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Im building a budget PC for a broke friend (he just moved to his own place and doesnt have a computer),...i need suggestions on a mobo and cpu,..remember he is broke but he doesnt want a computer that will load soltaire five minutes after he clicks,...im gonna build using athlon,..what mobo and cpu from newegg should i go with? he does not game,...all he will be using this computer for is surfing the web,...and he would like to view videos without a problem,..like downloading TV shows and viewing them without problems
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813127220 ABIT NV8 Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce4 4X ATX AMD Motherboard $69.50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103485 AMD Athlon 64 2800+ $114
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227039 OCZ Value Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) $73 w/ MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121200 ASUS EN6600/TD/128M/Silencer Geforce 6600 128MB DDR PCI Express x16 $104
Total: $371.94
Not a bad system, I wouldn't mind owning that myself.
I choose that vid card cause it just has a big heat sink on it and no fan, it'll be quieter that way and if he never games, why make the extra noise and extra power... just a waste. But there are cheaper cards with the same chipsets. Not much cheaper... maybe $5-10... but still cheaper.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103485 AMD Athlon 64 2800+ $114
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820227039 OCZ Value Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) $73 w/ MIR
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814121200 ASUS EN6600/TD/128M/Silencer Geforce 6600 128MB DDR PCI Express x16 $104
Total: $371.94
Not a bad system, I wouldn't mind owning that myself.
I choose that vid card cause it just has a big heat sink on it and no fan, it'll be quieter that way and if he never games, why make the extra noise and extra power... just a waste. But there are cheaper cards with the same chipsets. Not much cheaper... maybe $5-10... but still cheaper.
Last edited by clickwir; Jan 13, 2006 at 09:28 AM.
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shoulda told me...i just sold mine this week for 350
My PC for Sale:
Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton)
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe Motherboard
1 Gig of PC3200 Ram (2x512 - One is a Kingston HyperX Stick)
200 Gig Maxtor PATA HD
NEC ND-2550 8x8x16x Dual Layer Burner
Sony CD-burner 48x??x52 (Think it might be slightly broken - Burns at like 24x but the dvd burner burns cd's too)
ATI X800XL - Used 2 Months
Antec TrueBlue 400W PS
My PC for Sale:
Athlon XP 2500+ (Barton)
Asus A7N8X-Deluxe Motherboard
1 Gig of PC3200 Ram (2x512 - One is a Kingston HyperX Stick)
200 Gig Maxtor PATA HD
NEC ND-2550 8x8x16x Dual Layer Burner
Sony CD-burner 48x??x52 (Think it might be slightly broken - Burns at like 24x but the dvd burner burns cd's too)
ATI X800XL - Used 2 Months
Antec TrueBlue 400W PS
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budget is as cheap as possible,...he didnt give me a limit cause he doesnt know how much he has to spend yet,...i just know that it pretty much has to be a bottom of the line computer that can surf the web and watch videos