Help me build a system for a friend :D

[NTB]

All I really need is an MB, processor, memory, and possibly a case & PSU; gonna start with the basics and let her upgrade the rest whenever she decides to. I can scavenge a DVD drive, a CD burner, and an HDD from her old 533 Celery system, and she can keep her existing monitor and other peripherals as well. Also, I plan on building this on an Nforce2 IGP-based board, so I can get all the integrated goodies. Would still like an AGP port on there for later though. For starters, I'm going to order some PC2700 RAM. Any other specific suggestions?

Nate

 

[Bleep]

I have built many machines with Biostar Mortherboards, they are cheap, stable and easy to set up.

Bleep

 

[OverVolt]

The last thing you wanna hold back your money on is the mobo... Get a nice board for future upgradeability.

 

[NTB]

Originally posted by: OverVolt
The last thing you wanna hold back your money on is the mobo... Get a nice board for future upgradeability.

Hmm...perhaps I should change the subject a little. I realize a cheap board won't be any good (witness my now dead k7s5a ) . I simply want to keep the over-all costs to a minimum. That's why a)I'm taking a bunch of stuff from her old system and b) trying to get a board with lots of stuff built in, that also has lots of expansion options (AGP & PCI slots, 333fsb support). Given these goals, the Nforce-2 boards seemed to be my best bet.

Nate

 

[optimistic]

MB - Biostar M7NCG $100 from mwave
processor - XP whatever-you-can-afford
memory - 2x 256 PC2700 = $60 (but 1GB seems to be the hot spot right now)
and possibly a case & PSU - there's this- $61 shipped or I thought it would be cool to have something so small case has 2x 5.25 bays $50 shipped

So that's $210 without the processor.

 

[optimistic]

Like I said two 5.25 bays as long as you don't mind tossing out your old floppy drive.

 

[Gunbuster]

If you are not doing her, get a dell

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: Gunbuster
If you are not doing her, get a dell