Help picking out a build for around $300

BrooksyX · Feb 14, 2008

I have a friend whos old E-Machine (or what I like to call Crap-Machine :banghead:

) is on its last leg. Ive already revived it twice and I don't know how much longer it can hold out. So basically he is wanting me to build him the best computer I can for around $300. Nothing in his old compuer is really worth salvaging so it would be best just to start from scratch. I already have all the software needed so that shouldn't add to the cost. The computer is mainly used for listing stuff on ebay and word processing, so raw power is not an issue. Something like an Athlon X2 4000+ should be fine. Whats the best build you guys think I could put together for around $300.

BrooksyX · Feb 14, 2008

here is one that I put together, it equals about $295 with shipping.
https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/WishList/MySavedWishDetail.asp?ID=8069006
What do you guys think.

farlex85 · Feb 14, 2008

You will have to make that a public wish list if you want to make a link for it.

BrooksyX · Feb 14, 2008

oops, I just marked to share it. So hopefully it will show up soon (i don't know how to make it public). If not here are the links:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811147095
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136075
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128045
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134045
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103774
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106228

hat · Feb 14, 2008

I would strongly suggest getting dual channel

BrooksyX · Feb 14, 2008

hat said:
I would strongly suggest getting dual channel

you really think its going to make that much of a difference in a internet pc?

JrRacinFan · Feb 14, 2008

Switch out that ram for this:

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=T800UB1GC5

Uses D9 chips and is a tad better for not much more.

BrooksyX · Feb 14, 2008

meh, I would rather purchase everything from newegg or locally. if possible.

JrRacinFan · Feb 14, 2008

Yeah, just tryin' to help.

BrooksyX · Feb 14, 2008

JrRacinFan said:
Yeah, just tryin' to help.

I know and appreciate it. If i was building for myself I would gladly shop around for the best performing parts. But in the case of this build I am just going for a solid build that is going to be running on stock settings with no gaming what so ever.

hat · Feb 14, 2008

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146569

tell him to scrounge up a little extra money. it's what I have, does DDR715 5-5-5-15-20-1T 2.0v memtest86+ stable overnight

JrRacinFan · Feb 14, 2008

Sorry hat ....

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211066

BrooksyX · Feb 14, 2008

hat said:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820146569

tell him to scrounge up a little extra money. it's what I have, does DDR715 5-5-5-15-20-1T 2.0v memtest86+ stable overnight

hmm... looks like a good deal or maybe this too:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134046

its not like moneys tight for him, its just he won't be using the pc for anything too extreme. So cheaper is better and if need be he can upgrade later.

JrRacinFan · Feb 14, 2008

If it wasn't for the MIR on the A-Data's, that looks decent.

Polaris573 · Feb 14, 2008

BrooksyX said:
you really think its going to make that much of a difference in a internet pc?

It won't. You'll be fine with one stick.

BrooksyX · Feb 14, 2008

Polaris573 said:
It won't. You'll be fine with one stick.

yeah thats what I was thinking.

hat · Feb 14, 2008

With that logic you should go with a 10gb hard drive, a pII and 256mb of ram.

One day he's gonna do something where dual channel will come in handy.

GLD · Feb 14, 2008

I hear ya' hat.

BrooksyX · Feb 14, 2008

hat said:
With that logic you should go with a 10gb hard drive, a pII and 256mb of ram.

One day he's gonna do something where dual channel will come in handy.

lol, that would be a step down from his socket 478 celeron.

Scrizz · Feb 14, 2008

here:

Scrizz · Feb 14, 2008

here are the links to the parts in the pic:
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16811153078
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813186132
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819116052
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820134216
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822136098
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827151161

JrRacinFan · Feb 14, 2008

Hmmmm ....

Not a bad build there Scrizz. I would trade out the ram for the A-data's previously mentioned and cut down the processor to the e2160. Also, I am fairly certain you could find a better deal on the case + psu.

Scrizz · Feb 14, 2008

I've actually used this build for a couple of people.
It works great

choppy · Feb 14, 2008

you can get it under $300 easy. if all the guy needs it for is Ebay and Word then you dont even need a dual core, just get either a celeron 4xx series or celeron e1200, they will suffice

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116040

$40 cheaper, so make that $270 total?

Scrizz · Feb 14, 2008

i made something that would last him a bit longer.

System Name	Main / Home Media Serever
Processor	Intel i5 2500k @ 4.75ghz / AMD AM3 5200+ x2
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance / Biostar 790GX
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache
Memory	12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage	2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
Display(s)	2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED
Case	Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C
Power Supply	Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
Software	Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 / Ubuntu 14.04

System Name	Main / Home Media Serever
Processor	Intel i5 2500k @ 4.75ghz / AMD AM3 5200+ x2
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance / Biostar 790GX
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache
Memory	12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage	2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
Display(s)	2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED
Case	Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C
Power Supply	Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
Software	Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 / Ubuntu 14.04

System Name	Aquarium
Processor	Ryzen 9 7950x
Motherboard	ROG Strix X670-E
Cooling	Lian Li Galahead 360 AIO
Memory	2x16gb Flare X5 Series 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3060
Storage	2TB WD SN850X Black NVMe, 500GB Samsung 970 NVMe
Display(s)	Gigabyte 32" IPS 144Hz
Case	Hyte Y60
Power Supply	Corsair RMx 850
Software	Win 11 Pro/ PopOS!

System Name	Main / Home Media Serever
Processor	Intel i5 2500k @ 4.75ghz / AMD AM3 5200+ x2
Motherboard	ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Performance / Biostar 790GX
Cooling	Xigmatek Dark Knight / XIGMATEK Apache
Memory	12gb of G.Skill Value Series DDR3 / 4x 1gb DDR2
Video Card(s)	XFX Radeon 6870 1gb / Asus Radeon 5450 512mb
Storage	2x Samsung 830 64gb SSD Raid 0 & 750gb WD Blue HDD / OCZ Vertex II 80GB & 10TB of HDD Space
Display(s)	2x Acer 24" LED / Samsung 50" LED
Case	Xigmatek Asgard II / APEX PC-389-C
Power Supply	Rosewill 750w / Antec EArthwatts 380w
Software	Windows 7 Professional x64 SP1 / Ubuntu 14.04

System Name	Starlifter :: Dragonfly
Processor	i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400
Motherboard	ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus
Cooling	Cryorig M9 :: Stock
Memory	4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400
Video Card(s)	PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630
Storage	Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5
Display(s)	Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p
Case	Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None
Power Supply	FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550
Software	Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly
Benchmark Scores	>9000

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Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend : Giga B450i Aorus
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420 : Stock
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas : 16GB Dominator Platinums
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil: iGPU
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Custom White Painted Phanteks Enthoo Pro 2
Audio Device(s)	Onboard : Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Hyperx Origins 65
Software	Windows 10

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Case	Coolermaster Centurion 5
Audio Device(s)	Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 600 Watt
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate x64

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X, AMD Wraith Prism.
Motherboard	ASUS TUF X570-Plus (Wi-Fi).
Cooling	Antec 120mm RGB case fans.
Memory	4x8gb, G.SKILL F4-3600C16D-16GVKC.
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 6700.
Storage	PNY XLR8 CS3040 2TB 4.0x4 NVMe ssd with Vantec ICEBERQ heat sink.
Display(s)	ASUS VP278QG 27", 1080p, 75hz, FreeSync.
Case	Antec GX202.
Audio Device(s)	Onboard sound, Logitech Z625 THX 2.1's, Logitech G430 headphones.
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-750.
Mouse	Logitech G203 Prodigy.
Keyboard	Logitech G213.
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Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	64GB GSKILL DDR5
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Storage	960GB Optane 905P U.2 SSD + 4TB PCIe4 U.2 SSD
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DW 175Hz QD-OLED + Nixeus 27" IPS 1440p 144Hz
Case	Fractal Design Torrent
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Power Supply	Silverstone 1000W
Mouse	Roccat Kain 122 AIMO
Keyboard	KBD67 Lite / Mammoth75
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