Building your own PC

[johnie]

Originally posted by random_fool
I don't expect anyone to agree with me, but after 13 years of building my own, I stopped.

I buy new computers, now. It's cheaper. You can't keep up with the economies of scale that benefit the Dells of the world.

P4, 2.8 GHz for $299. How can you compete with that? You can't. Take the cheap, fast system with a warranty, and walk away happy.

I mentioned that. At the low end it has been cheaper or not more expensive to buy from WalMart or Sub 300 PC or [Name your discount dealer] for about 3 years.

Now these dealers don't typically deal in the custom stuff and form factor stuff.

Now I can Spec out a Dirt Cheap Puter Using Tiger Direct;

1. PCChips Flex ATX Embeded C3 Mobo Intergrated Sound, Video, LAN- 69.99 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...&sku=P459-1000

2. SOYO Black Mid Tower with 350 Power supply, Keyboard, speakers, and Mouse - Free after Rebate http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...506067&CatId=0

3. Seagate 7,200 RPM 40 GB Hard Drive With Linspire Pre-Installed - 69.99 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...0AA3%20LINDOWS

4. Viking 256 MB DDR 266MHz RAM 31.99 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...3662&CatId=838

5. Toshiba 8X Dvd+/-RW 49.99 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...0&Sku=P34-2018

Grand Total after Rebates is 221.96 (You could use less memory, cheaper Hard Drive, and a CD Burner and get it down to about 150)

[Ultima Designs]

Uh...you forgot a processor in your above example. That computer would just kind of sit there as it is now.

[johnie]

Originally posted by Ultima Designs
Uh...you forgot a processor in your above example. That computer would just kind of sit there as it is now.

No I didn't.

The MOBO has an Intergrated C3 Ezra 800 in it. Although to be honest you would be better off getting a Cheaper Micro-Atx Mobo and buying a C3 Nehimiah 1000 (Tiger Direct sells them for $39.99)

OOPS!!! Its actually a C3 Sam 2 Intergrated on that board. After you said something I looked around and indeed the SAM II is directly intergrated into the board (No Upgrade possibilities).

[Ultima Designs]

Oh, whoops, my bad. Not like that computer would be able to do much of anything, though. You could cheap out, however, and for a few bucks more get a cheap-o mobo and low-end Athlon or Celeron processor...

[PCRIDE]

HD40WDBB 40GB Western Digital 7200RPM HD $55.89
$55.89
MBPMB863G SKT A PC Chips M863G All-in-one MicroATX MB $55.99

AMDSMP24RET AMD Sempron 2400+ SKT A CPU
$68.19
KRAM266256 Kingston Ram 256MB DDR 266Mhz
$53.99
CAS917 ATX Mid Tower 4+2 350w/PS P4 Front USB/Audio $38.19 $





$272.25



or


A1938658
Intel Celeron 2.4GHz 400MHz FSB
Unit price: $79.99
A4303292
256MB DDR333 PC2700 Memory
Unit price: $43.99
A3450935
40GB 7200RPM Maxtor IDE Hard Drive ATA133
Unit price: $59.99
A4800451
*M/B, ABIT SG 71 P4 SIS 651M-L DDR mATX
Unit price: $55.99

CAS917 ATX Mid Tower 4+2 350w/PS P4 Front USB/Audio $38.19 $




Sub-total: $288.96


way better than that C3 chip, what ever that was, take your choice AMD or Intel.

oh I forgot the DVD writer @ 59 was the cheapest I found.

add winhome 100.00
monitor with mouse and keyboard 120.00

your good to go, speakers are about 15 bucks for decent internet speakers.

[PCRIDE]

so your lookin at about


567.00 for that, and that would be better for quality parts than the genaric mobo you get from gateway and dell.