Very Inexpensive System

[r-486]

What's a cheap desktop somewhere in the range of $300-400 or cheaper? No display screen, mouse, keyboard, or other peripheral devices are needed. The user doesn't need anything special. Onboard audio and video should suffice. An operating system isn't necessarily needed.

 

[Bleedblue12345]

buy one from dell or prebuilt, no need to build one yourself at that price. I was at circuit city the other weekend and saw an acer computer with the following:

something liek an x2 5000+ (atleast a 5000+)
2gb ram
vista home premium 32-bit
onboard video (x1250 ati)
onboard sound
decent case
a 250-320gb hd (cant remember)
and some other stuff

all of that was like $250

 

[engiNURD]

I agree, if the system won't be catering to any specific needs, a prebuilt would be ideal. Check gotapex.com for good dell deals (and other system deals as well).

If you'd rather build it yourself, do you have a Fry's near you? If so, they've got a combo deal right now, $80 for an E2180 and ECS 945GC mobo. They've also got some OCZ RAM for $55 - $30MIR. Find a cheap HDD for $50, use onboard video/lan/audio, pickup an optical drive for around $25, and an Antec NSK4480 for around $70. If you're reading this on 1/19, you can order the Antec SonataIII for $75 and get a $25MIR: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1264846

 

[r-486]

I never said I was going to build it. She is going to end up getting someone else's for free. I didn't bother looking around much further. I did find a Dell Inspiron 530s/531s for around $350 on their official website. I thought I remember reading in an article something about Wal-Mart or some retailer selling Linux systems for very cheap. I can't remember.

 

[engiNURD]

I never said I was going to build it.

I never said you were going to build it, either. I said, "If you'd rather build it yourself..." ... and since you'd rather not, you can ignore the rest of the paragraph. See how that works?