The Ultimate Budget PC

Key features

AMD CPU NVIDIA Graphics

The build

Runs better then a Dell. No rebates needed.

System specs

CPU
AMD 64 2800+ New Castle
CPU Cooler
Arctic Cooling Heatsink/Fan
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M
RAM
1 GB Corsair ValueSelect
GPU
Gigabyte GeForce FX5200 128 MB DDR AGP
Storage
WD Caviar SATA 40 GB
PSU
(Cooler Master Centurion bundle)
Case
Cooler Master Centurion
Monitor
KDS 17"
Keyboard
Scythe
Mouse
Logitech
Speaker
Logitech
NEC DVD Burner
NEC 3.5" Floppy

Performed mods

Total Cost: $541.31
Thank You New Egg!

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12 Comments on The Ultimate Budget PC

#1
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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#2
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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.
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#3
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.
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Solaris17
Super Dainty Moderator
nice build for only round $550 nice ;)
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#6
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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#8
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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.
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#9
wazzledoozle
Nice, I would have gone with a sempron though.
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#10
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wazzledoozleNice, I would have gone with a sempron though.
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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#12
sirrep74
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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