why not just build a simple $300 AMD 3600+ build?
I was on my way here to say that if I am going to spend $200 why not just save a little more and purchase a far better system.
unless you are 13 and have birthday/christmas money as your only income, why not actually put forth some money to get a decent computer?
That is not an issue, moved past those years some time ago, it has to do with what I would like to spend, either I will go for a system under $100 or get far better system if I am going in the $200 plus range.
I have see those deals on $200 systems which require more ram running Vista.
for $300 minus shipping you could get this:
Case - Newegg.com - Rosewill R6422-P BK Black SGCC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
Motherboard - Newegg.com - BIOSTAR TForce TF7025-M2 Socket AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7025 Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
CPU - Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail
Harddrive - Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST380815AS 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Memory - Newegg.com - G.SKILL Extreme 1GB (2 x 512MB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail
Optical Drive - Newegg.com - LITE-ON Black 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM ATAPI/E-IDE 52X CD Burner - Retail
Power Supply - Newegg.com - FSP Group (Fortron Source) AX400-PN, RoHS, 12cm FAN, version 2.2, 2 SATA, 20+ 4 pin, PCI Express, 400W Power Supply - Retail
$293.44 before shipping
Also looks good, I should work on a budget of about $300.00.
you wont get what you have for 100.00...
the build above is good, except you need windows xp, and that will run you about 100 bucks more, so for windows p.c. you are looking at around 400 MINIMUM. for a new one, that is. i dont suggest buying a used computer, especially one that is old as dust.
I might as well save for a new system, unless I will be spending less then $100.