How Do I Build A Computer
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011
How much should it cost to build a basic computer?
Now I don’t do any gaming, video editing, or anything that would require a lot of power. Mainly I would be just converting video files to DVD and burning them, surfing the web, and downloading music. Of course I can just buy a pre-built computer that can do all of this without a problem, but I want to have some kind of computer building experience just for fun. How much do you think I should spend on building a simple rig?
I chose some good PC Hardware from Newegg.com for you
ASUS M2N68-AM AM2+/AM2 NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
$55.99
Hanns·G HB-175APB Black 17″ 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
$129.99 -$40.00 Instant save = $89.99
XION II XON-103 Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 450W Power Supply
$69.99
ASUS (Dual Panels) IDE DVD-ROM Drive Model DVD-E818A3 – $19.99
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Windsor 2.0GHz Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor
$35.99
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop
$34.99
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Total = $306.94 w. flatscreen
Total = $216.95 w/o flatscreen
These are much better quality hardwares than you can get from any low price prebuilt system like Emachines and whatnot.
You can basically just upgrade the processor to something more powerful should your needs grow. Anything else is solid
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