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Posted: **Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:12 pm**

My brother wants me to build him a new rig. He bought a Nvidia Gefoce 9400GT card, and realized that it would not install in his current mobo (agp slot). He does not need a quad core, but a dual would work nicely for him. He's planning on running XP pro, so it would need 2 gigs of ram as well. He will more than likely need a new power supply to drive the 9400GT card. Any suggestions?

Posted: **Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:29 pm**

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813131335

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819115037

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820148206

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817256012

Might be a start

Posted: **Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:45 pm**

Or if you don't want to build: http://shrunklink.com/bktq

Dell Vostro 210. If you take the base configuration and upgrade the CPU to an E8400, and drop the monitor entirely, you get a nice system for $509 + tax, no shipping, and just drop in your vid card (it has a PCI-E 16x video card slot)

System Details:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic, Service Pack 1
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 (3.0GHz, 6M, L2Cache, 1333FSB)
No Pre-installed Productivity Software
1 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 1 Year NBD On-Site Service
No Monitor
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz - 2DIMMs
Single Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner Drive
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Integrated Video, Intel® GMA X4500HD
No Media Reader
No Modem Option
Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio
McAfee Total Protection for Small Business 30-day Subscription Service
Adobe Acrobat Reader
No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Dell USB Keyboard
Dell Optical USB Mouse
Resource CD and DVD
Vostro 220 Mini-Tower
Intergrated PCIE 10/100/1000

Detailed Specs here: http://shrunklink.com/bkts

Posted: **Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:26 pm**

Tom's Hardware has a review of 6 sub $100 core 2 duo motherboards:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/int ... ,2110.html

Posted: **Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:26 pm**

FlyingPenguin wrote:Or if you don't want to build: http://shrunklink.com/bktq

Dell Vostro 210. If you take the base configuration and upgrade the CPU to an E8400, and drop the monitor entirely, you get a nice system for $509 + tax, no shipping, and just drop in your vid card (it has a PCI-E 16x video card slot)

Detailed Specs here: http://shrunklink.com/bkts

+1 ...and you get the warranty to back it up, so you're not stuck on additional support duty for your brother. ok, well...maybe LESS support duty.

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