Boogityboo04
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I'm helping a family I know pick out a low end computer to fit their budget and am considering a Dell, but I'd like to build one for them if I could save them some money. Could anyone recommend parts to match the specs of the system I list below. I'm not particularly good at picking out low end parts that aren't going to fail after two weeks.
Specs of the Dell:
PROCESSOR AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
MEMORY 512MB Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 1DIMM
HARD DRIVE 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
OPTICAL DRIVE 48X CD-RW/ DVD Combo Drive
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard and Dell 2-button Scroll Mouse
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive Included
MODEM 56K PCI Data Fax Modem
Total cost: US$409
The folks at Dell want $75 for another 512 mb stick of RAM so if I were to buy the Dell I'd buy another stick online to go up to 1GB
So can you help me (if possible) pick out either a better performing system for the same price, or a equivalent system for a lower price?
Thanks in advance.
Or you could just send them your old system jk
Specs of the Dell:
PROCESSOR AMD Athlon™ 64 3200+
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
MEMORY 512MB Single Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 1DIMM
HARD DRIVE 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
OPTICAL DRIVE 48X CD-RW/ DVD Combo Drive
VIDEO CARD NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE Integrated Graphics GPU
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Dell USB Keyboard and Dell 2-button Scroll Mouse
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive Included
MODEM 56K PCI Data Fax Modem
Total cost: US$409
The folks at Dell want $75 for another 512 mb stick of RAM so if I were to buy the Dell I'd buy another stick online to go up to 1GB
So can you help me (if possible) pick out either a better performing system for the same price, or a equivalent system for a lower price?
Thanks in advance.
Or you could just send them your old system jk