pc for my sister.....

jedijeff123

jedijeff123

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ok so for my sisters birthday i want to build her a pc. she needs 80gb of storage, wireless internet, and a dvd burner with NERO software. i would normally do it myself but im really tired.........
 
for a computer like that, I'd go with OEM. It probably isn't worth it until you get to around $500 or so, at least that's what I think.
 
Starwarsman said:
for a computer like that, I'd go with OEM. It probably isn't worth it until you get to around $500 or so, at least that's what I think.
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Even if it's slightly more expensive, it's the thought and the time and effort that matter.

Here's something I threw together, I'm assuming your sister doesn't need a C2D, so I went AMD.

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Orleans 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail - $85

GIGABYTE GA-M61PM-S2 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail -$73

ASUS Black 16X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 16X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache E-IDE/ATAPI DVD Burner with LightScribe - OEM -$33

Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600JS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM -$53

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UW Black Aluminum Bezel, SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail -$50

HIPRO TOP-500P5 ATX V2.01 500W Power Supply 115/230 V cUL, FCC - OEM -$37

CORSAIR ValueSelect 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Desktop Memory - Retail -$75

Motherboard has onboard video, which will suffice for your sister, unless she does much gaming....

Total Price (minus shipping): $406

edit: forgot the wifi...

MSI PC60G IEEE 802.11b/g 32bit PCI2.2 Turbo G Wireless Adapter up to 54Mbps Data Rates 64/128-bit WEP, WPA, WPA2, TKIP,AES,802.1x - Retail -$19

New total price: $425 (plus shipping)
 
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the one i built ( i finally got over my lazyness) was 350 w/o shipping, but i was looking for something as cheap as possible. she dosent game, but she basically downloads TV episodes, checks email, and watches movies and burns dvds. also she wanted the smallest case possible.........microATX desktop would be good to hide under a monitor. i already have a reliable microATX power supply from an older HP computer, kept my system running stable for 2 months until replacement for dead one came
 
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jedijeff123 said:
the one i built ( i finally got over my lazyness) was 350 w/o shipping, but i was looking for something as cheap as possible. she dosent game, but she basically downloads TV episodes, checks email, and watches movies and burns dvds. also she wanted the smallest case possible......... i already have a reliable microATX power supply from an older HP computer, kept my system running stable for 2 months until replacement for dead one came
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Woulda been nice if you had mentioned all that before I configured the other one...you didn't mention you wanted it to be as cheap as possible, so I just configured it for a decent computer at a decent price. I'll change a few things..

MSI K9VGM-V Socket AM2 VIA K8M890 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail -$52

Foxconn TLM436-CN300C-01 Black/Silver Steel MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case Peak Power: 350W, Max Power: 250W Power Supply - Retail -$35

New price (rest of parts from my other post, minus PSU): $352 plus shipping
 
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