Around $400 system - How'd I do?

[mcravenufo]

$89.00 - AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail

$56.00 - Shuttle "AN35N-Ultra" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL

$85.00 - Geil Value Series 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200

$61.99 - Western Digital Special Edition 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model WD800JB, OEM Drive Only

$19.99 - Lite-On White 52X CD-ROM, Model LTN-527T, OEM

$10.99 - SONY Beige 1.44MB 3.5Inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model MPF920, OEM

$74.00 - ANTEC Solution Series Super Mid Tower Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "SLK3700AMB" -RETAIL

$38.00 - POWERCOLOR ATI RADEON 7000 Video Card, 64MB DDR, 64-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 4X AGP, Model "EVIL WIZARD RADEON 7000(RV6D-B3)" -RETAIL

$1.99 - Shipping
-----------------------------------
Total: $436.96


This is NOT going to be use for gaming. This is an attorney's computer which will be used strickly for word processing and the internet.
The video card is a concern. He has a LCD monitor and wants to use DVI.

I assumed AMD would be the cheapest route. I hope he doesn't want Intel.

Any help or suggestions are welcome.

 

[Circuitbreaker8]

I would get hte mobile 2500, they OC a lot higher

 

[dudewth]

You might want to throw in a CD-RW instead of just a CD-ROM. Pretty good otherwise.

 

[mcravenufo]

You might want to throw in a CD-RW instead of just a CD-ROM. Pretty good otherwise.

I did think about that. However, in the essence of saving every penny, I figured I would save the $10 since he wouldn't use it anyway.

 

[dudewth]

I did think about that. However, in the essence of saving every penny, I figured I would save the $10 since he wouldn't use it anyway.

Yea, it really depends on the customer's uses. If he isn't going to use it, then you probably made the right choice.

 

[BB Gun]

Too bad he's insisting on DVI...

365.00 before shipping: http://secure.newegg.com/app/WishR.asp?ID=634193

Just built 4 of these for my kid's school. They all run fine. Temps a touch high at 49 deg C but the ventilation sucks in those cases. Nothing a bit of modding couldn't fix - or a different case. School needed them as small as possible.

BB

 

[Buckus]

I would get hte mobile 2500, they OC a lot higher

The end user isn't looking for ultimate performance, just something fast and reliable. Overclocking is not the way to go in this case, since the person supplying the computer would be liable for any unforseen damage as a result of operating equipment beyond published specifications.

Always know your customer!

Looks like a good setup otherwise, you can get an Nvidia GeForce4 MX with DVI for around $50-60.