lboftheyear

Okay i am an avid sony psp hacker(like every other psp owner) but I need help. I am 15 so i am in limited supply of money(NO ALLOWANCE) the money i get is from little things i do for people like clean their yard or whatever. This christmas i want a new computer, but my parents nor myself simply cant afford one. I am wanting to build a gaming pc or at least one i can play a couple NEWER games. Simply put my computer is horrible. its COMPAQ presario. one it is slow, even when set for maximum performance.(Though I cant reformat because i have neither my boot cd nor a operating system disk.) two it is horribly outdated. Pentium 4 CPU @ 1500 MHz (usually at 100% capacity when internet explorer is running) 512mb of RAM... 16 mb NVIDIA Vanta graphics card...yeah, that terrible.... Okay money wise i have about 400 dollars,my beloved psp,a CRAZY panasonic cd HOME stereo system,two pioneer 10" subs already installed in a box, and a 250watt orion amp(extremely rare and prized) Help me my fellow technologicly inclined bretheren, make a computer out of my outdated computer and my resources.



I forgot to mention i am an aspiring Computer Programming/Repairman... if you have any reccomendations please reply.

pioneerisloud

On that tight of a budget...your best bet is to buy a Dell. That's about the only option in your budget. You can't really build anything without I'd say AT LEAST $600.

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a1161979

Agreed, i think you would be better asking everyone you know ifthey need odd jobs done and continue to save your money Either that or maybe look for stuff on Ebay...

Either way good luck and let us know if/when you get a computer

carl25

Case $79

Amd x2 4200 cpu $74

80gb hard drive (sata 2) $43

2gb ram $54 and there's a $20 rebate

Gigabyte motherboard $76

400 fsp powersupply $49

Although no videocard

See if someone here is willing to give you freebies

SpuddGunn

I know a lot of people on here aren't keen on buying electrical goods from ebay, but I bought my mobo, cpu and the 256mb ram stick on ebay for about $100 (works out around that)

Ok it wont set the world on fire but it does play most new games and did me fine.

Might be worth spending a few days watching ebay though

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kpo6969

Try looking here at the Dell Outlet:
http://outlet.us.dell.com/ARBOnlineS...=22&l=en&s=dfh

No monitors and the cheap one's only on-board video but for example I just saw this:
Dimension E521
X2 3800
250GB HD
1GB RAM
CD/DVD combo
mouse and keyboard
XP 2005 MCE
$269

stock changes very quickly
Just thought I'd throw that out

Marin

Maybe I'm a bit paranoid but I will never buy electronics off of eBay out of fear of damage. I would rather buy it through a store like Newegg where if it breaks I can return it.

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kpo6969

Same here, alot of people get dead video cards.
I was looking for a specific cpu and would of bought it but the specs listed were wrong (seller didn't know).