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[jesspren6]

My brother wants me to build him a computer for his living room, he said he wants to spend around $300. He wants something he can listen to his music in the living room. He wont need a big hard drive because he will be playing it from his other pc through his network, but the hard part is staying close or under 300.

 

[m6qrp]

Heres a system around $ 300

Intel Pentium 4 541 Prescott 3.2GHz LGA 775 Processor - 91.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116231

Intel BLKD946GZISSL (LGA 775) Micro ATX Motherboard - 83.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813121047

CORSAIR 512MB DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) System Memory - 55.49
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820145529

Western Digital Caviar SE 80GB 7200 RPM SATAII Hard Drive - 43.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822135106

SAMSUNG Black CD/DVD-RW Drive - 29.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151133

COOLER MASTER eXtreme Power 400W Power Supply - 25.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817171015

COOLMAX CV-503-Silver ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - 24.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811212034

Total - $ 356.43 without shipping

 

[macdude425]

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103033
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Socket AM2 - $91.99 (same price as above proc, better performance)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813135028
ECS NFORCE4M-A AM2 Motherboard - $55.99 (cheaper than above board, well rated, though ECS is a bit touchy sometimes)

Keep the rest of the parts. Pick up some more RAM and this system will speed by the above one.

 

[jesspren6]

i was lookin and i found one for about 350 including shipping, but i was tryin to get about 310 or lower

 

[macdude425]

That's doable. Get this processor, instead, with the board I listed.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103031

That comes out to $317.33, and if you REALLY must shave off a few more dollars, get a smaller, IDE harddrive.

EDIT: Like this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822140118

 

[M733mhz]

Go to walmart and buy a compaq prebuilt, Last time I checked they had ones for exactly 300, without a monitor.

 

[macdude425]

Actually, Black Friday (that's this coming Friday) at Fry's would be a better option. They often sell PCs with completely off the shelf parts for dirt cheap prices.

 

[M733mhz]

Yeah, Prebuilt is the way to go for something that simple that you won't need alot from.