ASUS V3-P5V900 Minitower Barebone for Intel Core2 Duo 1066FSB w/ Onboard Video, VIA P4M900

[funboy6942]

Linkage

Just got this in the mail, figured Id pass it on for its the cheapest I can find on it shipped.

CPU

Intel P4 up to 3.8 GHz
(Prescott,Smithfield,Cedarmill,Conroe,Kentsfield)
LGA 775
1066/800/533 MHz FSB
Chipset

North Bridge: VIA P4M900
South Bridge: VIA VT8237A
Memory

2 x DIMM
DDR2 667/533/400
Support max. 4GB
Expansion Slots

2 x PCI
1 x PCI-e x 16
1 x PCI-e x 1
Graphics

VIA Graphics Integrated
IDE

1 x UltraDMA 133/100
S-ATA

2 x Serial ATA I
LAN

10/100/1000 Mbps
Audio

ADI AD1986A
6 Channel Codec
Dimension (mm) W x H x D

168 x 354 x 380
Drive Bays

2 x 5.25"
3 x 3.5" (2 external)
Front Panel

2 x USB 2.0
1 x Microphone
1 x Headphone
Rear Panel

4 x USB 2.0
1 x Line-in/Line-out/Mic-in
1 x PS/2 Keyboard
1 x PS/2 Mouse
1 x Parallel Port
1 x D-sub (VGA Out)
1 x RJ45 LAN
Power Supply

Peak 300W (PFC)
O/S Support

Window XP(64 bits)/Vista
Key Features

Vista Capable
Brand-new Design
Solid, Dependable Performance
Great Expandability
Anti-Virus Solution
Q-fan Technology
Recover Pro (Only for Windows XP/2000)
Raid 0/Raid 1/JBOD

$95 slap in a $100 HDD, a $50 21xx chip, and $30 for 2 gigs of ddr2 mem, and you got a damn good pc on the super cheap, IMO, and throw in a HD3870 for $120 and you got a smoking gamers rig.

Wish I had to get 2 of these myself to upgrade my boys from socket a and a 939.

 

[Lanyap]

Pics and a few reviews at NE.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16856110067

 

[ibex333]

Sata 150... And and only a 300w PSU... You sure this rig will be able to handle an HD3870 along with everything else? And it says this only supports up to a P4. Yes, I know it's LGA775, but is the same LGA775 that takes C2D? (sorry for stupid question).

 

[nyker96]

I think if you don't mind rebates you can get a cheapo case (15-20 AR), PSU (30AR), m.b. might be higher like 70AR.
personally got a Antec Sonata w/ 500W EW PSU ($60AR), IP35-E ($70AR), so about $130.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: ibex333
Sata 150... And and only a 300w PSU... You sure this rig will be able to handle an HD3870 along with everything else? And it says this only supports up to a P4. Yes, I know it's LGA775, but is the same LGA775 that takes C2D? (sorry for stupid question).

The link to newegg site that Lanyap put up, above yours, in the spec page shows ity takes a C2D so I think its a typo on 3b's end.

As far as the 300watt ok, you may have to put something in a little stronger, 3B has some decent prices on some power supplies. Granted they may not all be "name" brand, but the one I got from them for $20~ over a year ago is still going strong and gets used a good 8-10 a day every day of the week.

Or as the guy above me mentioned, if you dont mind rebates, and waiting 3-12 months, my last rebates took 8 months for me to get on a lousy $40, and $40 over 8 months of wait to me doesnt seem like I got a good deal on the rebate, but in anycase, you can always get something better.

 

[killster1]

well if you are sure you will get rebates i say go for it... 300watt isnt good imo as only high watt psu's seem to be efficient.. ya you save a few bucks on the psu but your power bill goes up 10$ a month depending how many pc's you run and how hard you run them.

 

[lopgok]

Antec makes a 80+ 380w power supply.
Most computers don't use over 300w of power. I have measured all of my computers, and the most power I have seen drawn is around around 200w AC power, when the 7 hard drives are spinning up. Sure if you use a video card that uses 2 slots, you will need to power it, and sure if you have a pentium D running at 4ghz, you will need lots of power. Dell sells a intel q6600 system with several hard drives and a 300w power supply. Go use a $20 ac power meter before saying you need a 1 kilowatt power supply. If you go to the trade shows, you can see a 1kw power supply powering a computer, and something crazy like 50 extra hard drives.


I have seen more 80+ power supplies that are above 400w than below it, but there are a few at 300w and below that are 80+. Check out silentpcreview.com for
high efficiency power supply reviews.

 

[AkumaX]

damn i need a good slimtower deal -_-

 

[htne]

The MAIN problem with this deal is, if you actually read the user reviews at NewEgg, a good many of these seem to show up DOA.