Building a box for a guy at work... [Archive]

Duffman

11-08-2005, 04:01 AM

Hey, I'm starting to price a box for a guy I work with, need help pricing and with parts.

He's looking for an econo-box, mostly web surfing and very light gaming, so no graphics card necesarry, can be handled with onboard. Onboard sound too, not sure if a gig or ram is necesary, but he needs a keyboard, mouse, and a box for around 400 - 500$, mostly on the lighter side, so help. please.

Duffman

11-08-2005, 04:05 AM

Mainly I just need help at this point making decisions on wether or not to have a graphics card, economically, and how much ram is needed that sort of stuff, then I'll start putting it together on newegg and come back, 64-bit or not, etc.

clocker

11-08-2005, 11:11 AM

Does your customer care at all about future upgradability or is this box disposable in two years?
Is the cost of the OS (presumably XP) included in the $500?

accat13

11-08-2005, 12:27 PM

any preference intel,amd

Duffman

11-08-2005, 10:51 PM

Well, he's in america now, but he lives in trinidad, he basically wants something for kid games, for his daughter, email that shit, I don't care if its gets crappy in 2 years, and AMD is prefered over intel.

Duffman

11-08-2005, 11:22 PM

And come on clocky, buy windows? lmao...

Duffman

11-10-2005, 03:02 AM

Yeah so help me out here..

Seedler

11-10-2005, 03:11 AM

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1567863&sku=M452-2432%20B

This is absolutely the cheapest "modern" pc i'm seen, but hey at least its 3 ghz despite its celeron. I think 3 ghz will more than suffice for web surfing and light gaming.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1592094&sku=M450-2018%20F

get this one if u actually wanna help out ur friend and get him a decent pc. For 400 bucks, this is one cheap and decent motherfecker: amd athlon 64 3700+, 1 gig ram, with mouse/keyboard/case/power supply. Pretty sweet

Virtualbody1234

11-10-2005, 03:32 AM

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1567863&sku=M452-2432%20B

This is absolutely the cheapest "modern" pc i'm seen, but hey at least its 3 ghz despite its celeron. I think 3 ghz will more than suffice for web surfing and light gaming.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1592094&sku=M450-2018%20F

get this one if u actually wanna help out ur friend and get him a decent pc. For 400 bucks, this is one cheap and decent motherfecker: amd athlon 64 3700+, 1 gig ram, with mouse/keyboard/case/power supply. Pretty sweet
Those are Barebone kits. They aren't complete computers.

Duffman

11-10-2005, 05:42 AM

the 3700+ is overkill for web, email, and his idea of gaming, which I foudn out to be windows bowling.

Seedler

11-10-2005, 11:49 PM

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1567863&sku=M452-2432%20B

This is absolutely the cheapest "modern" pc i'm seen, but hey at least its 3 ghz despite its celeron. I think 3 ghz will more than suffice for web surfing and light gaming.

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1592094&sku=M450-2018%20F

get this one if u actually wanna help out ur friend and get him a decent pc. For 400 bucks, this is one cheap and decent motherfecker: amd athlon 64 3700+, 1 gig ram, with mouse/keyboard/case/power supply. Pretty sweet
Those are Barebone kits. They aren't complete computers.

ah, so they are. Have you maybe thought of just buying the parts the barebones kits don't include? Say it's missing a mouse, then perhaps just buy a mouse along with it?

Seedler

11-10-2005, 11:51 PM

the 3700+ is overkill for web, email, and his idea of gaming, which I foudn out to be windows bowling.

lol windows bowling, in that case get him the cheap ass barebone and rip him off. I bet u could throw in couple hundred more megs of RAM and say the comp's worth like 400. He won't know.:naughty:

Virtualbody1234

11-10-2005, 11:53 PM

Those are Barebone kits. They aren't complete computers.

ah, so they are. Have you maybe thought of just buying the parts the barebones kits don't include? Say it's missing a mouse, then perhaps just buy a mouse along with it?
Or a graphics card or hard drive etc...

Minor little things. :rolleyes:

muchspl3

11-11-2005, 12:16 AM

ah, so they are. Have you maybe thought of just buying the parts the barebones kits don't include? Say it's missing a mouse, then perhaps just buy a mouse along with it?
Or a graphics card or hard drive etc...

Minor little things. :rolleyes:
ram also

edit, looks like it comes with ram...

Duffman

11-11-2005, 02:45 AM

I don't wanna rip him, he's such a nice guy.

silent h3ro

11-11-2005, 03:01 AM

Don't rip him off, just tell him that you need to profit.