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What does your brother want to use it for?

$400 isn't going to get him a whole hell of a lot of computer. An extra $100 would help out a lot.

Also does he have a copy of Windows? Or is that why the computer needs to be $400?
 
nigerian_businessman said:
What does your brother want to use it for?

$400 isn't going to get him a whole hell of a lot of computer. An extra $100 would help out a lot.

Also does he have a copy of Windows? Or is that why the computer needs to be $400?
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He use's it for basic internet, microsoft word, and counter strike

Yes he has a copy of windows vista ultimate
 
Well it helps that he already has Vista. Still, if he can afford to wait, I would still recommend saving up another $100 or so. The difference is pretty drastic.

Here's what I chose for ~$500

Cooler Master Elite 330 Case - $35
Cooler Master eXtreme Power Plus RS-460 460W Power Supply - $40
Gigabyte P35-DS3L Motherboard - $97
Radeon X1650XT GDDR3 256MB - $65
Intel Pentium E2180 2.0ghz Dual Core Processor - $90
A-Data 4GB (2x2GB) PC6400 DDR2-800 Memory Kit - $95
Western Digital 250GB SATA Hard Drive - $65
Sony DVD Burner - $26

Total - $513

I tried to get free shipping when possible. If you wanted to save a couple bucks you could go with a budget 2gb memory kit for about $45 instead of the 4gb. Personally, I think 4gb is worth the extra money.

This build offers many advantages over the $400 build (which is probably about as good as it gets for that amount of money):

  • Faster Intel Processor. 10x multiplier makes for easy overclocking. Better upgrade path than AM2 platform.
  • Motherboard is well regarded as stable with great overclocking potential.
  • 4GB of RAM vs 2GB
  • 250GB Hard drive means you'll be able to fit more than Vista, Counter-Strike, and a few programs on the disk before needing to buy another one.
  • The graphics card, while being somewhat dated, will offer decent performance in most modern games. It's the GDDR3 model so that helps quite a bit. The 8500GT is about 20-30% slower.
 
 
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