Is this a good idea?

[Dangman]

Ok I was reading up on some budget builds for gaming. As I was reading, I kept thinking to myself, "I can get that for much lower." So from that thought, I decided if I can build a budget computer for much less. The computer won't be useful for gaming but for day-to-day tasks like internet and work, it'll be all right.

So is this list any good?

APEX PC-115 Beige Computer Case
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811154017

ECS K8M800-M2 (2.0) Socket 754 VIA K8M800 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813135214

AMD Sempron 64 2800+
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819104245

pqi POWER Series 256MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820141168

Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JB 80GB
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822144122

 

[Psycho]

That sounds like a fine setup for what your looking to do.

 

[rjop455]

If you want to do some gaming I highly suggest you get 512 ram even for internet. My friend has a system close to the one your looking at. He just built his, and only got 256MB which makes my 3 year old computer better for gaming as well as multi tasking because I have 1 GB of ram.

 

[quadnad]

I'd say just make the jump to 512 megs of RAM (just for multitasking's sake), but otherwise that'd be perfect for what you'd like to do.

 

[movax]

1. More RAM from a better brand
2. Bigger HDD...the difference in cost between an 80GB and say a 120 or 160 can be measured in burgers.

 

[quadnad]

1. More RAM from a better brand
2. Bigger HDD...the difference in cost between an 80GB and say a 120 or 160 can be measured in burgers.

1. cheapo ram is fine as long as it's stable at stock clocks/voltage, though I agree with the more ram.
2. he's doing office work. if thats all he does on this computer, something tells me even 80gigs is overkill.

 

[hokatichenci]

Look into a barebones solution as a possibility, I was pricing out cheapo systems for clustering and I found that barebones seemed to be the way to go, though it might be different in your situation. Just something to look at anyways.