My less than $250 build

[dhuang]

Econo Box - For web browsing, email, office work - eventually will be used as a large heavy paper weight.

Motherboard: MSI MBOX P4M900M2-L Intel Socket T - Motherboard
CPU: Intel Celeron 420 Conroe-L 1.6GHz
CPU HSF: Intel Celeron 420 Conroe-L 1.6GHz - HSF
RAM: pqi POWER Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 667 (PC2 5400)
GPU: Via S3
Sound Card: MSI MBOX P4M900M2-L Intel Socket T - Onboard
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar WD800BB 80GB 7200 RPM - OEM
Media Drive: ASUS Black ATAPI/E-IDE DVD-ROM Drive - OEM
PSU: MSI MBOX P4M900M2-L Intel Socket T - 300W PSU
Case: MSI MBOX P4M900M2-L Intel Socket T - Case
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional 32-bit
Keyboard: Logitech Black 104 Normal Keys PS/2 Mouse Included - OEM
Mouse: Logitech Black 104 Normal Keys PS/2 Mouse Included - OEM

I'm doing less than $250 after shipping. If there was a way to shave cost, I would take it in a heartbeat!

I have a 400w thermaltake PSU that I can throw in if the one in the MSI box craps out.

Any opinions are greatly appreciated!

 

[gwarren007]

I would change the ram to a single stick (to add more later) like corsair 675 ( save 2.00 ), and I would never put a regular dvd rom drive when I could get a burner for 4.00 more.