about 2:20-2:30. My dad went to OD to see if he could find the desktop (which would actually be used by my mom soon). He found signs posted about pretty much everything except the SR5350F so he asked a sales rep and they got the last one for him.

He also said someone was asking for the same model when he was paying and apparently there was still another in the shelf but the sales rep said it was another model.

Anyways the deal might be GVR not just one store so someone should try to confirm other stores if they are interested. There was no prices and if OD works like Staples, the price in the system should at least be around the entire area and not just one store (there was no sticker no nothing, scanned in @ 259).

Just a note, the specs on the 5350 is actually slightly off. The CPU turns out to be a 2180 not 2160 (not a big preference).

Opened it up right away and found the following...

Full somewhat detailed specs
Intel e2180 (2.00GHz Duo core)
mATX motherboard (no name brand, has 1x 56k modem using 1 PCI slot, 1 free PCI slot and 1 free PCI-e slot)
250W Bestec PSU
2GB (2x1, no free slot) ram
DVD burner - didn't figure out brand yet (its covered up so pretty hard to tell)
Asus heatsink (never seen this heatsink before but its not stock)
360GB Seagate 7200.10 HD

Both the HD and DVD are SATA

Software - It takes a good 1 hour to burn the 3x DVD recovery disc (kinda a waste of time but i burned it anyways). It comes with a good deal of junk ware or ad ware... whatever you want to call it. Shortly after burning the recovery disc, i formated and re-installed MS Vista Home Premium. Managed to overclock to 2.4GHz without too much effort and that should be all my mom needs (if that even).

[mkc]

[Software - It takes a good 1 hour to burn the 3x DVD recovery disc (kinda a waste of time but i burned it anyways). It comes with a good deal of junk ware or ad ware... whatever you want to call it. Shortly after burning the recovery disc, i formated and re-installed MS Vista Home Premium. Managed to overclock to 2.4GHz without too much effort and that should be all my mom needs (if that even).[/QUOTE]


I bought the same machine this afternoon. Just wondering if you re-install Vista from the recovery discs you burnt or a different version.