Ok, you better thank me with much gratitude, because this took me over 3 hours to complete. So sit down, keep all hands inside the car, and enjoy the ride. *All of these systems do not include Operating System, Monitor, Speakers, Keyboard, or Mouse* All prices are as of 3/13/06 All prices are before Shipping & Handling fees For USA dwellers only You may want to swap and/or add some hardware for better quality, but these are the cheapest prices and/or best quality on a budget --------------------------------------------------------- Low-income PCs- ($0-300) This is for people that want a faster PC than their 500MHz, but do not have much money. Note: this is not aimed for a gaming computer. --------------------------------------------------------- =Micro ATX= BIOSTAR M7NCG 400 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813138234 $59.00 AMD Sempron 2400+ 333MHz FSB Socket A Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819104210 $95.00 Kingston ValueRAM 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820144202 $36.18 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 40GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822140167 $43.00 LITE-ON CD Burner Black IDE Model SOHR-5239V BK RT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827106997 $20.99 NEC Black Internal Floppy Drive Model FD1231H-302 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16821152005 $6.99 APEX TM-302-3 Black/ Silver Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811154052 $36.50 Total: $297.66 =Full ATX= PC CHIPS M811LU ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813185010 $28.99 AMD Sempron 2400+ 333MHz FSB Socket A Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819104210 $95.00 ASUS Radeon 7000 A7000/T/64M Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814121508 $24.50 Kingston ValueRAM 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820144001 $37.29 Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 40GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA133 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822140167 $43.00 LITE-ON CD Burner Black IDE Model SOHR-5239V BK RT http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827106997 $20.99 NEC Black Internal Floppy Drive Model FD1231H-302 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16821152005 $6.99 Rosewill R804BK Black Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811147024 $24.99 Total: $281.75 --------------------------------------------------------- Mid-Range PCs - ($300-800) This is your normal range, for playing games on low-medium settings, doing graphics with PS CS(2) --------------------------------------------------------- =Micro ATX= ASRock K8NF4G-SATA2 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813157084 $58.99 AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 800MHz HT Socket 754 Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819104241 $86.00 G.SKILL 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231029 $64.20 (2 x 32.10) eVGA Geforce 6500 256-P2-N356-LX Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130266 $69.00 ($59.00 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate) Western Digital Caviar 120GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144107 $66.00 NEC Black IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model ND-3550A http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152055 $42.99 APEX TM-302-3 Black/ Silver Computer Case http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811154052 $36.50 Replace stock PSU with: COOLMAX "EZ Wire" CU-400T 400W Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817159047 $59.99 Total: $483.67 =Full ATX= Gigabyte GA-K8NE ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813128308 $66.00 AMD Sempron 64 3000+ 800MHz HT Socket 754 Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819104241 $86.00 G.SKILL 512MB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231029 $64.20 (2 x 32.10) eVGA Geforce 6500 256-P2-N356-LX Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814130266 $69.00 ($59.00 after $10.00 Mail-In Rebate) Western Digital Caviar 120GB 3.5" IDE Ultra ATA100 Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144107 $66.00 NEC Black IDE 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model ND-3550A http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152055 $42.99 XION XION _ Solaris XON-406 Black with Blue LED Light Computer Case With Side Panel Window http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811208013 $39.99 COOLMAX "EZ Wire" CU-400T 400W Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817159047 $59.99 Total: $494.17 --------------------------------------------------------- High-End Gaming Pc- ($800+) This is your hard-core gamers, playing BF2, DOOM3, etc, at full blast. --------------------------------------------------------- =Full ATX= DFI LANPARTY UT NF4 SLI-DR Venus ATX AMD Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813136008 $289.99 AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 1GHz HT Socket 939 Dual Core Processor http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819103545 $546.00 G.SKILL Value 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820231039 $143.28 XFX GeForce 7900 GTX EXTREME (675MHz) 512MB PV-T71F-YDE9 Video Card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814150136 $549.00 Maxtor DiamondMax 10 300GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822144014 $116.00 PLEXTOR Black IDE Slot Load 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model PX-716AL/SW http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827131352 $149.99 ($99.99 after $50.00 Mail-In Rebate) Thermaltake Armor Series VA8000BWS Black Computer Case With Side Panel Window http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811133154 $149.99 ($129.99 after $20.00 Mail-In Rebate) Thermaltake W0057RU-01 PurePower TWV 500W Power Supply http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16817153031 $128.99 Total: $2073.24 If anybody is willing to write one up for non-USA, feel free to add it. Any mistakes or compability issues, let me know.
bit biased for me . ill add an intel system(s) in there. Processor: Intel Pentium D 805 2.66 533 Mhz FSB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819116001 $134.00 Motherboard: ASUS P5SD2-X ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131575 $69.00 RAM: pqi TURBO 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM System Memory http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16820141210 $84.77 ($79.77 after $5.00 Mail-In Rebate) Graphix Card: Sapphire Radeon X1600Pro http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16814102653 $130.00 Hard Drive: Maxtor DiamondMax 10 200GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16822140168 $90.50 CD/DVD R/RW: NEC 16X http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827152058 $37.99 Case: Atrix CSCI-L8005-C43 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16811209002 $50.99 (With mouse, keyboard, and speakers) Again, this has no software packages like XMaster's builds. I guess this would be like mid-class buying. Total-- $597.25 (Without Mail-In Rebates and Without S&H)
not if you want a cheap dual core, intel is the better way to go (when i say cheap, some of you think $300 is cheap for a 14 yr old, its not), $140ish is a really cheap price for a processor that wont be as absolete as lets say a $140 pentium 4
I just turned 15 and bought 450 bucks in computer parts for christmas. actually i was 14 at the time too...plus i just got a new HD, monitor, keyboard and mouse...that totalled out to 390 bucks, so thats almost 850 bucks i've spent of my money on this PC. So yea someone at 14 who has less that 300, well..learn to manage your money? get a job? idk xD btw. Intel Sucks. EDIT: ok anyway tho, for that first set of builds, if you wanted to go intel you can replace to this intel cpu for same price: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16819112203
i also got a ----load into my computer. this past christmas season i got a new processor ($245), motherboard ($50), RAM ($75), CD/DVD drive ($40), and a new case ($90). and for my past birthday i got a 300 gb hdd ($130); in addition to the 160 gb $110 hdd i bought a few weeks ago. so i also have spent a few bucks, around $750ish, and it will be towards $1000 whenever i get a new video card. sure i coulda easily maxed out on one thing, like an x2 +4200 etc, i just didnt feel like doing that, wanted a more balenced computer.
lol i remember I started one of these, lol but never got around to finishing it. Its in an excel spreadsheet somewhere. It will be mentioned in my e-book once I finally put it out. Great list. DeFuZioN
There ok builds. But yeah, maybe add one more for higher level gaming ect. Intel does suck Id only say its ok to buy an intel cpu for a LOW low budget pc. So low that its not even worth buying cause it will be outdated in a month All of intels cpus are horrible and even they know it. Amd beats them everytime. However, intel is coming out with a new processor soon, they did some bench mark tests and it beat the amd fx 60 by FAR. I think intel ditched the hole HyperThreading trash and finally got on the bandwagon. But yeah, it looks like intel might be back in the game soon. Id recommend at least getting a 64 cpu at least. 32 bit will be outdated soon enough ;p
Actually, they don't beat the FX 60 by far(the exception being the rumored conroe XE, though that is sure to cost a small fortune and be hard to obtain due to the inability to be prioduced in volume[it would have to be of the very best silicon as it's clock speed would be far too high for it's core architecture]), they are only marginally behind it. But at predicted retail prices it is far cheaper. Also, they haven't ditched hyperthreading, HT is built into the current core duos, it's just permanently disabled on retail procs as fo this moment. HT does help, just not a ton. googled it http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=29504
