Gateway GT5408 Refurb Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 320GB SATA II HDD DL-DVD±RW Vista Home Premium $324.99 with $70 Instant Rebate

Today’s Deal of the Day is from one of our most popular categories, a full-powered Intel Desktop at an amazingly low price. Our latest pick in that category is this Gateway GT5408 Refurb Desktop Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8GHz processor with DUAL Core Technology, 1GB of DDR2-533 memory a 320GB SATA II hard drive, a 7-in-one Flash Card Reader and a Dual-Layer DVD±RW burner running Vista Home Premium for just $324.99 with $70 Instant Rebate applied.If you check out the categories for Computer Deal of the Day’s blog posts, you will see “Basic Bargain Desktop” and Bargain Powerhouse System. Rarely do these two categories come together but when they do, the deal is usually one that I feel like picking up the phone and ordering one before I post it for you. This is one of those deals.True, there is no graphic card but it does have Intel GMA950 graphics  (onboard graphics are getting pretty good these days if you have not seen recent models with the new chips. Plus you get nd 7.1 channel High Definition sound.What makes this deal a winner are a couple of features unheard of at these prices. First is the Intel Core 2 Duo Processor. Most of the low end computers have the old Pentium or an Intel Core single core processor. Second is the screaming 320 GB SATA II hard drive. The third is that you get Vista Home Premium. Most deals in this price range have Vista Home Basic. So this deal is for anyone who wants a second, third or forth computer for their home or home office, or for businesses that have old underpowered PCs running Windows 98 and could use an office-wide upgrade.Visit TigerDirect to get your high powered budget basic bargain desktop Gateway deal!