Music player

[master7045]

I recently bought a house with an unifished basement and have an old 2.0 stereo setup down there. Occasionally we (the wife and I) throw parties/entertain people and I would like to add an economical way to pipe some tunes down there.
-In order for this to get past the wife, it needs to be a cheap as possible.
-I already have a legal copy of XP Pro, a USB KB, Mouse and Monitor. So this is for the tower only.
-I have already looked at dell outlet and only saw towers for about 300 so that is my mark, must be under 300.
-I also have extra DDR2 ram 1GB

Again, this is only for music and internet maybe once a week at max. Maybe a music video/youtube video here and there. So that in mind, this is what i have so far:

Case $40 (30 AR)

MOBO $50 (40 AR)

CPU $30

Optical $20

By my count, thats about $140 + $23 for shipping. Any suggestions? I'm real cheap so if anyone has any tips, feel free.

 

[Lonyo]

Looked at any ITX Atom desktop boards?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813121342 $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813153122 $77

Same price as your current combo, but smaller and lower power.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811154091
$10 more for the case though, but might look more appealing to have a very small system, maybe that would sell the wife?

 

[videogames101]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
Looked at any ITX Atom desktop boards?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813121342 $70
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16813153122 $77

Same price as your current combo, but smaller and lower power.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16811154091
$10 more for the case though, but might look more appealing to have a very small system, maybe that would sell the wife?

Another vote for ITX.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
$10 more for the case though, but might look more appealing to have a very small system, maybe that would sell the wife?

That is really cute. Perfect for a low powered Mini-ITX build.
On the MB side, I would shell out an extra $9 to get the Dual Core Atom 330 version.
Another option would be a Nehemiah core based combo.

 

[master7045]

Thanks for the updates, I like the smaller case, it is more eye appealing. from the research I've done, it doesn't really look like there is a whole lot of a difference between the 230 and 330. Neither can play 1080p, which is fine, b/c I won't be watching that on this machine. If there are any other differences, feel free to let me know, or if anyone has any other suggestions, I'm all ears.

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: master7045 from the research I've done, it doesn't really look like there is a whole lot of a difference between the 230 and 330.
If there are any other differences, feel free to let me know, or if anyone has any other suggestions, I'm all ears.

The 230 is a single core CPU and the 330 is a dual core.