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03-08-2007, 09:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
crazlunatic True Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 153	Could someone help me build a vista pc cheaper than 500 USD? Is this possible? thanks

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Sure it's possible but if you have 500 you may aswell just save up a couple hundred more and get a way better PC than you could with 500.

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03-08-2007, 10:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
crazlunatic True Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 153	ya but im talking about a decent one. i recently read an article about a 500 vista pc and it was rly decent w/ 2gb of ram 256 mb card, pentium D (=\), 250 gbs

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cementshoes True Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 154	go find that article cuz that's incredible. Vista alone eats atleast a fourth of that budget.

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hmm, anything on here is decent enough?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site//olspage...&type=category

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Deathawk Monster Techie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,151	lol, 512mb of RAM and no dedicated video doesn't make for a good Vista PC, that's for sure ^^ __________________

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1165610667494

Funny, I don't remember reading anything about AMD releasing a dual core 4000+.

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http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1165610667494

Funny, I don't remember reading anything about AMD releasing a dual core 4000+.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103774

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Hmm, Guess I didnt get the memo about that.

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ehh its like 5% better than 3800+

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