Budget Comp

Burgerbob

Burgerbob

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K guys, im building a budget comp for a friends family- this is what i have so far, and its too much
Case- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811146027
Mobo- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813131022
CPU- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819103735
RAM- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820141225
PSU- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817171007
HDD- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822152020
VCard- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814141035
CD burner- http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827136059
This is just for home use, but i wanted to make it last a while. I want it to be below 600 at least, cuz with XP you can add 100 bucks.
Any help is appreciated.
 
of course it does, newegg is the cheapeast. Stick with a single core, for a budget pc even a 3200 would be more than enough. 1 gb of ram is good, id suggest dropping to sckt 939 and getting an msi mbox. Itd save you money, and the vid card is just fine.
 
adz_619 said:
If you want goog quality components which you can buy individually and then put together yourself then i reccomend using Novatech. I used them once for my second pc and it is cheaper than anywhere else.

www.novatech.co.uk


You could also try..

www.savastore.com
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dont really help anyone buying in the U.S.A. though fella :rolleyes:


have to agree with burnitdown on the CPU front, no real point in going with a dual core if its not gonna take advantage of it. Stick with a decent 939 single core and you can either save moeny or put the money to use elsewhere in the system :)
 
K, thanks guys, i wasnt sure if i should have gone with dual... should i really go with 939? i wanted them to be upgradeable in the future...
 
depends on what your budget now will allow. you can probably get a little better 939 setup now or one step down in AM2 which is still not bad. i really dont see a real need for dual right now.
AM2 would be upgradeable where 939 wont be. seems everything is going DDR2 memory and such. i am fixin to build a very cheap AM2 just to get going then slowly replace probably every part in it.
 
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thing is how long before you look to upgrade it again, lets be fair with core 2 duo doing so well AMD are going to want to do something special in the coming year or so to contend with it. Every chance it will mean a newer socket so even if you go for AM2 theres a chance you would need a mobo change in the upgrade anyway.

ITs up to you but I still reckon going for a single core would be everything you need for now
 
jimmymac said:
thing is how long before you look to upgrade it again, lets be fair with core 2 duo doing so well AMD are going to want to do something special in the coming year or so to contend with it. Every chance it will mean a newer socket so even if you go for AM2 theres a chance you would need a mobo change in the upgrade anyway.

ITs up to you but I still reckon going for a single core would be everything you need for now
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Dont worry, ive thought about future sockets, but there isnt much i can do about it. Its all resolved now, i decided to go with the 3500+, its complete at 589.41 with XP home.
 
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