Cheap build, take a look?

[Marke522]

HI, thanks for reading.

I'm building a computer for someone, trying to keep things relatively cheap, but I still want to get decent hardware that won't have to be replaced right away.

We will be using a lot of parts from an old Gateway P3.

Maxtor DiamondMax 10 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive,
An old CD-RW, DVD-ROM, Soundblaster LIve! 5.1, floppy.

I think that's it. Not concerned about the beige drives as the case selected has a door.

My main concern is if anyone has seen these parts fail, or if they have a better idea of a better part for same or similar cost.

Case, RAIDMAX Horizon ATX-287WB Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail $39.99

PSU, Thermaltake TR2 W0070 ATX 430W Power Supply 115/230 V - Retail $39.99

Motherboard, ASUS K8N Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $63.00

or, ASUS K8V-MX Socket 754 VIA K8M800 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail $62.00, undecided about the chipset, I have an A7V8X and have had absolutely no problems with the VIA chipset.

CPU, AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 800MHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 754 E6 Processor - Retail $139.00

Memory, either 2 Kingston ValueRAM 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory - Retail $38.85

or 2 GeIL Value 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) System Memory - OEM $40.31

Going with this for the OS Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2 - OEM $93.95

Approx total = $ 450.00

Comments, questions, suggestions?

Thanks, Mark.

[myrgo_31]

do you plan on using onboard video or getting a video card? if getting a video card, maybe get the 6600 128 MB one, is around 100-150 bucks

[Darkkon]

If they plan on doing some gameing i would get a Geforce 6600 or Geforce 6600gt or a good ATI VGA. I would go with kingston value Ram i had a stick of it in my comp now they work good. but everything looks good to me.

[Marke522]

Sorry, forgot to mention the video card that we allready have for it.

PNY GeForce FX 5500 PCI Dual VGA + S-Video.
He bought that the other day for $40.00.

Going with the Kingson RAM, and going with the nvidia chipset K8N.

Ordering parts tomorrow unless anyone has a better idea.

I really don't expect it to make my order any faster if I place it today since it's Christmas.

[Cricket]

You might want to change the RAM to Corsair Value Select. Been hearing and seeing lots of problems with Kingston Value RAM recently.

Cricket

[Marke522]

Talked to the other guy about Corsair, he said he's never ran anything other than Kingston, and has never had any bad luck, I guess we'll give it a shot. Hopefully their recent product will be just as good.

Just ordered everything.

1 CASE RAIDMAX|ATX-287WB 0W RT - Retail
Item #: N82E16811156041 $39.99 $39.99
1 MB ASUS K8N NF3-250 754 - Retail
Item #: N82E16813131512 $63.00 $63.00
1 POWER SP|430W(P4)W0070RUC RTL - Retail
Item #: N82E16817153023 $39.99 $39.99
1 CPU AMD 64 |3000+ ATHLON 64 RT - Retail
Item #: N82E16819103606 $139.00 $139.00
2 MEM 512M|KST D400 KVR400X64C3A/512 - Retail
Item #: N82E16820141424 $38.85 $77.70
1 MS WIN XP HOME w/SP2 SINGLE PACK % - OEM
Item #: N82E16837102059 $93.95 $93.95
1 Discount FOR 11-998-108&00-999-137

Subtotal: $A lot 453.63
Tax: $0.00
Shipping: $55.56
Grand Total: $Too Much. 509.19

More than I originally wanted to spend, but as long as I don't do this every month. It's going to be a late Christmas gift for someone.

I original was only going to buy a nice PSU, but then needed to get a different case, then I didn't want to put that old board in the new case, then of course I had to get a cpu and ddr ram. Then of course I used this as an excuse to get myself XP SP2. Still using the old XP SP1 install with the free update cd from M$. So I guess only $350 is for the gift, the rest is for me and UPS.