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$600 computer?
Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 10:30 pm
by Incognito
Ok so my parents want me to put together a MAX $600 system. Nothing too fancy (obviously) just something thats reliable. You know...the internet, office programs etc.
*need DVD burner.
i already have a keyboard, monitor, floppy drive, speakers.
thanks...in advance.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:20 am
by deleted_acct
So you need Case Mobo Proc Ram Psu Gcard harddrive dvd burner
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:40 am
by deleted_acct
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 1:47 am
by fatfreepork
the 2500+ used to be a nice processor....when it was unlocked and you could push the hell out of it. but now that the xp's are locked, look into the AMD mobiles preferably the 2400+ or 2600+ and you could take those to 2.5ghz on air! they are cheap and unbelievably fast. When i benchmarked my mobile and FX-51 with pretty much the same specs, the fx was obviously higher but not by much. Nice mobo choice though you could try the NF7-s, good ram, try to find a seagate hd and if no gaming, then heck get the 9200 solely because its like 5 bucks more and it's a hell whole better! But 600$ is more than enough for a office system, of course your simple DEll would make a great computer and those are like $399 w/ monitor.
Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2004 3:37 am
by Joel
This is a computer for parents.
Think
small.
MicroATX.
Mobo - CHAINTECH 7NIF2
CPU - Athlon 2500+
RAM - Crucial 512MB
DVD Burner - Aopen
Graphics - Onboard motherboard; GF4
Hard Drive - Hitachi 80GB 7200RPM 8MB Cache
Case - Athenatech MicroATX w/PSU
Total: $ 424.99
Good price, nice office system.
Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:59 pm
by deleted_acct
fatfreepork wrote:the 2500+ used to be a nice processor....when it was unlocked and you could push the hell out of it. but now that the xp's are locked, look into the AMD mobiles preferably the 2400+ or 2600+ and you could take those to 2.5ghz on air! they are cheap and unbelievably fast. When i benchmarked my mobile and FX-51 with pretty much the same specs, the fx was obviously higher but not by much. Nice mobo choice though you could try the NF7-s, good ram, try to find a seagate hd and if no gaming, then heck get the 9200 solely because its like 5 bucks more and it's a hell whole better! But 600$ is more than enough for a office system, of course your simple DEll would make a great computer and those are like $399 w/ monitor.
Never oc a customer or parents or old persons computer.
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:03 am
by Joel
Chillinhh wrote:Never oc a customer or parents or old persons computer.
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 6:48 am
by zooner
needs dvd burner?
think bigger hard drive folks!!
I'd go for a 120-160gig sata.
thinking for parents??
I'd for for a p4 setup myself, more reliable. period.
I'd use onboard video/sound/lan
perhaps even TWO hard drives because they intend on either copying dvd's or creating them. install a freeware backup program too, to do a weekly backup for documents folder etc.
plan on spending the full 600 and give them a system that'll last.
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 10:28 am
by deleted_acct
zooner wrote:needs dvd burner?
think bigger hard drive folks!!
I'd go for a 120-160gig sata.
thinking for parents??
I'd for for a p4 setup myself, more reliable. period.
I'd use onboard video/sound/lan
perhaps even TWO hard drives because they intend on either copying dvd's or creating them. install a freeware backup program too, to do a weekly backup for documents folder etc.
plan on spending the full 600 and give them a system that'll last.
160 Gig Sata for a parents computer
Do yout hink that parents are gonna be ripping 32 Dvds to there hard drive
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:39 am
by Joe
Chillinhh wrote:Never oc a customer or parents or old persons computer.
ditto