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A friend of mine says she needs a computer, and she wants it for dirt cheap, we're talking around 250-300$ not including a monitor. the system probably needs to be comparable to this
so, i browsed around a little bit on newegg, and the same sempron processor is about $105.00, and one of the cheapest barebone systems i could find which would be either this asus one or this foxconn one the asus one might be a bit better and a better brand name, but the foxconn one looks better and has the matching keyboard and mouse and this girl is definitely concerned w/ looks, so i'm thinking i'd get her the foxconn one.
then i have a 256 meg stick of mushkin pc2700 ddr laying around i could use. that would just leave me needing a hard drive and some sort of CD-ROM, correct??? am i missing anything else? 80gig hard drives are about 50-70 bucks
the only other requirement i need to fill for her is that the computer be able to support an LCD screen, in which case i think i might need a separate video card? so help me make sure i've got everything right for her as it's been a while since i've built a pc. her requirements are 250-300$, good looking, and she wants an LCD screen, which is obviously not included in the 250-300 price quote. any suggestions????
so, i browsed around a little bit on newegg, and the same sempron processor is about $105.00, and one of the cheapest barebone systems i could find which would be either this asus one or this foxconn one the asus one might be a bit better and a better brand name, but the foxconn one looks better and has the matching keyboard and mouse and this girl is definitely concerned w/ looks, so i'm thinking i'd get her the foxconn one.
then i have a 256 meg stick of mushkin pc2700 ddr laying around i could use. that would just leave me needing a hard drive and some sort of CD-ROM, correct??? am i missing anything else? 80gig hard drives are about 50-70 bucks
the only other requirement i need to fill for her is that the computer be able to support an LCD screen, in which case i think i might need a separate video card? so help me make sure i've got everything right for her as it's been a while since i've built a pc. her requirements are 250-300$, good looking, and she wants an LCD screen, which is obviously not included in the 250-300 price quote. any suggestions????
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