Barebone

[ecobag2]

What's a barebone computer? Is it ready to go with storage/memory etc. but no peripherals and software?

Anyone have a negative/positive experience with "open box" items from somewhere like newegg?

[IMSlacker]

I think a bare bones system usually comes with

case
power supply
motherboard
cpu (sometimes w/o a cooling fan)
maybe a hard drive

Anything offered on newegg should have a pretty detailed list of what comes with it.

[biggestmexi]

Anyone have a negative/positive experience with "open box" items from somewhere like newegg?

I dont like it.




I like it though.

[JustJon]

Barebones is the bare minimum to start building your own pc. But if you're looking to do that, it almost pays to do the research and buy the parts yourself.