Budget Build

[uzi9mm]

I am doing a budget build for someone, and I am wondering, is the Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo skt 754 any good? They are on a budget of $350.

 

[molsen]

yes that's a very good budget processor. and if you can find a cheap skt 754 board with OC capabilites, it tends to OC well to.

 

[buyxgmistake]

I dont know if you have office depots near you but they are clearing out HP a1230n for 381.25 with a 50 rebate =331.25
inventory will probably say 0, I did some phone work this morning and picked one up this afternoon.

AMD® Athlon™ 64 processor 3700+ 2.2GHz 939
Operating system
Windows XP Media Center
1GB DDR PC3200
Integrated ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 graphics
200GB Serial ATA hard drive
Lightscribe Double Layer DVD±R/RW drive with CD writer capabilities
Secondary CD/DVD drive
CD-ROM drive
4 DIMM (two available)
9-in-1 memory card reader, 3 USB 2.0 ports, 1 IEEE 1394 (FireWire) port, microphone/headphones
Integrated 10/100Base-T network interface; high-speed 56K fax modem
Integrated audio, six-speaker configurable (speakers sold separately)

http://www.officedepot.com/textSearch.do?uniqueSearchFlag=true&Ntt=308976&x=41&y=19

 

[molsen]

**** thats a pretty good deal

 

[uzi9mm]

yeah that sounds like a good deal but anyways I already bought the current computer parts:

AMD Sempron 64 2800+ Palermo 754
ASUS K8U-X SKT 754
PowerColor 9800PRO 128mb (380/674) AGP 8x
A-DATA V-Series 1GB PC-3200

And some other stuff that I am to lazy to list... It came out to like $350, this computer should be good enough for light gaming on CS:S and HL2.