Building The Mad Budget PC

pseizure2000 · Post by **pseizure2000** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 5:19 pm

Okay, so I need some help finding some really budget parts for someone who doesn't really game but needs a decent pc.

Right now I have chosen a GeForce FX 5200 64MB for the budget vidcard since this person won't do any gaming much at all...I don't think you can beat this card, but tell me if you know of one.

So at the top of my treasure hunting list is a good but cheap printer. I think I can reuse their old 56k modem. Some ppl have suggested I make it a mini pc...but I am worried how much that would increase the price as I am building the entire system. And if you have any ideas of a good mobo, shoot. And I think that the Athlon 1700 is the best bet cpu for this one.....any comments?

This pc is basically just for typing, word processing, surfing the net, and emails and such. And maybe a few ancient kiddie games.

Pugsley · Post by **Pugsley** » Mon Apr 12, 2004 9:38 pm

well if you want new get an Epox nForce based mobo. what ever one fits the bill. I think they had one with a inbeded GF4 440.

pseizure2000 · Post by **pseizure2000** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:37 am

Okay I just found out that the max price is 500 dollars without monitor.

BillyGoat · Post by **BillyGoat** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 7:48 pm

My suggestions for a budget system

Shuttle an35 Ultra - Nforce 400 Ultra motherboard 54.00
Amd Mobile 2400+ or Desktop 2500+ 80.00
512 buffalo windbond ch-5 100.00
Hard drive 75.00
Video card - since you like the FX 5200 65.00
Case 50.00
Burner and DVDRom 75.00

Total 499.00

If your down with some overclocking this board will do 3200+ speeds with the mobile 2400 without breaking a sweat

If not the locked barton 2500 is also a nice chip

pseizure2000 · Post by **pseizure2000** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 12:57 am

Nice parts although I could do without the Burner DVDRom and the case is a bit much. I'll also need a floppy drive, kb, speakers, mouse, and printer. Basically I need everything except a monitor and the kitchen sink.

CaterpillarAssassin · Post by **CaterpillarAssassin** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:34 pm

here. All from newegg. Prices probably went down by now...This was about a month ago.

59 Shuttle KM400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU, Model "MK40VN" -RETAIL
44 AMD Duron 1.8GHz Socket A Processor - OEM
42 Mushkin Basic Green 184 Pin 256MB DDR PC-2700 - Retail
10 SPEEZE 60 mm Socket A/ 370 Cooling kit , Model "5R058B3-H" -RETAIL
44 APEX Beige Mid-Tower Super Case with 350W Power Supply, Model "7C574-115"
71 SAMSUNG 80GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model SP0802N, OEM Drive only
10 SONY Beige 1.44MB 3.5Inch Floppy Disk Drive, Model MPF920, OEM
43 MSI Beige 52X32X52 CD-RW Drive, Model CR52-M, Retail
30 SONY 16X DVD-ROM Drive, Model DDU1621(DDU1611), OEM
18.50 KEYBOARD-2000 KB-558BB/P Keyboard and Optical Mouse Combo PS2 104keys -RETAIL
8 CINTRE RW-695 2-Piece Speakers - RETAIL
64 Epson Stylus C64 Photo printer, 17 PPM, 5760 x 1440 DPI, Color/B&W

Total:
443.50

Onboard vid and sound. Add $140 for decent monitor. Add 95 for winxp home. you can search for the exact phrase that i put here and come up with the item. Newegg may be a little more expensive. But you can have all the parts to you door in like 3 days (at least to here in MA)

smb · Post by **smb** » Sun Apr 25, 2004 2:43 pm

Get them one of the DVD/CD-RW combo's from Newegg. They work pretty Good, and they are relatively Cheap.