Need Quick Advice

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

Looking to build a really cheap system for a friend that lost everything in a storm last week.

I have a P4 2.8 478 CPU and 2 GB DDR 2700 Ram.

What is a good cheap MB? Needs to have Sound and Lan on board, and an AGP slot.

edvallie · Posted: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:17:31 Post Subject:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130450

I'm really happy with my MSI board, and would recommend them on to anyone else. By the way, what kind of "cheap" computer has 2gb RAM? Razz

Sounds like if you really want a cheap computer you should stick to 512 or 1gb and send the rest to me. Wink

jake_johnson · Posted: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 16:42:14 Post Subject:

a cheap computer means one where you dont pay a lot of cash. If he likes the friend and has 2 gb left from his old rig that may be incompatible with his curent rig or just inferior to his curent ram. Then that would be cheap. He already owns it. But I would only stick one ram stick in. 2gb is overkill unless you toss a 9800 or somen into it.

You got a decent processor. Combined with half the ram you have (1gb) and hell even grab a 9600xt or somen. He can play curent games at decent fps. and not that cheap. You said you already own 2 most expensive pieces.

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

Well she does have a brand new 600w PSU, and a brand new (not even used 1 hour before figured out her old system wouldn't support it, and put the old card back in - thankfully!) GeForce 6600GT OC AGP. So she'll be pretty well set, after she gets the MB Smile

jake_johnson · Posted: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 14:35:06 Post Subject:

sounds like she got a kick a$$ system going.

600w psu (hope its name brand and has a good reliable curent)
2 gig ram
6600gt
2.8ghz p4

she is set for halfway decent gaming.

Kilamon · Rated XXX Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 811

Hellfire · Rated XXX Joined: 05 Aug 2003 Posts: 3473

LOL No...nothing like that...

Just a good friend LOL

HackaX0rus · Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:32:17 Post Subject:

i got some compaq 400mhz celeron desktops...small footprint...they suck but work...it is gunna be a minicluster of 4 in my room...

Evil_spork · Rated R Joined: 29 Aug 2003 Posts: 65

i run windows xp fine on a 500mhz celeron with 256 pc100.

basically anything under the sun will work. just done get low quality parts.