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12-26-2005, 10:18 AM
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How is this for a budget build?
I may be building a budget computer for a family friend. He wants to upgrade this old machine and I pretty much talked him out getting a cheap Dell, the budget is around $400, he does not need a monitor, keyboard or mouse. This is what I came up with, does it all look compatible? Right now he is using an old Compaq with a 433 P2 and 128 MB of ram, it also runs XP (barely), he only uses the computer for internet and work, which involves mainly MS office apps and he also wants to be able to burn DVD's. This does not have to be a high performance machine, he just wants something that is usable/stable and I think for $400 its pretty damn good.
Case: Antec with 350 watt PS http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16811129150 Mobo: Intel with built in video/sound and Lan http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16813121309 CPU: Intel 2.66 P4 http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16819116224 RAM: Corsair value select 512 (2 x 256) http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16820145477 Hard Drive: Seagate 80GB SATA http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16822148040 Optical Drive: Lite-ON 160P6S http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16827106008 BTW a comparable Dell will cost about $450-500 and that is with a Celeron plus who knows what brand hard drive, memory, ect.
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Desktop 1: Custom Built in 2005 and still going strong! Will run Windows Home Server in the Future for now still XP 3.0 GHz P4 Prescott (Zalman CNPS9500 HS) l Intel D915GAG Mobo l 3.0 GB PC3200 Kingston Value Ram l EVGA 7900GS l Nvidia NVS 280 l WD 3200KS 320 GB l Seagate 7200.10 320 GB l Lite-ON DVD-RW l Lite-ON CD-RW l Corsair HX520 PSU l Mitsumi Floppy l Antec 900 Case (With Custom Paint/Lighting) Desktop 2: HP xw8600 Workstation Work In Progress  Running Windows 7 64 BitXeon 2.5 Ghz Quad Core (2nd being added soon!) l 32 GB DDR2 667 ECC l EVGA 9800 GT l PNY FX 570 l 2 Seagate 7200.12 500 GB RAID1 l 2 Seagate 7200.10 750 GB l SATA DVD-RW l Delta 800 Watt PSU (68 Amp 12 V Rail) Laptop: HP 2510p Running Windows Vista 32 Bit (For Now) 1.4 Ghz C2D CPU (OC'd) l 4 GB DDR2 (Single DIMM) l Mtron 32 GB SLC SSD Last edited by Matt_Smi; 12-26-2005 at 10:22 AM. |
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12-26-2005, 10:47 AM
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I've built a couple of pc's with the ATI chipsets but mine have been with the Sempron in a 754 socket. Can't say much about that chipset with an Intel combo. I use the same case/psu for most of my builds. The psu comes with the 24 pin mobo connector and SATA connectors for the hard drive. Nice easy setup. Overall, looks like a nice system.
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12-27-2005, 01:26 AM
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Yes the MB is the only thing that I am re-considering, I may go for an Asus instead...Oh and I also forgot the OS.
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12-28-2005, 01:11 PM
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I would reccommend an Intel chipset motherboard from Intel or ASUS.
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