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cnick79

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What parts would one need to build a very low power usage PC? I would like to have a spare XP machine I can use to remote connect to my work's PC.

There are only 3 goals:
1) Cheap
2) Small
3) Low power consumption
 
I recommend starting with this motherboard. It won't win any speed awards, but it should be okay for a backup machine, and it is small and low power usage.
 
A miniITX build, as ilikecake was referring to, would meet your latter two requirements. (Depending on your budget, you may or may not hit the "cheap" criteria.)

A sample build would be...

$70 - Intel BOXD945GCLF/Intel Atom processor 230 Combo (ilikecake's recommendation)
$37 - A-DATA 2GB DDR2 667 single DIMM (free shipping)
$39 - Western Digital 80GB SATA HDD
(optical drive optional)
$56 - APEX MI-100 Mini-ITX tower with 250W PSU (free shipping)
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$202 - Subtotal (not including shipping, taxes, or rebates)

... though you may also want to check out Logic Supply and Mini-Box.com for more miniITX parts.
 
tiraides said:
A miniITX build, as ilikecake was referring to, would meet your latter two requirements. (Depending on your budget, you may or may not hit the "cheap" criteria.)

A sample build would be...

$70 - Intel BOXD945GCLF/Intel Atom processor 230 Combo (ilikecake's recommendation)
$37 - A-DATA 2GB DDR2 667 single DIMM (free shipping)
$39 - Western Digital 80GB SATA HDD
(optical drive optional)
$56 - APEX MI-100 Mini-ITX tower with 250W PSU (free shipping)
=====
$202 - Subtotal (not including shipping, taxes, or rebates)

... though you may also want to check out Logic Supply and Mini-Box.com for more miniITX parts.
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Thanks for the links. I have a lot of options to choose from. I would like to go cheap as possible but looking through all of these options I start saying "well it's only X more dollars for this feature" and "it would be cool to have this in case I needed it."

The Asus Eee Box looks pretty good too.
 
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