Looking For A New Computer.

[mogadishu]

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

[mogadishu]

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

[Schmiggy_JK23]

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.

[mogadishu]

Is there any way I can buy them all together?

[mogadishu]

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

[Schmiggy_JK23]

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...

[mogadishu]

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

[Schmiggy_JK23]

order them all from one site?

[Somebody1234]

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

[Miyake]

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

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