Computer for $200

[TechBoyJK]

My friend's computer fried and he gave me a budget of $200 to replace it. He already has a monitor, mouse, etc... just needs a new computer.. and he has a good cd burner... There is a local computer store nearby that resells leased machines.. I found these and was wondering if anybody knew of a better route to take. $200 max (plus tax)

All Listed Machines

P4 for $200

 

[Parasitic]

Fry's nearby?

They have new machines for $179 this week.

 

[Howard]

Hm... you might be able to piece together a lot of used stuff.

 

[vegetation]

Originally posted by: Howard
Hm... you might be able to piece together a lot of used stuff.

Support nightmare in the making. Unless you value your time at $1/hour, I wouldn't do it.

 

[Googer]

Hot Deals?

 

[InlineFour]

FS/FT forums.

 

[JE78]

Here's the best I could do.

Case: $19.50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811213013

MoBo: $59.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813138266

CPU: $73.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819104245

HDD: $42.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822140118

RAM: $17.50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141174

Total: $211.99 + S&H $31.77 = Grand Total $243.76

You could probably reuse the case he has, so you could subtract the cost of that and your total would be $208.27 with S&H included.

 

[Arkane13131]

Originally posted by: JE78
Here's the best I could do.

Case: $19.50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16811213013

MoBo: $59.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813138266

CPU: $73.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819104245

HDD: $42.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16822140118

RAM: $17.50 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141174

Total: $211.99 + S&H $31.77 = Grand Total $243.76

You could probably reuse the case he has, so you could subtract the cost of that and your total would be $208.27 with S&H included.

you forgot the 600$ videocard

 

[essasin]

I think you could get close using the for sale and trade.

1.XP mobile
2.shuttle (I cant remember the board model but it was like 50 bucks new back then)
3.512mb pc3200 or maybe pc2700
4.fx5200, mx440
5.Chenbro case from svc

 

[mikeford]

Maybe you should take a look at his existing PC and decide what and how to migrate. Reuse all you can and update maybe little more than the actually fired bits. Main bit is if you can move his OS to the new machine or need to buy new, adios budget.