Building a budget PC

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I am tired of my wife complaining that our PC is slow and I that I can not browse internet while skype is running.

I am thinking of putting a PC together on a very tight budget

What do you guys think of this set up?

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CPU
Amd Athlon 64 X2 S.Am2 4200+ Dual-Core

Motherboard
A13g+ Geforce 6100 Pci-E Ddr2 Sata S.Am2

RAM
gb Pc2 5300 667mhz Ddr2 Kit 2x1gb Chips

Video
I already have a Nvidia GoForce 5500 (PCI)

Power supply
600watt Dual Core Certified Power Supply

CPU cooling
High-Speed Fan With Thermal Compound
Case Cooling
High-Speed Case Cooling Fan 80mm

I already have two HDD

The whole thing minus the video card and the HDD that I already have is $280.

My main question is how is the motherboard? There are so many processors nowadays that I am not sure which one is decent one. I think Pentium is overpriced, so hopefully for home use I can du just fine with the AMD one.

I currently have a dual 1 gHz penitum with 1 GB of the old RAM. Will this new set up provide noticeable upgrade? Am I missing something? Is there anything that I should spend bit more money and get more value (i.e., the motherboard?).

Thanks,
 
Mostly because newegg is used by millions everyday and has excellent customer service. But also because everything is usually cheaper there.

That comp will suit you just fine for home use such as browsing... you may be able to get a better price building yourself however.

And yes, it should be almost double the performance... so quite an increase.
 
So egghead is the premier computer site?


MSI MBOX K9N6SGM-V AMD Socket AM2 AMD Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 / Sempron NVIDIA GeForce 6100 /nForce 405 chipset Barebone - Retail
Item #: N82E16856167009
$89.99
ATRIX PSCI-500BLK ATX12V 500W Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817192002
$27.99

Kingston 4GB(2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 667 (PC2 5300) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model KVR667D2N5K2/4G - Retail
Item #: N82E16820134193
Return Policy: Memory (Modules, USB) Return Policy

-$35.00 Instant


$124.99
$89.99



AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Manchester 2.2GHz Socket 939 Processor Model ADA4200DAA5BV
Rosewill RCX-Z5-Ultra 92mm x 2 Two Ball + Long Life Sleeve CPU Cooler


$159.98
$119.98

Subtotal: $327.95

How about this set up? 4 Gb of RAM.
 
its newegg not egghead.

Dont get barebones, get the seperate parts yourself.

Atrix make poor units.

4GB crucial ballistix is cheap and kills valueram.

SKt 939 is outdated tech. Go with intel skt lga 775 or at least AMD AM2.

Get AF7 or AF64 depending on your prosessor choice.
 
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