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BudgetPCGuy

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Specs:
AMD 64 2800+ New Castle 123.00, Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M Motherboard 54.00, WD Caviar SATA 40GB Hard Drive 48.99, 1GB Corsair ValueSelect Ram 78.99, Gigabyte Geforce FX5200 128MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card 34.00, Artic Cooling Heatsink/Fan 13.49, Cooler Master Centurion Case 44.99, NEC DVD Burner 38.99, NEC 3 ½ Floppy Drive 9.89, KDS 17 inch Monitor 75.99, Scythe Keyboard 5.99, Logitech Mouse 5.99, Logitech Speakers 7.00

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Total Cost: $541.31
Thank You New Egg!

Runs better then a Dell. No rebates needed.
 
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zekrahminator

zekrahminator

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Location
My house.
System Specs
Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 4800+ Brisbane @ 2.8GHz (224x12.5, 1.425V)
Motherboard Gigabyte sumthin-or-another, it's got an nForce 430
Cooling Dual 120mm case fans front/rear, Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro, Zalman VF-900 on GPU
Memory 2GB G.Skill DDR2 800
Video Card(s) Sapphire X850XT @ 580/600
Storage WD 160 GB SATA hard drive.
Display(s) Hanns G 19" widescreen, 5ms response time, 1440x900
Case Thermaltake Soprano (black with side window).
Audio Device(s) Soundblaster Live! 24 bit (paired with X-530 speakers).
Power Supply ThermalTake 430W TR2
Software XP Home SP2, can't wait for Vista SP1.
...dude! that is one frickin sweet budget build! I mean, you spent money in all the right areas and held back where you needed to...any ideas on future upgrades? lol. I dont think it would hold up to a good round of COD2 though... :p
 
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BudgetPCGuy

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zekrahminator said:
...dude! that is one frickin sweet budget build! I mean, you spent money in all the right areas and held back where you needed to...any ideas on future upgrades? lol. I dont think it would hold up to a good round of COD2 though... :p
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Shipping was about $40.00 because I got some of the PC from a computer show. No upgrades for awhile because this computer is used by my girlfriend for surfing the web and for her digital camera.
 
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bruins004

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I must say very nice build for a budget...I was lucky to find a lot of deals and rebates for my computer and only spent $800 (that was 6 months ago). I was going to go with the same mobo, but decided not to since its AGP.
 
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BudgetPCGuy

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bruins004 said:
I must say very nice build for a budget...I was lucky to find a lot of deals and rebates for my computer and only spent $800 (that was 6 months ago). I was going to go with the same mobo, but decided not to since its AGP.
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Thanks, it's just for the girlfriend to surf the web. She loves it.
 
Solaris17

Solaris17

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25,862 (3.79/day)
Location
Alabama
System Specs
System Name Rocinante
Processor I9 14900KS
Motherboard EVGA z690 Dark KINGPIN (modded BIOS)
Cooling EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB
Memory 64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s) MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage 1x 500GB 980 Pro | 1x 1TB 980 Pro | 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s) Odyssey OLED G9 G95SC
Case Lian Li o11 Evo Dynamic White
Audio Device(s) Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply Bequiet! Power Pro 12 1500w
Mouse Lamzu Atlantis mini (White)
Keyboard Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues
VR HMD Quest 3
Software Windows 11
Benchmark Scores I dont have time for that.
nice build for only round $550 nice ;)
 
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TazzMania

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Dec 29, 2005
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System Specs
Processor AMD XP 2800 Barton @2193.53 Mhz
Motherboard ABIT NF7 Ver 2.0 NForce-2 Ultra 400
Cooling 3 Antec Case Fans , Antec CPU Fan
Memory Corsair TWINX512-3200 @ 350 Mhz
Video Card(s) Sapphire X800 GTO 256 Meg AGP (Not O/C)
Storage 3 Segate 120 Gig
Display(s) Sony 17 inch Flat panel
Case Antec
Audio Device(s) Nforce 2 onboard 5.1
Power Supply Coolmaster 450w dual 12v Rails
The FX5200 would be an area that I would look into upgrading....I owned a 5200 late last year and while it held it's own...it will not handle the demands of newer games (call of duty 2 )

Nice budget build however!!!
 
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Italy_14

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TazzMania said:
The FX5200 would be an area that I would look into upgrading....I owned a 5200 late last year and while it held it's own...it will not handle the demands of newer games (call of duty 2 )

Nice budget build however!!!
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The video card is nice. Works nice. It has a heat sink instead of a fan so it's a little more quiet.
 
wazzledoozle

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Location
Seattle
System Specs
Processor X2 3800+ @ 2.3 GHz
Motherboard DFI Lanparty SLI-DR
Cooling Zalman CNPS 9500 LED
Memory 2x1 Gb OCZ Plat. @ 3-3-2-8-1t 460 MHz
Video Card(s) HIS IceQ 4670 512Mb
Storage 640Gb & 160Gb western digital sata drives
Display(s) Hanns G 19" widescreen LCD w/ DVI 5ms
Case Thermaltake Soprano
Audio Device(s) Audigy 2 softmod@Audigy 4, Logitech X-530 5:1
Power Supply Coolermaster eXtreme Power Plus 500w
Software XP Pro
Nice, I would have gone with a sempron though.
 
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BudgetPCGuy

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wazzledoozle said:
Nice, I would have gone with a sempron though.
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I wanted a little more performance than the sempron could provide. I'm not a big fan of celerons, durons, or sempron's.
 
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sirrep74

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Sep 30, 2007
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Location
sterling, illinois
System Specs
Processor amd sempron 3100+
Motherboard msi ms 7142
Cooling currently air thinking about going to water
Memory 2g pony
Video Card(s) geforce 6200
Storage 1 40g maxtor(os),1 80g(everything else)
Display(s) 1 15" e1514 lcd
Case stock e-machine w3105 w/a self modded window
Audio Device(s) none
Power Supply 400w power king w/loomed wire
Software windows xp
build

nice for the budget clean it up some and butcher the window so had to give you a three srry
 
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