I'm trying to find a good but cheap computer that my family can afford to buy me since I dont have a job at the moment. So I came up with a example of a computer I like and I would like if anyone could give suggestions for a different computer or if I customized computer would be better and what parts do you suggest. Example: General Model name 8258HBU Description Lenovo 3000 J105 Web Price* $679.00 IBM Financing Advantage*** $22.00/mo. for 36 mos. Software[12] Operating system provided Genuine Windows XP Professional Productivity applications Corel Small Business Center featuring WordPerfect Office 12;Diskeeper Lite;Lenovo Care;Lenovo Password Manager;Lotus Notes Stand-alone Client (license);Lotus SmartSuite Millennium edition (license);ThinkVantage System Update Communications applications[9] Adobe Acrobat Reader Utility applications Norton Internet Security (OEM Edition) with 90 days of virus definition updates;PC Doctor diagnostics;ThinkVantage Rescue and Recovery Multimedia applications InterVideo WinDVD Creator;Intervideo WinDVD;Roxio Digital Media Basic Edition Supported operating system Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Novell Linux Desktop 9, Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4, TurboLinux 10.0 Architecture Slots x bays total (available) 4(4) x 4(2) Orientations allowed Vertical Bus type/architecture PCI Form factor Tower Processor Processor (CPU) AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Processor speed[1] 2.2 GHz Internal L2 cache memory size 512 KB System memory Memory (RAM) std/max[8] 1GB / 2GB RAM slots total 2 DIMM RAM slots available 0 DIMM Module specifications PC3200 RAM type DDR SDRAM Memory speed 400 MHz Hard drive Interface type supported Integrated Serial ATA Hard disk size (GB)[4] 250 GB Interface type Serial ATA Hard drive speed (RPM) 7200 Graphics Graphics type 2D/3D Graphics bus interface AGP 8X Max colors 16777216 Description S3 Graphics Uniblockedome Pro IGP Video RAM type DDR Max resolution 1600x1200 16777216 colors Optical device Optical device DVD Recordable (Dual Layer) Device interface EIDE Optical device speed[5] 40X Max Communications Ethernet description 10/100 Ethernet Ethernet interface type Ethernet-Integrated Ethernet on motherboard Yes Audio Description Integrated AC97 Audio Audio on planar Yes Security Security features Boot sequence control, Boot without keyboard or mouse, Configuration password, Diskette boot inhibit, Parallel port I/O control, Power on password, Serial port I/O control Standard features Keyboard type[11] Preferred Pro Full size PS/2 Mouse USB Optical Wheel Mouse Limited warranty[7] Type of service[13] Limited Onsite Warranty Limited warranty period One year parts and labor Expansion options Slots total (available) and type 1(1) AGP,3(3) PCI Full height Plug and play support Yes Port connectors 2 USB 2.0 (front), 4 USB 2.0 (back), External Display, External Microphone / Line in (back), External Microphone / Line in (front), Headphone / Line out (back), Headphone / Line out (front), Keyboard (PS/2), Mouse, Parallel, RJ-45, Serial Expansion bus type PCI BIOS type Flash ROM Weight & dimensions Weight[2] 20.3 lbs Height 15.40 in Width 7.10 in ------------------------------------- The above example might be hard to read, thanks though.
1. what will you and/or your family use it for? gaming? gfx? 2. what is your budget, and do you need monitor, keyboard, mouse, XP? 3. just give us a link to this computer idea..
socket 754 athlon 64 3000+ 1GB RAM in 2 512mb strips(not dual channel though) no GFX card AGP GFX port. relatively limited upgrade route on the whole not sure about the monitor... it's acceptable, check the link to what I had above, c2d + monitor and an acceptabe GFX card for 730, 530 w/o monitor.
