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04-12-2009, 06:27 PM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 51
|  Ultimate Budget Build
I'm looking for some help with a very cheap system I'm planning on putting together. I need help knowing what good brands and good components are on the lower end of things. It's going to be a system used mostly for light computing - little to no gaming, lots of office tasks, regular web browsing, probably some streaming video (a la youtube) and video and picture storage. Any build ideas? I'd love to have some suggestions to get me started. I'm looking for under $300 w/o the monitor, but cheaper is better!
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04-12-2009, 10:35 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The South Posts: 19,986
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04-12-2009, 10:45 PM
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True Techie Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 166
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holey! not trying to hijack or freepost in your thread man but.. Trotter.. i just went on to newegg.ca to see how much that build would work out to in Canadian and the motherboard went from $73.99 (American) to $123.99 :eek: the only difference i see is that the newegg.ca has M2+HP and the other one dosnt?
whats the difference?
and other then that, that looks like a real nice build for 300$  it amazes me how over priced prebuilds are now that i got into doing this, i went on and built something i seen in a futureshop flyer and the one i built was almost identical and a litle more then half the price  just putting in my 2 cents  sorry
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04-12-2009, 10:52 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The South Posts: 19,986
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The Canadian dollar is weaker than the American. You might be able to put it together for less on NCIX, as the Egg is not always the cheapest in Canada.
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04-12-2009, 11:33 PM
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Master Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Gov't Regulated Cubical Posts: 2,782
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This could be even cheaper running nthe onboard.
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04-13-2009, 12:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The South Posts: 19,986
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It IS running the onboard.  | |
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04-13-2009, 01:10 AM
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disgruntled ex-moderator Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: probably on the lake Posts: 6,857
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i'll tell ya this,
find any 780g mobo, the cheapest you can. i have an asus 780g mini atx in my HTPC and it runs VERY cool, very quiet, and can pretty much handle any kind of DVD, video, AVI, or streaming video i put it too. i am extremely happy with my 780g. if you do not need a dedicated video card, it is the way to go.
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04-13-2009, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Morgantown, WV Posts: 5,264
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That's not a bad build at all, Trotski.
The onboard on the mobo is good for light gaming anyway, so that'll work fine. I can play FO3 at medium settings alright with my 790GX, and the 3200 isn't that much less of a video card.
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04-13-2009, 12:02 PM
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Master Techie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In Gov't Regulated Cubical Posts: 2,782
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Originally Posted by Trotter  It IS running the onboard. | List looked identical to the other one...... My bad
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04-13-2009, 01:50 PM
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Junior Techie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 51
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Thanks for the guidance guys, that's a big help as I put this system together! | |
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