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Build Me A Good Office PC

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Eddie33081

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Hey everyone.


I havent worked on computers in a while but my good friend needs 4 budget pc's built for his office.

I havent really researched whats been going on in the computer world the last 5 months or so. I need to build 4 Full PCs that will last this company a while. It will be used strictly for word processing, data entry, email, and internet with very few graphics intensive programs. Im looking to get parts for 400$ and under if possible.


So far Ive looked at this setup but its alittle over on my budget per pc. I want to make a little money for my building time. This is a fast MWAVE cart. See if you can help me get the price down including tax below 400.00$

EPOX EP-8RGM3I W/INTEGRATED VGA,LAN,USB 2.0 & AUDIO Here
AMD XP 2500+(333Mhz
KINGSTON 512MB DDR400
COPPER FAN

$235.00

ANTEC SLK1650B Here

$57.90

LITE ON 52X/32X/52X BLACK EIDE INTERNAL CDRW here

$28.00

MITUSMI 1.44 FLOPPY

$7.90

MICROSOFT MULTIMEDIA KEYBOARD & OPTICAL MOUSE BUNDLE BLACK Here

$29.90

Total With Tax is $452.15

This is without WinXp also 🙁

Please help if you can. I want to keep the look of this but possibly down grade to get it to my budget. Once again this is for 4 PCS. Above is an example of 1. I am looking at about a 1600$ budget for 4. If you know of any bulk buys let me know. If you have a cheaper site that I can buy all this from let me know. But I am only paying 5.00$ for will call so that saves on shipping.

Thanks In Advance
 
get an athlon xp 2000+ or 2200, should save you enough to be at 400 bucks, and if they are buisiness comps, then athlon xps excell in buisiness apps.

An athlon xp 2000+ compares to a 2.6C P4 in buisiness apps.
 
Is that $400 with or without WinXP pro? If the WinXP is supposed to be included in the $400 you will have a hard time building a new PC for about $260.
You could step down to 256MB RAM. That is usually enough to have Outlook, Word, Excel and IE open at the same time. A worse CPU would do the job as well. Look out for some 2000+ Thoroughbreds.
 
From www.us.ncix.com (Canadian Retailer's US Site, I'm sure there are better prices out there):
LG 52x CD-RW $25
Tsunami Gemini II Screwless case w/ 400w $28
Seagate 80gig ATA100 (5 yr warranty) $61
Samsung 512mb pc3200 $76
Asus A7V400-MX $51
AMD Sempron 2400+ $63
MS KB/Mouse combo $24
1.44mb floppy $8
WinXP Home $93
Sub total: $428.86us
 
Do you need monitors and software (Win XP and Office) for these computers as well? If so, there is basically no way to build a decent computer on 400 bucks.
 
Monitor isnt included. He wants to buy 15" flat screens for the office. So he's gonna go that route. Im looking into some used unactivated versions of winxp pro.
 
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