Compare Barebones PC Deals

TigerDirect offers the AMD Athlon II X4 610e Quad-Core 2.4GHz Barebones PC Kit for $274.99. Mail-in rebates of $20 and $25 cut it to $229.99. With $10.35 for shipping, that's $90 less than the lowest total price we could find for these items purchased separately. It includes an AMD Athlon II X4 610e quad-core CPU, ECS A780LM-M2 AMD 760G socket AM3 microATX motherboard, Patriot 4GB Gamer 2 PC3-10666 DDR3 RAM, Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200 rpm hard drive, Sony Optiarc 24x DVD writer, CoolerMaster CPU cooler, Diablotek mid-tower ATX case, and DiabloTek 400-watt power supply. Rebates end May 31.

CompUSA offers the AMD 8-Core 3.1GHz Barebones Desktop PC Kit for $424.99. Mail-in rebates of $25, $20, $20, and $10 drop it to $349.99. With $11.11 for shipping, that's $139 under our mention of a similar bundle from two weeks ago (which had a smaller hard drive, but included a 1GB garphics card and stronger power supply) and $126 less than the lowest total price we could find for these items if purchased separately elsewhere.

The kit includes the AMD FX-8120 3.1GHz 8-core Socket AM3+ processor, MSI 760GM-E51(FX) AMD 760 ATX motherboard, two sticks of Corsair XMS3 4GB PC3-10666 DDR3-1333 dual-channel RAM, Seagate Barracuda 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 7200 rpm internal hard drive, Sony Optiarc 24x DVD burner, and Thermaltake V2 ATX mid-tower case with 450-watt power supply. Deal ends May 29.