$400 Pc

MasterEVC

MasterEVC

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get him the computer im selling and add a harddrive, case, and optical drives and your good, plus underbudget... get on AIM
PNY Verto 6600 AGP 8x 256MB, Gigabyte GA-K8NS, AMD Athlon 64 3400+ clawhammer, 3D gigabyte cooler+AS5 applied, 1GB DDR266 ECC, 300W antec $220
 
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A lot of times if people are looking for a computer they are gonna want the OS too, most people just put the two together, because if they want windows then there goes $100 off the budget.
 
One can be built for 400 but one that is just functioning. You can make huge leaps forward with an extra 100-200 dollars.
 
Buy one from dell, it comes with XP, monitor, keyboard, speakers, ethernet card, etc and everything the person desires.
 
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1.8Ghz 55
ASUS A8R-MX/SI ATI Xpress 200 Mobo 56
A-DATA 512MB C2.5 DDR 51
Western Digital Caviar 80GB SATA-II 7200 HDD 49
Winsis WM-09 MicroATX case w/ 350W PSU included 43
Samsung DVD+/-RW Burner 35

Total Price for Components: $289 dollars SHIPPED

Now that is the price including shipping of items which are basically the lowest you can go in each category and still have a decent, respectable computer. Which, that WOULD do the job. And with those integrated x300-based graphics on the motherboard, you could actually play some games on it if need be, or later the person can add in a 70 or 80 dollar graphics card for a kick in the pants. I chose that case just because a system like this needs very little. It doesn't need a whole lot of power, it can get by with a power supply that comes with a cheaper case. And that case looks fairly nice, so the customer ought to be happy with that as well.

Now, add on an OEM copy of Windows XP Home for ~75 dollars, and you will have met your 400 dollar deadline with a slight bit of room to spare. ~30-40, to be exact. That said, I would talk to the person and see if they can bump their budget up to about 500 dollars. As ETSA said, at this price range you can take a quantum leap forward for an extra 100 dollars (25% budget increase). That 100 dollars could go towards this PNY GF6600 256MB DDR PCIe x16 graphics card or something like that. How much are you going to make off of them, is the question as well. 400 leaves little profit room for you.

Edit: Ku...he can't just buy your parts and sell them to another person. I'd be *pissed* if I found out I had been sold a computer with used parts that I was under the impression it was "new".
 
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The X300 is suitable for playing a few games. Hell, my ex roommate played Halflife on his integrated intel graphics and P4, and the ATI integrated blows those away.

The graphics card I posted (6600 256MB) is only 56 shipped. 6200 pos or 6600 for 18 more. I realize at this price point every couple of dollars counts, but I couldn't justify that crappy of a graphics card when for a couple dollars you could get something halfway respectable.

This all said, doesn't matter because this machine isn't even designed to be used for games at all anyways. :) It's nice to get the most effective monies worth though.
 
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I have a potential customer who said they want to spend $400 on a PC, heres what I come up with:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827151133 - DVD Recorder
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811119094 - Case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822144172 - HDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813128007 - Mobo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16817171007 - PSU
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820141413 - RAM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103535 - CPU

Total: $405.43

Anyone got some better ideas? Its just basic internet use no games or anything.
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Wow that's an expensive case for a budget computer. You can get a better computer for that price, however..I lost my $400 gaming rig file.

It had 1gig of ram, 7600GS, athlon 64 3200+ and some cheap harddrive, case and motherboard.
 
Anyone got some better ideas? Its just basic internet use no games or anything.
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This'll run cooler. I picked a single 512MB here as you're obviously not looking for gaming performance -- that and it gives a lower latency upgrade path to 1GB


Granted I'd spend just a little more for:
 
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Wow, never thought about a C2D being so cheap. I picked that case cause I have 2 of them and they are really easy to work with. Oh and they already have a legit version of XP
 
Thats true, I jsut went through it quick cause I just remembered it and it was almost a week ago I talked to them and I hope they are still interested. Hell at those prices I could get a C2D pretty cheap too ;)

Thanks Praetor, now I have 2 options to show them :)
 
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