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04-01-2005, 12:39 AM
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Computer for under $350
I'm building a computer for a friend of mine. He set a budget of $350. This is what I have come up with so far. Any tips for some of the hardware I should use would be helpful.
This is what i got: ASRock "K7Upgrade-880" VIA KT880 Chipset 46.99 AMD Sempron 2500+ 1.750GHz W/Fan 70.99 XFX nVIDIA GeForce FX5200 Video Card, 128MB DDR 45.00 Maxtor 40GB 7200RPM 45.00 Rosewill 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC2700 38.99 APEX Beige Mid-Tower Super Case with 350W Power Supply 29.50 2X Fans 7.86 Rosewill White 52X32X52 CDRW Drive 23.99 SONY Beige 1.44MB 3.5Inch Floppy Disk Drive 10.00 Total 318.32
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04-01-2005, 01:06 AM
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04-01-2005, 02:57 AM
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http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...103-341&depa=1
For a AMD XP 2700+ You will notice a big bump in speed with this, I was told that a sempron is the AMD of celeron. sempron also has 1/2 the L2 cache. $16 more.
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04-01-2005, 02:59 AM
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Ok, but still...I would not depend on that PSU lasting very long. My brother purchased a 350W with a case for $40. Lasted 3 days and had to purchase another one. Not saying your's will die in 3 days, but it's taking a chance. If you like the case, rip out the PSU and purchase a decent PSU.
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04-01-2005, 03:17 AM
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If we spending $16 more you should do the the following. socket 754 motherboard $56 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...138-247&depa=1 AMD Sempron 2600+ 1.6GHz $78 http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...104-226&depa=1 Now this will perform a lot better if only for the fact it uses socket 754. I would highly recomend to go skt 754 it alot better option then socket A.
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