Cheap Computer

[Spikesoldier]

ok kiddies - go and try to put a barebone system together and post grand totals and specs here

include price and site name in description

Must be all new parts, and no auction sites and no buying in 1000 quanities either

 

[Pepsi90919]

oxymoron

 

[RSI]

dude, did that game of SC fry your brain or something? WTF is this doing in OT?

Anyways... no. I'm too lazy.

-RSI

 

[PhaZe]

1- need a budget to set the base
2- try forsale/fortrade forum? might get a better description and system configuration

 

[t3chvest]

I'm gonna bend the rules a little bit, but I bet you 99/100 poeple here didn't buy all retail. I happen to have a.txt with all my expenses so you're in luck. All these are rounded up 5 and include shipping btw. Everything is retail unless otherwise noted.

200 - WD 80gb 7200rpm, 75 MIR (fry's)
160 - OEM (1yr warranty) XP 1700 (place off pricewatch)
115 - Radeon 7500 (for sale/trade)
90 - Lite-On 24x (newegg)
75 - ECS K7VTA3 (pricewatch)
70 - Antec, 10 MIR (fry's)
60 - used ram (for sale/trade)
35 - fans/heatsink (Micro Center)
30 - Midiland 6peice speaker system (fry's)
9 - Network Card(for sale/trade)
10 - HDD cooler (fry's)
10 - usb 4 port hub, 5 MIR (fry's)
6 - tool set (Micro Center)
2 - keyboard (fry's)
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872-90MIR = 782 total (I made some corrections and didn't calculate, may be a little off)

I know you said barebones and cheap, but hey why not throw in the rest of the system... I'm sure you guys'll get over it.

edit>> sp

 

[Squisher]

I'm building my sister a computer right now, but she doesn't know about it because I'm doing on the cheap and I figure It'll take time through Hot Deals & For Sale/Trade Forums. So far:

$30 Case w/300 watt PS - From a guy at work
$75 1.4 GHz T-bird - For Sale
$67 Matrox G450 - For Sale
$15 Intel hardware modem - For Sale
$30 7200rpm 20GB Maxtor - Hot Deals
$7 Floppy - For Sale
$25 56X Cdrom - Newegg

She's got an OS so $250 so far, still looking for a cdrw, and mobo(leaning toward the new soltek $93). So, for close to $400 she should have a rock'n 2d machine.