whats the cheapest you can bulid this system for?

[thekingofpain]

Just built something similar, Computerfair special:
800 Duron/FOP38
KT7E m/b
128 PC133 Micron
7200 20g IBM removable rack
52x Cd
floppy
300 watt 4 front bay case
10/100 Nic
[Old VooDoo3 I had]
Mandrake 8 OS
Under 400$
BONUS---runs happily at 1060mhz

[hallam2003]

i got a little under 700, shipped to central IL, that added nearly $60. you picked an expensive MOBO, especially for running a duron, you probably should have went with a 200FSB mobo, unless you plan on getting a t-bird in the near future. pretty good price though.

Hallam

[WinOS2Mac]

Yeah He wants to eventually upgrade it to a better, faster cpu. I also bought everything from PCCLUB here in california and Fry's.

It works and he was able to afford it so all the better.

Thanks.

I was also going to construct a 1.2Ghz Althon based system for my uncle but he want's to be able to upgrade it , not like those Compaq systems that you buy that only have 1 available PCI and no more room for anything.

What would you suggest?

Im looking for...
-1.2 Ghz athlon
-512 MB RAM
-40+GB Hard drive
-32MB More Video (thinking about the GeForce 2)
-NIC
-17'Monitor
-16X CD-Burner
-Soundblaster Live
-good MOBO. 200FSB?

I did an estimate and It came out to aboe $1,400 with monitor (no printer)


any thoughts?

thanks!

[WinOS2Mac]

-800 MHz Duron CPU *Duron
-512MB Micron PC-133 Memory *Micron
-20GB Hard Drive (UDMA/100 5400rpm) *Seagate
-32MB Video Memory *TNT
-56K Modem *HSP
-52X CD-ROM *Generic
-Floppy Disk Drive *Generic
-17' Monitor *Futura
-Standard Win98 Keyboard *Generic
-Logitec scroll mouse *Logitec
-MSI K7T Turbo KT133A 266FSB *MSI
-Mid-ATX PCCLUB Tower ($59) *Generic


Just wondering because i built it for my Uncle and it cost about $720.

[struggles]

AsusTek A7V133 VIA KT133A Socket A, UDMA100, ATX, Retail Box With CPU+ fan /heatsink - AMD Athlon Tbird 1.2GHz(200FSB) $ 257

512MB 168 Pins 64X4 PC133 density. $ 49

IBM 35L040A (07N6654) 40.0GB Deskstar, Ultra DMA/100 EIDE, 8.5ms, 7200 RPM, 2MB buffer $125

Inno3d GeFORCE2 MX mX200 32MB AGP,driver,MANUAL, 32 MB s) High speed memory sdr CD driver ,3dmark2000,manual -1 yr warranty $ 46

3COM , 3C905-TX, Fast Etherlink XL 10/100 , $ 26

NEC AS70M NEW AND FACTORY SEALED ACCUSYNC 70M 17inch 16VIS .27MM 12X10 COLMON SPK $194

PLEXTOR PX-W161040A 16X10X40X INT. IDE CD-RW Drive - 16x10x32 CD-RW -- $ 185

Creative Labs Sound blaster Live Value PCI - - with Setup Software $ 39


I came up with $921.00 shopping at pricewatch.And thats with some pretty good stuff!Except generic ram which I think is perfectly alright.

[WinOS2Mac]

WOW. thats for less than expected.

thanks for the input I'll look into it and use pricewatch.com