i need like a $400 computer

[rcf1987]

my friends mom needs a computer all we need is the guts and a copy of windows. she has a monitor, mouse and keyboard and i have a 500w silverstone psu im giving her. it doesnt need to have much in the gaming department but something for watching movies would be nice

 

[Dangman]

Just get her a laptop (Inspiron 15 (1545) for $400) and be done with it:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/...ular_laptops?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&redirect=1

 

[Deluded]

Do you have a microcenter near you?

http://www.microcenter.com/specials...ium=tower_bnr&utm_campaign=hmpg_amdbundle0406

 

[Menelmarar]

Just get her a laptop (Inspiron 15 (1545) for $400) and be done with it:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/...ular_laptops?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&redirect=1

This.

Or Dell Outlet.

 

[minishotglass]

There are a LOT of deals floating around slickdeals.net I see desktops and laptops hover around the $400 territory. My recommendation is do some searching there. I bought my last two laptops through their "front page deals" and highly recommend it.

 

[hossdaddy]

how about this?

Combo: AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz + ASUS M4A785TD-M EVO AM3 AMD 785G $134.98
Combo: Rosewill Blackbone Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower + Sony Optiarc 24X DVD/CD Rewritable Drive Black SATA $46.98
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit $99.99 + fs
Kingston ValueRAM 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 $56.99
Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKS 320GB $49.99 + fs
Total: $388.93

Notes:
Most have free shipping although you never can tell with combos!
The onboard video is quite solid. If you want a dedicated gpu we could shuffle things around and maybe bump the budget by $50.
mobo has 4 ram slots so plenty of room for expansion.
all current sockets and ram types, no eol here.

 

[Dangman]

Apparently the OP already has a legit OS key.

 

[hossdaddy]

"my friends mom needs a computer all we need is the guts and a copy of windows." Pretty sure he needs an os.

 

[Dangman]

"my friends mom needs a computer all we need is the guts and a copy of windows." Pretty sure he needs an os.

And I stand corrected

 

[hossdaddy]

/me passes DannyBui a Starbucks to wake up!

 

[Nighted]

R.E.F.U.R.B.

Probably the way go at that price point...and she gets a full warranty and tech support (whatever that means now).

For $450 CDN:

AMD Athlon II X2 240 Dual-Core 2.80GHz

3GB DDR3 RAM

500GB HDD

NVIDIA GEForce 6150 SE

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

1 Year Parts & Labour

It's a Compaq though.

 

[dajet24]

dell outlet way to go for sub 400 bucks watch it in early mornings they got a 20% off coupon on bensbargains i think right now also. code BDNR8HLRPK?MD7

Got my folks a decent core2 machine couple years back for under 300

 

[engiNURD]

indeed, if you don't go for a Fry's or Microcenter bundle, definitely go with a dell deal (or some other oem deal). Example of dell deal:

Dell Small Business has a deal on Dell Vostro 230 desktops (in mini & slim) with:

• 2.7Ghz Intel Pentium Dual-Core E5400 w/VT,
• 2GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333Mhz,
• 160GB hard drive,
• 16x DVD-ROM,
• Windows 7 Home Premium,
• 1 year warranty,
• 20" Dell E2010H LCD monitor. Expires 4/21/10.

* $409: DELL VOSTRO 230 MINI TOWER DESKTOP DEAL