Looking to build a cheap desktop

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ssj12 said:

Just_Ben said:
ssj12: What do you want to do with that desktop PC?

temp gaming that will end up with my sister for basic use.

What do you guys thing of this:

LITE-ON Combo Black SATA Model DH-52C2S-04 - OEM - $24.99

NZXT Apollo Black SECC Steel Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail - $69.99 - $20 rebate

Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM - $42.99

Acer AL1917WAbd Black 19" 5ms DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail - $169.99

GIGABYTE GA-M61P-S3 AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 6100 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail - $74.99

MSI NX8400GS-TD256E GeForce 8400GS Support up to 512M (256MB onboard) 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Retail - $46.99

Broadway Com Corp P4-OKIA600-BLACK ATX 600W Power Supply - Retail - $33.99

Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM - $5.99 (I dont use cheap garbage grease)

A-DATA 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model ADQVE1908K - Retail - $36.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+(65W) Windsor 2.4GHz Socket AM2 Processor Model ADO4600CUBOX - Retail - $96.88

Shipping: 48.76

Sub Total: $652.66

OS: Vista? - $180?

Total: $830

 

A bit more then I wanted by a pretty nice setup here.

Now that I see where you are going a bit better, allow me to make a few suggestions......

PSU: 600W is overkill for powering this rig, unless you plan on significant future upgrades I would scale it down to about 450-500W.

Case: Case seems a bit overkill for the situation, but if you like nice cases this qualifies.

Hard Drive: Hard drives are pretty cheap now days and when you get an 80GB drive you can spend very little ($7 in this case) to double your capacity. I think its very worthwhile but if the 80GB is overkill for her already it might not be.

Memory: This is a similar situation to the hard drives, but not nearly to the same extent. If you look at the link I originally provided for memory you were getting 2GB for $55 if you handled the mail in rebate. It may or may not be worth the extra $20 to double the memory depending on if she uses memory intensive applications or not.

Normally I would push the 5200+ a bit more for a gaming machine but considering the goal of this machine I think you should be fine with the 4600+.

In any case I think the Hard Drive and Power Supply suggestions are very sound advice for all situations, but the Case and Memory is more preference and personal need. Whatever you decide, it will be a decent machine for the price considering the need to purchase monitor and OS as well.