i present you with a challenge!! can you handle it?


You sucked that one down the drain and polluted it with that VIA chipset... There's certain stuff to stay away from... And that Celeron will probably go to 2.2 Ghz on the stock heatsink and maybe 3.2Ghz on a $25 Freezer 7 Pro... Oh and by the way, your Pentium D uses Netburst architecture, that Celeron uses Core architecture, even though the PD is dualcore... I should've dropped the 320Gb and got an E2160 Pentium Dual-Core and you would have so much fun beating that for $300... I have an old P4 2.8Ghz that runs PS Elem5 fine but I will not use it for CS3, lol.
 
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dont put a frowny-face, you did really good with it :P .
in fact, here's a chocolate chip cookie, assuming youre not allergic to it and you like chocolate chip cookies.
milk will cost ya, though. :P
 
dont put a frowny-face, you did really good with it :P .
in fact, here's a chocolate chip cookie, assuming youre not allergic to it and you like chocolate chip cookies.
milk will cost ya, though. :P

ha ha. Thanks man.

Forget the cookies, share your case w/ me! 24 hours in a day, right!? :P
 
come on everyone else, step up to the plate...whatcha got.....lets throw the budget up to 400 for a bit of extra leeway, shall we?
intelcrazy, mep, show me what youre made of!
 
come on everyone else, step up to the plate...whatcha got.....lets throw the budget up to 400 for a bit of extra leeway, shall we?
intelcrazy, mep, show me what youre made of!

Sorry brotha. See meh sig. I ain't messin' wit no budget rigs. ;)
 
i see what youre sayin...but youre not the youngest of 3 kids with 2 sisters in college and a single divorced mom with a bachelor's degree in high school.


[im a junior.]
 
best bet would be to buy a premade from a company, at that low of prices it will net you your best bang for the buck.
 
Computer Shopper's last issue made a PC ( really nice little mATX custom) for $245ish. I have the issue PM if you want the exact specs on it
 
you guys are kinda missing the point :P
the idea of this is to scour the internet for your own builds, not buy a put-together machine....it gives you a good sense of accomplishment.
 
i see what youre sayin...but youre not the youngest of 3 kids with 2 sisters in college and a single divorced mom with a bachelor's degree in high school.


[im a junior.]

Dude! I thought you were like 60 or somethin' :confused: Drinkin' beer. lol. :P
 
Just try.
RAIDMAX SONOMA ATX-402W White SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case $30 MIR $30
hec Orion XPOWER585 ATX12V 2.01 585W Power Supply $30
Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $50
LITE-ON 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with 12X DVD-RAM Write Black IDE Model LH-20A1P-185 $27
A-DATA 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ADQVE1A16K - Retail $55 MIR $20
sub total: $192 MIR$50 = $142

Intel set-up: $294. No idea how much is delivery....
MSI G31M-F LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $69
Intel Dual-Core E2160 $83
AMD set-up: $296
MSI K9NGM3-FIH AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7050 HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard $69
AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADA4600CUBOX $85
 
[I apologize for going totally off topic]
For some reason jimkonow when I look at this thread a scene from a certain movie comes to mind.... (substitute Tommy Williams for your name)

Tommy Williams came to Shawshank in
1965 on a two year stretch for B&E.
Cops caught him sneakin' TV sets
out the back door of a JC Penney.
Young punk, Mr. Rock n' Roll, cocky
as hell...
I think its fair to say we liked him immediately.
 
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