Building Another budged PC Thoughts?

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Harry Edwards

I built a PC for one set of cousins and they're very happy. Now the
others are jumping on the boat. But these people want to go even less
than $600. Maybe around $300. This is what I have so far.

My question is, should I go with what I have or make some changes?
They're not gamers, and I don't see them doing any real high end stuff
on here. Maybe some kids software - and MS Office. The only thing
I'm missing is the case and power supply. What would you suggest?
Also, I don't want to go with on board video. I'm a traditionalist.


Gigabyte GA-7VTXE KT266A (motherboard) With AMD Athlon XP 2100 @
$83.00

GENERIC 512MB PC2100 DDR 266 266MHZ 184pin DIMM MEMORY. DDR SDRAM. @
$53.00

Seagate 40.0GB EIDE. ATA/100 2MB/ 5400RPM @ $44.00

GeForce FX 5700 LE AGP 8X (250/400MHz) / 128MB DDR + TV out
(Resolution up to 1024 x 768) @

Chaintech nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR / TV-Out w/Low Profile
Panel (Retail) @ $55.00
 
M

Matt

Harry said:
I built a PC for one set of cousins and they're very happy. Now the
others are jumping on the boat. But these people want to go even less
than $600. Maybe around $300. This is what I have so far.

My question is, should I go with what I have or make some changes?
They're not gamers, and I don't see them doing any real high end stuff
on here. Maybe some kids software - and MS Office. The only thing
I'm missing is the case and power supply. What would you suggest?
Also, I don't want to go with on board video. I'm a traditionalist.


Gigabyte GA-7VTXE KT266A (motherboard) With AMD Athlon XP 2100 @
$83.00
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How about one of the two most popular AMD boards from newegg:

Shuttle "AN35N-Ultra" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD
Socket A CPU -RETAIL
$54 shipped

or

BIOSTAR "M7NCD PRO" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket
A CPU -RETAIL
$65 shipped

and

Their most popular AMD processor:
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail
$80 shipped from newegg. The Barton's bigger cache beats the 2100+.

Antec SLK3700 w/350W is the best value in cases if you don't mind that
it is somewhat cavernous. Check prices at pricegrabber, newegg, mwave,
and accupc. See also the SLK2600 if you want a more compact one.

So you can get a very solid foundation of mobo, cpu, case, psu for about
$200 shipped.

Consider Fedora, Mandrake, or SuSE Linux for a free and legal OS.
 
H

Harry Edwards

Oh, sorry, I didn't notice you could get _both_ for $83.
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Yeah. nobiggie. what about monitors? 17 inch CRT? I can't find
squat for a very good price.
 
M

Matt

Harry said:
what about monitors? 17 inch CRT? I can't find
squat for a very good price.
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Commonly less than $100 after rebate at officemax etc.

Check university surplus outlets for used ones.
 
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Moderately Confused

Harry Edwards said:
Yeah. nobiggie. what about monitors? 17 inch CRT? I can't find
squat for a very good price.
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This week, Best Buy has a deal on a 17 inch MAG CRT that I own. I think
that it's around 70 bucks. It's been great for me, no complaints.

MC
 
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