budget build... your opinions?

Dark Lord · Jun 13, 2008, 03:39 AM

my parents need a new computer and wanted to stick to about a 300 dollar budget. heres what i came up with.

seagate 7200.10 250gig

ASUS M2A-VM

Antec earthwatts EA430 430W

CORSAIR XMS2 2GB

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisban e

Total - 310.96

i actually cant believe how nice of system you can get now for next to nothing.

Dark Lord · Jun 13, 2008, 05:45 PM

little bump

mkk · Jun 13, 2008, 06:07 PM

Indeed, one can't complain with those figures. Personally I'd look at more RAM(2x2) as I find that useful for any level of system with todays prices. The operating system can always put extra RAM to use.

Dark Lord · Jun 13, 2008, 07:56 PM

i was thinking about that, but 4 gigs for XP and wordpad and internet browsing? i was thinking what i had now was overkill.

RoyBatty · Jun 13, 2008, 08:20 PM

I built similar office system with XP recently and I say even 1 GB is enough for this purpose. Sure DDR2 memory is cheap, but why waste more money? 4 GB is overkill definitely

procupine14 · Jun 13, 2008, 08:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RoyBatty

I built similar office system with XP recently and I say even 1 GB is enough for this purpose. Sure DDR2 memory is cheap, but why waste more money? 4 GB is overkill definitely

yeah i agree. I recently built a system for my parents including a cheap ECS board, 1GB DDR2 Patriot gaming RAM (out of my old system) and an AMD 2400+, with 250GB Seagate Barracuda HDD. IT was way more than enough to do what they do on a computer

Dark Lord · Jun 19, 2008, 05:32 AM

just orderd their system, with a few slight changes.

A64 4800+ X2

Asus M3A-H

OCZ 2x1 DDR2 1066

Antec Earthwatts 430

Seagate 250gig

Total - 390 shipped. 310 after rebates.

and this will be replacing their old Foxconn unknown mobo, Socket A 2600+ Barton, 512megs unknown ram, Power Edge 230w with a might 8A on the 12v rail.

Jun 13, 2008, 03:39 AM	#1
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	budget build... your opinions? my parents need a new computer and wanted to stick to about a 300 dollar budget. heres what i came up with. seagate 7200.10 250gig ASUS M2A-VM Antec earthwatts EA430 430W CORSAIR XMS2 2GB AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisban e Total - 310.96 i actually cant believe how nice of system you can get now for next to nothing. __________________

Jun 13, 2008, 05:45 PM	Thread Starter #2
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	little bump __________________

Jun 13, 2008, 07:56 PM	Thread Starter #4
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	i was thinking about that, but 4 gigs for XP and wordpad and internet browsing? i was thinking what i had now was overkill. __________________

Jun 19, 2008, 05:32 AM	Thread Starter #7
Dark Lord HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 5,945 Rep Power: 125 System Specs	just orderd their system, with a few slight changes. A64 4800+ X2 Asus M3A-H OCZ 2x1 DDR2 1066 Antec Earthwatts 430 Seagate 250gig Total - 390 shipped. 310 after rebates. and this will be replacing their old Foxconn unknown mobo, Socket A 2600+ Barton, 512megs unknown ram, Power Edge 230w with a might 8A on the 12v rail. __________________

Jun 13, 2008, 06:07 PM	#3
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,490 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	Indeed, one can't complain with those figures. Personally I'd look at more RAM(2x2) as I find that useful for any level of system with todays prices. The operating system can always put extra RAM to use.

Jun 13, 2008, 08:20 PM	#5
RoyBatty HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 1,941 Rep Power: 122 System Specs	I built similar office system with XP recently and I say even 1 GB is enough for this purpose. Sure DDR2 memory is cheap, but why waste more money? 4 GB is overkill definitely