aFreak

My father needs a new PC. He doesn't game. He surfs the web, streams movies online, watches movies. It's very basic and soon he'll be chatting through a webcam. I'm on a low budget and I would like to build him a cheap decent PC for his birthday. This is what I've gotten so far. it's around 500 but I was wondering if you guys can get cheaper things. His native resolution is 1024x768 and he's find with it. Thanks!

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flag182

That CPU will not need to be overclocked to surf the web and 4GB of ram is not needed get rid of that cooler and find a cheap 2GB of ram. Get a cheaper motherboard. Open box / combo deal's are the way to go with budget builds.

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PowerTrip

For a basic build, save some money with this sweet deal that newegg has going on right now.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboD...t=Combo.194586

If he's not gaming, there's no need for that Artic CPU cooler. The stock cooler will suffice.
The rest of your stuff (320GB HDD, 400w Corsair, DVD Burner) looks just fine although the Antec 300 is a bit overkill for the build. I would get my dad a cheaper Rosewill or HEC case.

Note: With that 9600 GSO, you can ask your Dad to fold for team OCN

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aFreak

Thanks for the info, what about the CPU? Which one will perform the best at it's price?

PowerTrip

The combo deal comes with the Intel Pentium E5200 Wolfdale 2.5GHz 2MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor.

Also I noticed your DVD drive is out of stock.
Try this DVD burner instead
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16827151187

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Spongeboy5040

+1 on the combo, nice deal ^_^

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https://secure.newegg.com/WishList/M...px?ID=13852988
There's what i used for an HTPC has onboard hd3200 works great and if you want a better cooler than that one get a zalman for like 50$ if not that one will do on myne the temp on idle is 35-40. And this is powerful enough to stream movies play 1080p on my 50" plasma which is 1920x1080.

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aFreak

I missed the combo deal. I changed it, i was wondering if you can trim down the price? I don't want to spend that much money.

GodofGrunts

You can go with the Atom and really cut down on the price.

Here's my planed build for my family.



Add that video card if you want and you're good to go.

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