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The Ultimate Budget PC

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February 14th 2006

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System 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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12 Comments on The Ultimate Budget PC

zekrahminator

McLovin

...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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zekrahminator...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

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.

bruins004

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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bruins004I 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.

Thanks, it's just for the girlfriend to surf the web. She loves it.

Solaris17

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nice build for only round $550 nice ;)

TazzMania

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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Solaris17nice build for only round $550 nice ;)

Thanks

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TazzManiaThe 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!!!

The video card is nice. Works nice. It has a heat sink instead of a fan so it's a little more quiet.