Like the heading says, I'm building a new cheapo rig. It's just for basic stuff, no games or graphics. Just an everyday machine. The one exception is my daughter, she's a bit of an artist, but nothing too intense. My old machine, w/a barton 2500, a cheap Chaintech board w/1G of ram, and a cheap video card is still doing the job. But I've got 2 daughters and a young son and dad needs his own machine. I've also have an older machine w/a 1.2 t-bird chip and 3/4 G of ram. Still does ok.
What I've come up with for a new machine is:
- Athlon 64 x 2 Brisbane 2.1GHz retail $66 egg
- Gigabyte GA-MA69VM-S2 mobo $64 egg
- 2 x 1G pc2-6400 ram $80 Directron (seems like good AR prices over there right now)
- 80G Seagate HD $45 Directron (I've got a faster 160g I'm gonna use, the 80g will replace my external)
- Lite-on cd/rw dvd rom $30 anywhere
- xp pro os $140 anywhere
- s510 wireless keyboard/mouse $30 ebay
- 2.1 speakers $30 anywhere
I'm running a 24" sony crt, and will be adding a 19" crt, so I'm going to pick up an APC BR1200 ups for $140 or so. My 2 smaller upses are maxed. That should cover me.
My concern is my power supply. I've got a Chenbro matx case w/a fortron 270w ps that I'd like to use. It has a solid 16 amps on the 12v rail. I'm pretty sure this is going to be enough, but I figure I'd check w/you guys. My backup plan is to switch cases w/my t-bird machine and add an Enermax 350w ps w/28a on the 12v, but I'd like to wait on that until I need more than the on board graphics.
Any input w/b appreciated.
What I've come up with for a new machine is:
- Athlon 64 x 2 Brisbane 2.1GHz retail $66 egg
- Gigabyte GA-MA69VM-S2 mobo $64 egg
- 2 x 1G pc2-6400 ram $80 Directron (seems like good AR prices over there right now)
- 80G Seagate HD $45 Directron (I've got a faster 160g I'm gonna use, the 80g will replace my external)
- Lite-on cd/rw dvd rom $30 anywhere
- xp pro os $140 anywhere
- s510 wireless keyboard/mouse $30 ebay
- 2.1 speakers $30 anywhere
I'm running a 24" sony crt, and will be adding a 19" crt, so I'm going to pick up an APC BR1200 ups for $140 or so. My 2 smaller upses are maxed. That should cover me.
My concern is my power supply. I've got a Chenbro matx case w/a fortron 270w ps that I'd like to use. It has a solid 16 amps on the 12v rail. I'm pretty sure this is going to be enough, but I figure I'd check w/you guys. My backup plan is to switch cases w/my t-bird machine and add an Enermax 350w ps w/28a on the 12v, but I'd like to wait on that until I need more than the on board graphics.
Any input w/b appreciated.
