Ok, so my family is looking to buy a cheap desktop computer as a "family" gift this Christmas. We aren't exactly poor but money has always been an issue. I figure that, pooled together, we would raise around $300-350 (total) to spend on something. I've seen some decent looking refurbs on NewEgg but I was wondering if we could do better than that.
* The old desktop is a generic low-end HP that's 6+ years old and showing it. (Can't even play SNES roms smoothly)
* We would NOT need a monitor since my dad found a nice used one a while ago. (same with speakers)
* An OS would technically not be necessary (since I've got them using Ubuntu) but Win7 would be *very* nice)
* Video card is not be top priority since it will be used mostly for word processing and email (but definitely some old games and roms)
Advice would be greatly appreciated!
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Anonymous2010-11-07 13:47
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
'cause if there's one thing that she don't need
it's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto
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Anonymous2010-11-08 12:41
Get a build going on Newegg, just build everything. In my experience it comes out cheaper than buying a system on the site. Find a good motherboard for under $75, some compatible R.A.M 2 gigs should do bout $30-45, a dual core will run about $50, find a cheap but good case for about $50, look into a GPU on the site 8400GT is about $30-40, as for the OS just use Ubuntu or pirate Windows 7. Buy any accessories you need, total price would be around 300 if you budget correctly.
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Anonymous2010-11-10 4:22
You don't even need a video card then, get a mobo with integrated video.
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aLoLuguyz2010-11-11 11:20
Krowbar No how about a laptop
LENOVO Ideapad Netbook S10-3 N455 1.66Ghz Windows 7 sTarter is that ok cause they only $316 and it has windows 7 reply to me if it helped ubuntu is for cheapass nerds its on ebay search it hope i helped :)
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aLoLuguyz2010-11-11 11:23
its on ebay and its buy it now with free postage so nothing to worry about
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aLoLuguyz2010-11-11 11:23
its on ebay and its buy it now with free postage so nothing to worry about
Buy your shit at microcenter
A lot cheaper than that newegg bullshit that I've been hearing about
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Anonymous2010-12-11 14:44
If you're going to build your own rig, the most important thing you need to know is KEEP YOURSELF GROUNDED. Static electricity is the number one enemy of system builders. Get a grounding wrist band, they're cheap.