Hi everyone,
Here are the planned specs and prices (in $AU) for a new Basic PC.
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ - $85.00
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2 - $61.60
RAM - Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB (2x XMS2 1GB) DDR2 - $62.70
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 160Gb 7200RPM 8Mb SATA 2 - $55.00
Case - Intech H340B Black Tower Case (550W) - $49.50
Optical - Pioneer DVR-215 SATA DVD Writer - $29.99
Operating System - Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit OEM - $145.20
Assembly - $75
Shipping - $36
TOTAL - $599.99 (exactly!)
I'm pretty sure that I can assemble this by myself but will I be able to get Vista at OEM prices if I just buy the parts (all from the same online store)?
Also, will there be a huge performance increase if I were to add a GeForce 8400GS for $37?
Last thing, any idea how much faster this will be compared to a 4 year old 2.4GHz Celeron with 512MB or RAM and a GeForce 4?
Thanks
Here are the planned specs and prices (in $AU) for a new Basic PC.
CPU - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ - $85.00
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-M61PME-S2 - $61.60
RAM - Corsair TWIN2X2048-6400 2GB (2x XMS2 1GB) DDR2 - $62.70
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 160Gb 7200RPM 8Mb SATA 2 - $55.00
Case - Intech H340B Black Tower Case (550W) - $49.50
Optical - Pioneer DVR-215 SATA DVD Writer - $29.99
Operating System - Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit OEM - $145.20
Assembly - $75
Shipping - $36
TOTAL - $599.99 (exactly!)
I'm pretty sure that I can assemble this by myself but will I be able to get Vista at OEM prices if I just buy the parts (all from the same online store)?
Also, will there be a huge performance increase if I were to add a GeForce 8400GS for $37?
Last thing, any idea how much faster this will be compared to a 4 year old 2.4GHz Celeron with 512MB or RAM and a GeForce 4?
Thanks