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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Flannel Boy on October 16, 2007, 06:36:06 PM

Title: Building a $500 PC
Post by: Flannel Boy on October 16, 2007, 06:36:06 PM
http://www.tddirect.ca/ (http://www.tddirect.ca/)

Antec Sonata III Black ATX 16IN Mid Tower Quiet Case 3X5.25 2X3.5 4X3.5IN 120MM Fan with 500W PSU $99.99

ASUS M2A-VM mATX AM2 AMD 690G DDR2 PCI-E16 PCI-E1 2PCI Video VGA DVI Sound Motherboard $59.99

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ EE Dual Core Processor Socket AM2 2.6GHZ 2000FSB 2X1MB 90NM 65W Retail Box $125.46

2 Kingston ValueRAM KVR667D2N5/1G PC2-5300 1GB 1X1GB DDR2-667 240PIN DIMM Memory $39.98

Western Digital SE16 500GB SATA2 7200RPM 16MB Cache 8.9MS NCQ Hard Drive OEM 3YR MFR $89.99

Galaxy GeForce 8600GT 600MHZ 256MB 1.4GHZ DDR3 PCI-E VGA DVI TV Out Video Card $89.99

LG GSA-H62N SATA DVD+RW 18X8X16 DVD-RW 18X6X16 DL 10X Black OEM DVD Writer W/ SW $26.99

Total $532.39 CDN + $0 Shipping

What do you think?

Any good online guides for building a PC?
Title: Re: Building a $500 PC
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 16, 2007, 06:43:46 PM
not bad at all. that will make a sexcellent team fortress 2 box.
Title: Re: Building a $500 PC
Post by: TVC15 on October 16, 2007, 06:43:52 PM
Wow, that's pretty tight for the price.  I'm not sure you can actually do much better on that budget.
Title: Re: Building a $500 PC
Post by: Flannel Boy on October 16, 2007, 06:54:23 PM
Quote from: Professor Prole on October 16, 2007, 06:43:46 PM
not bad at all. that will make a sexcellent team fortress 2 box.

Quote from: TVC 15 on October 16, 2007, 06:43:52 PM
Wow, that's pretty tight for the price.  I'm not sure you can actually do much better on that budget.

Well then I'm sold. I'll upgrade the video card in 2008. Since I'm not much of a gamer, the 8600GT will be fine until then.

How much trouble will I have putting the computer together?

XP or Vista?

What tools do I need?
Title: Re: Building a $500 PC
Post by: Van Cruncheon on October 16, 2007, 06:57:54 PM
philips head screwdriver, smallish. tube of thermal grease and something to spread it evenly with (place between the proc and the fan). make sure you've grounded yourself before you start. that's it.


VISTA
Title: Re: Building a $500 PC
Post by: brawndolicious on October 16, 2007, 08:08:23 PM
building it isn't that hard, installing an OS is harder.
Title: Re: Building a $500 PC
Post by: Phoenix Dark on October 16, 2007, 08:11:55 PM
The technician duder told me upgrading to Vista was a waste of time because it had few benefits, and he said it doesn't make gaming better  :-\
Title: Re: Building a $500 PC
Post by: Flannel Boy on October 17, 2007, 10:50:38 AM
Last night while drinking vodka and NyQuil (don't work Tuesday night) I bought this Dell instead for $850)

Dell Inspiron 530 Desktop,CDCR, E4300 (1.80GHZ)
16X DVD+/-RW DRIVE,BLK,DIM,M
22IN (22.0 IN) E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel,DIM,M
250GB SATA II,7200 RPM,DIM,M
256MB NVIDIA 8600GT-DDR3,INS
2GB DDR2 SDRAM,667MHZ- 2X1GB,DIM,M
DELL A525 SPEAKERS, BLACK, DIM
DELL OPTICAL USB MOUSE
DELL USB KYBD,BLK,DIM
MS OFFICE 2007 HOME AND STUDENT ED,DIM
SOUND BLASTER AUDIGY MB AUDIO,DIM
WIN VISTA HOME PREM,ENG,DIM

Somewhat similar to the computer I was going to build plus a 22" monitor, Vista and Office for $300 more.