Looking For A New Computer.

Ok.. what I have.

1) 120 GB Harddrive
2) 128 MB nVidia GeForce 4.
3) 48X Masui CD Burner.
4) Sound Card

I want to continue to use these parts as they are all brand new and need not be replaced.

Which leaves me looking for a barebones kit that includes...

1) Motherboard + CPU (Preferably an AMD Athlon XP) that includes usb 2.0.
2) A great cooling system, preferably not water.
3) 512MB - 1024MB Ram to accompany the Motherboard/CPU.


This is pretty much a barebones system, but I dont really know where to look. A lot of sites advertise this at good prices, but they look as if they are run out of some college kid's basement. I want to get this barebones kit from a reliable store. I want to be able to just pop in the parts that I have, start it up with a Win XP cd rom in, install and run it. I want an easy solution.

My price limit - 250, maybe 300.

This will be my last post concerning my computer's future, as I have bugged you guys enough. So if any of you would be kind enough to provide a link to a store that sells what Im looking for at a reasonable price with a good warranty, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance -

Mogadishu

ooooooohww. please help a poor man with a shitty computer and barely any cash to spend. err man? i mean 15 yr old.

just drop into www.pricewatch.com and pick up say:

a MSI K7N2 Delta-L (nForce2 Ultra 400) about 90$
a Athlon XP 2500+ (1.83 GHz) Barton OEM at about 90$
a stick of 512-MB PC2700 DDR for about 60$

and if you need a case, that still leaves $$ for that. and that nforce mobo comes with 6 channel audio, a very nice built in sound card, integrated lan/nic card, ata 133, agp8x also.

For another 30$ you could get a ASUS A7N8X Deluxe nForce2 Motherboard... keep that in mind.

that processor is a steal, as many report it clocking upwards of 2.8-3.0 gigahertz.

Most sites on pricewatch, though each differ warranty wise, offer some warranty, for 30-90 days, and after that, the manufacturer warranty kicks in. Just be sure to check each place you buy from. But those parts should all be available for close to those prices.

Is there any way I can buy them all together?

Also, all together and installed in a case/tower that i can just pop open and stick my parts into the mb slots.

well u can search for mobo combos with the cpu name, and mobo name, to get those together... thats common.

but getting those two, and a case, and ram, all together, specifically like that, would be a bit harder, w/o lookin online store, to online store.

those parts arent hard to put together. mobo just bolts into the case, put the processor onto the socket a slot, with some thermal paste, and just slide in the ram... run your power connectors to the mobo, theres your parts all together... then just plug your stuff in...

Yea its not that i dont want to put them together, its just tthat i dont want to deal iwith 3 different orders. If anyone finds something like this please pm me or something.

Thanks again

Mogadishu

order them all from one site?

http://www.pcprodirect.com/product_details...r.asp?PRID=1237

buying a barebones kit is ruining the fun you could be having building the machine yourself.

i went into my local pc store Richways and i was like a kid in a candy store! if it scares you the fort of building your own al you have to do is start with the cpu and work from ther.

only having brought a case so far i can safely say im having no troubles so far :lol:

BAREBONES


SpaceWalker SS51-C P4 Aluminium mini BareBone System
£232.99

AIO All-in-one Barebone P4/CDRW/DVD/15" LCD/56K/VGA/PS2 KB/Mouse
£686.99

ASUS Terminator AMD / 266FSB / 52xCDROM / FDD / LAN / SOUND / VGA / 56k
£126.99

ASUS Terminator P4 533FSB / 52xCDROM / FDD / LAN / SOUND / VGA / 56k
£155.99

ASUS Terminator BLACK P4-533A / 4xAGP Slot /52xCDROM/FDD/LAN/SOUND/VGA/56k

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Originally posted by mogadishu@7 August 2003 - 00:07
A lot of sites advertise this at good prices, but they look as if they are run out of some college kid's basement. I want to get this barebones kit from a reliable store.

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someone suggested looking on pricewatch.com. while i have bought a lot of things from pricewatch vendors, i have to say that many of them do appear really shady. i suspect that many of them are actually fronts for other shops... merely aliases created to lure in more customers after they've gained poor reputations under their original names. i've personally never been ripped off, but i've read a lot of horror stories.

if you want reasonably priced stuff from a "well known" shop, the only one i can think of that has both a great reputation, liberal return/exchange policies and good prices is newegg.com. i just built a new PC recently and ordered nearly everything from newegg because i didn't feel like sending my money off to some practically anonymous business run out of someone's closet, crossing my fingers and hoping my merchandise arrives (like i've usually done). everything arrived within about a week of my credit card being charged, and it all worked perfectly.

How about this from newegg.com:

Biostar M7NCD nForce2 mobo, up to 400 FSB, DDR400 dual channel, ATA133, 8xAGP, Lan, 6Channel Audio = $58
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton Retail = $90.00
2 x GeIL Golden Dragon DDR 256MB 400MHz Model GD3200-256 Retail CAS Latency 2-3-3-6-T1 $55 each = $110.00

Note you need two sticks memory to get dual channel performance.
This leaves you with only a little to spare to get a case, so get a ps for your existing case, with a couple of extra fans.

Allied 400W Power Supply ATX400P4 w/ Two Fans ***AMD APPROVED*** UL, CSA, FCC Approved = $33.00
Speeze Cooling Fan FD08025S1M4 - DC 12V Sleeve Bearing Cooling Fan $2 each = $4.00

Total cost $295.00

This way you upgrade the things in your existing case and leave the other hardware undisturbed.