new build for father.

[Valset]

My father runs a radio ministry and has one hell of an old pc that he uses. its a athlon XP with 1gb ram and an IGA.

as this is a ministry the budget is limited. so I am going to try and use his old e machine case, HD (80gb but he doesn't use much of it). I am planing to replace the PSU to a more modern 12 volt heavy version for future needs. For cost considerations I am going IG so that to me is going with AMD 780G board. Here is what I have so far, and for once TG seems the better option over the egg

49.99 AR 30 dollars BFG 650 (old version) on special
74.99 ECS 780G motherboard
109.99 64X2 black edition combo with 2gb OCZ PC6400 ram

for a total of 248.97 AR. I have a couple of spare AM2 heat sinks laying around.

can I give him anything better in this price range?

 

[engiNURD]

What's TG? you mean TD? Are you near a Fry's? If so, get this:

$120 - E7200 + ECS GF7050VT-M
$25AR - 2GB Corsair
$25AR - Thermaltake 430W

 

[Rydawg5143]

eng likes the fry setup it seems, wish i had one near me for easy build on the cheap

 

[engiNURD]

eng likes the fry setup it seems, wish i had one near me for easy build on the cheap

Fry's combos are great for budget builds. Heck, if the E2200 Combo was still around, I'd recommend that for this guy instead, since its only $80.

 

[Valset]

no fry around, in Mo. wish there was I could save his church some money. wish they had that online.

anything else? if not I am going to order tomorrow I think

 

[engiNURD]

If newegg would let you sort through their combos better, I'd search for a better deal... but their combo deal search sucks, lol. So, what you have looks good, I guess.

 

[Valset]

I will look through there again.