can you help me with a cheap build

[AMD6415]

my sister needs a computer and has about $300-$400 to work with. She doesn't use it for business or gaming, only general internet use and possibly some light games, like Sims or the who wants to be a millionaire game or something like that. Could you help me out?

 

[veg1992]

780g board
WINTEC AMPX 2GB
AMD Athlon X2 BE-2300 Stock Cooling is fine
Use the 780g's Integrated GPU (which is amazing)
Rosewill RP550
Choose Cheap Case, Optical Drives and hard drive space you want with OS

 

[sinci]

Or, if you can't be bothered putting anything together or maybe want to surprise her, you could jump onto Newegg and then sort the Desktop PC's in the Price Category.

just looking, I found this.
It's very nice....
Except it comes with Vista:freak:

pc here.

 

[Puddle Jumper]

This build comes to $422.41 and includes an os.

Newegg.com - LG Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 12X DVD+R DL 20X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA 20X DVD Burner - CD / DVD Burners

Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3160815AS 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

Newegg.com - SAPPHIRE 100231 Radeon X1300 512MB (256MB on Board) 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

Newegg.com - FSP Group SAGA+ 400R ATX12V 400W Power Supply 120/220 - 240v NEMKO, TUV, CSA, IEC, UL, CE - Power Supplies

Newegg.com - WINTEC AMPX 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P31-S3G LGA 775 Intel P31 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic SP1 32-bit English 1pk DSP OEI DVD - Operating Systems

Newegg.com - Intel Celeron E1200 1.6GHz 512KB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - CPUs / Processors - Its actually a Core 2 Duo with less L2 cache.

 

[maroon1]

Go with Puddle Jumper build

You can also get this motherboard which has an integrated graphic
Newegg.com - Foxconn G31MX-K LGA 775 Intel G31 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

 

[Nagasama]

they are both good builds.
the AMD chip that vernong suggested should run cooler and consume less power than the celeron that puddle jumper suggests.
personally, i think the hd3200 (AMD) is a MUCH better onboard graphics solution.
that celery processor may use the same architecture as a c2d, but it's lack of cache severely cripples it IMO. then again, it's only 60 bucks. cant argue with that.
i'd do the AMD build, but that's what i do. you've got AMD in your name, lol...so support them or don't.
either of the above will work well for your sister.

 

[AMD6415]

ok thanks a lot

 

[Redmo0n]

yeh i would go with the amd.

Very low end builds and amd always have nice deals with great performance/cost

 

[Puddle Jumper]

yeh i would go with the amd.

Very low end builds and amd always have nice deals with great performance/cost

The Intel build is actually cheaper, even if you go with the cheapest 780g board.

 

[Nagasama]

but it isn't as good. and the price differnce is pretty negligible.