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- Jan 29, 2008
Putting together a budget build for my mother as a (although somewhat late) Christmas gift. The computer will mostly be used for browsing, email, burning cd/dvds, (I omitted a DVD-RW since I have a few laying around) and light MS Office work. She'll be doing a small amount of gaming, but nothing that warrants a dedicated graphics card (mostly hunting/fishing/casino games that don't require much at all).
Just thought I'd run this past you guys to make sure I'm not spending money needlessly (as in, you know of a better deal for something). Being as this is a budget build, I'd like to keep it cheap as possible, but I'd like to at least get her a dual core. She's running an old P4 on a 468 I believe currently. OS isn't an issue - I've got plenty of licenses for XP and later that I haven't used yet.
Case - Rosewill Wind Knight Case - $49.99 + Free Shipping
Motherboard - ASROCK AM3 - $79.99 + Free Shipping
CPU - Athlon II 240 Regor - $58.00 + Free Shipping
RAM - G.SKILL 2x1GB 1333Mhz - $53.99
HDD - WD 250GB Blue - $47.99 + Free Shipping
PSU - Corsair 400CX - $49.99 + Free Shipping
Subtotal - $339.95
Shipping - $5.99
Total - $345.94
Not too shabby for a dual-core system. I had considered going the LGA 775 route with an E5200, but I'm not a big fan of EOL products. I figure with at least going AM3, there's a possibility for upgrades down the road should it be required, which is why I also selected that motherboard since it's one of the cheaper boards with 4 DIMM banks. (And the HD 4200 video)
Thoughts, opinions, critiques?
Thanks guys!
Just thought I'd run this past you guys to make sure I'm not spending money needlessly (as in, you know of a better deal for something). Being as this is a budget build, I'd like to keep it cheap as possible, but I'd like to at least get her a dual core. She's running an old P4 on a 468 I believe currently. OS isn't an issue - I've got plenty of licenses for XP and later that I haven't used yet.
Case - Rosewill Wind Knight Case - $49.99 + Free Shipping
Motherboard - ASROCK AM3 - $79.99 + Free Shipping
CPU - Athlon II 240 Regor - $58.00 + Free Shipping
RAM - G.SKILL 2x1GB 1333Mhz - $53.99
HDD - WD 250GB Blue - $47.99 + Free Shipping
PSU - Corsair 400CX - $49.99 + Free Shipping
Subtotal - $339.95
Shipping - $5.99
Total - $345.94
Not too shabby for a dual-core system. I had considered going the LGA 775 route with an E5200, but I'm not a big fan of EOL products. I figure with at least going AM3, there's a possibility for upgrades down the road should it be required, which is why I also selected that motherboard since it's one of the cheaper boards with 4 DIMM banks. (And the HD 4200 video)
Thoughts, opinions, critiques?
Thanks guys!