Cheap Computer System for my g/f.

[cMoAyRoItOe]

Hey all i need some help.

Ok i wanna either built or find somehting cheap for my girl, she doesned do any hardcore gaming, about all she does is stay onlien talk, and maybe play counterstrike.

So i was htinking the following.

My friend can gimme a 1900+ AMD. and if not i wasthinking

AMD Athlon XP 1800+ $54
256 Megs DDR PC2100 Free cause i allrdy got it


I need a cheap mobo, thats good, doesned matter what it is pref under 100 maybe even under 80.

yeah all i rele need for it is a Mobo cause te rest i allrdy got, other then a cheap Monitor, anybdy know a cheap place for 17 inch screens?

Thx all

P.S. Oh yeah Before i forget, do ya think i could underprice a brand new Dell or a similar manufacturer, she saw one for 800 with monitor, but i think i could easily nderprice that the Box itselve shouldned cost more then 300.

What ya think?

[twistedbrntucker]

As a homebuilder myself who doesn't want to build for others. Because I don't want to be 24 hour tech support.My suggestion would be, Get a Dell Dude!

[ben-the-slacker]

How about a MSI KT2-Combo
or
Gigabyte

You can find decent 17" monitors for cheap at local Walmart.

[twistedbrntucker]

for 599.00 you can get a Dell with a 15 inch Flat panel. Probably some online coupons as well.

check here for online Dell deals
Gotapex

[cMoAyRoItOe]

well see the thing is, b4 i have to make her go through the horror of dell tech support, i rather built a sys that wont need tech support and besides its my g/f who wouldned wanna get a late nite tech support call and coem over to fix it )))

hehe

[twistedbrntucker]

You got me there! Don't want her sleepin with the dell Dude!

[krohnjw]

That's not a very helpful post....

If you are looking for a cheap Motherboard look for the ECS K75SA, or one of the Shuttle boards AK38N or AK39N. All are via chipsets and all are pretty cheap and stable boards.

You should be able to underprice them no problem if you dont go high end components.

A GF2 can play counterstrike, although you could grab a decent priced card and it would do the job fine for her.

[twistedbrntucker]

Ok here goes get an ASROCK mainboard. I will provide the link. has onboard LAN and pretty stable.


ASROCK at NewEgg

Check one of these three.

[cMoAyRoItOe]

http://www.heatsinkstore.com/mb-kd7-e.html

that any good?

[ben-the-slacker]

Originally posted by twistedbrntucker
You got me there! Don't want her sleepin with the dell Dude!

I think that's kinda impossible. Isn't he sleeping with the inmates in prison right now?