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clusterone34

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What's up guys? My family needs a basic pc built for simple tasks like internet, word processing, listening to music, etc. There will be no gaming on this computer at all. If you all could take a look at tell me how it looks, it would be greatly appreciated. Peace.


APEX PC-115 Beige Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 350W Power Supply $24.00

Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 SATA NCQ ST3120827AS 120GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150 $86.50

ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 Socket 939 ULi M1695 ATX AMD Motherboard $65.95

POWERCOLOR R98E-CS3/BULK Radeon 9800SE 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card $77.00

SeaSonic S12-330 ATX12V 330W Power Supply $59.00

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor Model ADA3000BPBOX
$137.00

pqi POWER Series 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered System Memory Model MD4412UOE $34.49

Total: $483.94 (Note: CD drive, monitor, keyboard, and mouse we already have.)

EDIT: I forgot to add the RAM
 
RAM?

At this price point, an OEM might be a better choice. Look at this and see if that or any other of their machines interest you. eMachines has gotten a very good reputation for building rock-solid systems lately, and I think any of the machines there should fit the tasks it'll be asked to do very nicely.

Their cheaper machines have an AGP slot and their more expensive machines have a PCI-E x16 slot -- if you ever decide to upgrade your computer to start playing some games, there's certainly room for expansion (though you might want to switch out for a new PSU if you decide to buy a fast card).
 
At this price point, an OEM might be a better choice.
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If he needed an OS, monitor etc. I would agree. However, this is not the case and building would be a better choice.

The configuration I made above would be perfect.
 
If you're not planning on playing games, I would get the cheapest modern video card you can find. After all, if you do decide to play games on it, you won't want to be playing on a Geforce 6100. You could probably go for a card like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121184

Then again, then 9800SE for $77 seems to be a good buy, since it will not depreciate in value much if you do decide to upgrade.
 
Talonz said:
If you're not planning on playing games, I would get the cheapest modern video card you can find. After all, if you do decide to play games on it, you won't want to be playing on a Geforce 6100. You could probably go for a card like this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121184

Then again, then 9800SE for $77 seems to be a good buy, since it will not depreciate in value much if you do decide to upgrade.
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Why spend the money now? For what he listed the 6100 is more than adequate; if he decides in the future he'd like to play games, its got a PCIe x16 slot he can use.

Also, I guarentee you the onboard on the 6100 is better than the MX4000 you linked to.
 
meatycheesyboy said:
Why spend the money now? For what he listed the 6100 is more than adequate; if he decides in the future he'd like to play games, its got a PCIe x16 slot he can use.

Also, I guarentee you the onboard on the 6100 is better than the MX4000 you linked to.
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Yeah, I guess you're right, if he doesn't use a DVI connection. My bad, I wasn't reading very carefully.
 
CASE: Cooler Master Centurion 541 with 380w PSU - $70
CPU: A64 3000+ Venice - $135
RAM: Corsair ValueSelect 512MB x 2 - $79
MOBO: Asus A8N-VM CSM - $88
HD: Seagate 7200.7 80GB SATA150 - $58
ROM: NEC 3550a 16x DVD+/-RW - $39

Total: $469 (prices put together about two weeks ago on newegg, should be the same or less now)
 
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