[Inquisitor]

ok so i'm upgrading my dad's old piece of crud and I cant decide to get a semp cpu or a XP? And I realy dont plan to spend that much I am just triying to get the most bang for the buck. its going to be about a 350 375 pretty much new everything but harddrive... I just tell him its a tiny upgrade

anything to get him off that p3 450mhz with 64mb of ram so yea
cheapest

 

[Chipp]

I built a budget system for my sister, and put a Semperon 2400 in it. It has more than enough pep for the Office apps and internet, and can handle light gaming as well. Personaly, I have an XP 2800, but I think that might be too much for this case.

 

[JackTheRipper]

I'd go with an XP so you can OverClock

 

[MrSmiley]

dgkjasd098 he said he didn't want to overclock it, it's just for his father. And yes get him an XP just for the base fact it's nearly twice the speed of the semprons. So, bah. Just go Barton core for me

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[Evil XP2400]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSmiley dgkjasd098 he said he didn't want to overclock it, it's just for his father. And yes get him an XP just for the base fact it's nearly twice the speed of the semprons. So, bah. Just go Barton core for me .

Yeah, definitely go XP. I recently built a budget rig for my mom and got her an XP1900, Asrock mobo (everything integrated), 512mb value DDR266, 52x burner, 40 gig harddrive.

It works perfect for them, and it folds about 1 big WU everyday

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[KoSoVaR]

Evil was helping me yesterday and you said you need the main parts except a hard drive.

Mobo:

DFI "NFII ULTRA INFINITY" nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL

CPU:

AMD Mobile Athlon XP 2600+, 266 MHz FSB, 512K L2 Cache Processor,45 Watt - OEM

Memory:

pqi TURBO Series Dual Channel Platinum 184-Pin 512MB(256MB x 2) DDR PC-3200 - Retail

Video card:

ASUS nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Video Card, 128MB DDR, 64 bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP, Model "V9520-X/TD/128" -RETAIL

Heatsink:

Thermaltake EXTREME VOLCANO 12, All Copper. 2 Adjustable fan speed controllers, installs in expension slot or in the front (in 3.5" drive bay) for AMD Athlon XP up to 3400+ -RETAIL

$362.68 included shipping.

It will be a nice rig, you can add a cdrom for $20 and a case for $30.

 

[KoSoVaR]

EDIT:

I originally didn't put a video card but now I did.



k bye

 

[Inquisitor]

I'm putting alot less video power in there I think i'm puting in a 9200

it was about 300=350 including win XP so thats a bout 250 of parts ... but that looks good I may be able to talk him into it

thanks

 

[blob]

How about a Shuttle AN35N-U with a XP 2200 and 2x128 PQI Ram
Thats only 140-160 bucks

 

[Inquisitor]

double post sry

 

[Crashed]

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Dark Inquisitor I'm putting alot less video power in there I think i'm puting in a 9200 it was about 300=350 including win XP so thats a bout 250 of parts ... but that looks good I may be able to talk him into it thanks

You can get a geforce fx5200 for like 50$, you could go with a MSI K7n2 Delta-LSR and a Xp2500+ the mobo and processor will run you about 140$ and change from newegg.com