My best freind needs a new computer as he has come to my house and fell in love with Nascar 2003.. He has a old gateway that simply want get it done, its a 475mhz pc.
Anyways I'm going to help out and assist him in building one.
For now he just needs a decent system to get him by. He doesnt need to latest and greatest of everything.
Heck I got a 1.2 t-bird, 512ddr ram, and a radeon 7200 (32mb).
I plays the games I play just fine. Sure I might not be able to max the settings out, but i'm not at minimal either.
Anyways this is what I have picked out so far.
Do you see anyway to help me save money. These prices are from newegg and thats the only place I will be shopping from (never let me down and prices are right)
He can reuse most of his old devices, keyboards/writer/monitor and all.
1.Foxconn Super Case Model# PC-146 w/400W Mustang
power Supply -with front USB ports Retail
$27.00
2.Speeze CPU Fan Model 5F263B1M3 for AMD/Intel Socket A/370
$7.00
3. CRUCIAL MICRON 256MB 32x64 PC 2100 DDR RAM - OEM
$44.00
4.Biostar Motherboard for AMD Athlon/Athlon XP/Duron
$55.00 (I have this board and i'm happy with it, simple setup &
were not overclockers)
5.AMD Athlon XP 1700+ Thoroughbred /266 FSB Processor CPU
1700+/ 1.47GHz -OEM
$52.00
6. VGA CHAINTECH Geforce FX 5200 128MB DDR . RETAIL BOX
$69.00
Total comes to $254.00
Again, I am looking for the lowest cost to get him up and running to play games. BUT, I also dont want to buy crap low quality parts that my die quickly.
Any and all suggestions appreciated.