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Who built the cheap PC?

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Atragon

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A few weeks ago, someone posted a $55? PC...who was it, and bonus points for links to the original thread! (Why am I asking? so I can build my own cheapassPC)
 
I think even that kind of swearing isn't gonna fly in a thread title. . . read the rules to refresh.

I remember the guy who did it, but the only reason it was THAT cheap was because he had a few parts already IIRC.
 
Sorry, I didn't know cheapass was swearing.

I thought it was so cheap because he got a few nice rebates on the MB and RAM. Though I could have been wrong. (IIRC it had 3 componants... 1 case, 1 MB/w all integrated, 1 stick of RAM.)
 
Yeah I remember that thread. Don't have a link to it, though. I think he got one of those tigerdirect motherboards that had everything on it and it was like $5 AR. I think his memory was about $20 AR and his case was about $20. That should get a bootable computer right there. Obviously monitor and other stuff were recycled.

btw, I had 'assblaster blitzkrieg'(from tremors 3) in my sig at one point, and a mod yelled at me for having cussing in a sig. :rolleyes: Whatever.
 
either that or he ran it headless with VNC. I'm especially wondering what MB he used.
 
Originally posted by Atragon
either that or he ran it headless with VNC. I'm especially wondering what MB he used.
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Yeah it was a tigerdirect board now that I think about it. And yeah, the monitor, kb, mouse, etc were all recycled. So before rebates, I bet it was around $150-200, after rebates $55 or so, and add another $100 or so if you don't have monitor/kb/mouse/cabling.
 
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