I need a budget mobo, CPU, ram and video card...

[Trevelyan]

I'm putting together a cheap system and I need to get a:

CPU
Motherboard
1Gb ram
Video card (for dual VGA output)

Can this be done for less than $200? Anyone have any recommendations? I don't want to get a motherboard that's going to give me problems, but I don't have a lot of money to spend either.

The computer will be used for power point presentations and showing videos, that's pretty much it.

 

[ionoxx]

Get an Asus M2A-VM motherboard. Dual output (DVI+D-Sub) and they are both useable. AMD Socket AM2 proc, Athlon 64 or X2 if you can fit it. Get yourself a gig of OCZ value or something. and your done:

M2A-VM 69.99$

OCZ Value Series 1GB (2 x 512MB) 71.99$

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Orleans 1.8GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor 55.00$

Total: 196.98

 

[Trevelyan]

Nice! Thank you... I can use both video outputs at once for dual monitors, right? I guess I will need to be a DVI -> D-sub converter then?

 

[bluemax]

Nice suggestion. That onboard video is quite speedy - by far the best IGP going! About little slower than a vanilla X1300. Not bad at all for "free".

 

[Trevelyan]

Okay, upon closer inspection, the DVI port is DVI-D, so it won't work for VGA output

Any other recommendations?

 

[bluemax]

Ummm.... it has VGA and DVI on there... you hoping for dual-monitor?

 

[Trevelyan]

Originally posted by: bluemax
Ummm.... it has VGA and DVI on there... you hoping for dual-monitor?

Yes, exactly. Both monitors are VGA only...

 

[lyssword]

there are adapter thingys that convert from dvi to vga http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814999201

 

[bupkus]

Oops, need to post new thread.