Not sure whether it is a worthwhile deal or not. No power supply and integrated graphics may make it not such a great offer. Plus postage seems a little high.
AMD Sempron 145 2.8GHz Processor CPU
4GB DDR3 Memory
500GB SATAIII Hard Disk Drive
onboard audio and video
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology and RAID support
Gigabit Lan
500 Watt Power Supply
*This system does not come with Operating System
I've shipped a complete PC from Sydney to regional NSW for just over $20, registered and insured. What a rort $49 is indeed.
AMD Sempron 145 2.8Ghz $41.00
AsRock N68-VS3-UCC $42.00
Transcend 4GB DDR3 1333 $21.00
Seagate 3.5" Barracuda 500GB ST500DM002 SATA3 7200RPM 16 $75.00
Codegen ATX-3335-A2 Case with PSU $39.00
Total $218 from MSY
Although they do have a $80 build fee.
Also: no optical drive? Really?
optical drive? = elder odds.
If I can convice aunty using a Linux machine, then this is for hers.
I install my OS and then disconnect the optical drive.
Thing is, it doesn't have an OS.
Which means either you have to have another ODD you know how to plug in and use, or you have to know how to install an OS from USB or over the network. Which would mean there's a good chance you could throw this PC together in about 20 minutes yourself. In which case getting the parts yourself from local MSY or Umart etc. would be cheaper.
Better as a NAS than HP Microserver?
HP MicroServer would be better. It's quieter, uses less energy and all round better suited to NAS/HTPC/VoIP tasks.
Just ditto-ing cyssero.
Delivery & Handling: $49.00
i used postcode 2000 as an example
better off with those $299 boxes from onlinecomputer that comes with Win7 HP