New suggestion on a older build

[T2urtle]

hey everyone i'm trying to setup a rig for a family friend of mines for their children. They computer craped out on them so i told them i can salvage them a computer for cheap. Budget is a very low budget like around 100$ USD

Good thing is that i dont need some of the things. I have a HD and CD-R drive. Also a couple of sticks of PC 100 and Pc133 totalling 256mb i think.

The rig isn't going to be much. Its going to be more of a web surfing and homework type thing. Projects on word maybe powerpoint. THe father might do some office work nothing too serious.

My main issue is finding a board that supports SDRAM. If someone can suggest a rig for me that would be great. I'm currently looking at a MSI k7t Turbo with a 950mhz T-bird. How are your views on that?



Sorry if i'm not allowed to post questions like this but i was unable to find a sticky on the rules. Thanks for all your help.

 

[nick1985]

grab a K7S5A and a cheap athlon 1700

 

[T2urtle]

Also i need a place where i can get it. Pricewatch.com isn't constant enough for me. Keep in mind my $100 rig. must be case, board, CPU, heatsink, fan. that should be all.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: T2urtle
hey everyone i'm trying to setup a rig for a family friend of mines for their children. They computer craped out on them so i told them i can salvage them a computer for cheap. Budget is a very low budget like around 100$ USD

Good thing is that i dont need some of the things. I have a HD and CD-R drive. Also a couple of sticks of PC 100 and Pc133 totalling 256mb i think.

The rig isn't going to be much. Its going to be more of a web surfing and homework type thing. Projects on word maybe powerpoint. THe father might do some office work nothing too serious.

My main issue is finding a board that supports SDRAM. If someone can suggest a rig for me that would be great. I'm currently looking at a MSI k7t Turbo with a 950mhz T-bird. How are your views on that?



Sorry if i'm not allowed to post questions like this but i was unable to find a sticky on the rules. Thanks for all your help.

despite what people say about MSI, the K7T Turbo IMO is one of the best boards MSI has ever made.. I had one which I recently sold *tear* which gave me like 3 years of RELIABLE problem free service.
that combo would work fine... but if you CAN find a faster setup for similar LIKE the ECS/1700 suggestion, that might work better... HOWEVER ECS boards IMO are completely worthless and I would not want that trash in my system personally. the only benefit of the ECS is it supports both SDR/DDR RAM.

good luck!

 

[T2urtle]

yea i'm a little more MSI then ECS. But i hear they are decent boards. I find the MSI boards harder to find then the ECS. But how many cases have ECS been proven to be crap ?

 

[T2urtle]

How would you rate a celeron build?

Retail P4 Northwood Celeron 2GHz and a Tyan PC133 Workstation Board

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: T2urtle
How would you rate a celeron build?

Retail P4 Northwood Celeron 2GHz and a Tyan PC133 Workstation Board

somewhere between a pile of crap and walking in on your parents having sex.

 

[Nessism]

Your best bet is the For Sale forum, it's a bottom feeders paridise

Good luck.

Ed

 

[T2urtle]

^ yea i'm currently looking at those things its still either that ECS or the MSI board stated above with a CPU of any

 

[newParadigm]

Grab a PIII/Celly mobo/cpu combo off the FS/T forums here. I just picked up a 900mhz Celly on some ASUS board for like $25.