please help with budget system

[Maezr]

I'm building a second system, 500$ would be absolute tops, around 400$ would be preferable... however, I only need the following

Motherboard
Athlon XP cpu
Ram
KVM (think I will get the belkin for around 50$, but if you have other suggestions please let me know)

for the motherboard, on board raid would be a plus as I'll have 5 ide devices. otherwise I'll have to buy a controller...

thanks

 

[magomago]

350 for mobo/ram/cpu?

Barton- 100
a7n8x-x -63.99
512 pc3200 scorsair - ~130 (Havn't check prices for a while)

 

[orion7144]

What OS are you using? What will the pc be used for? If it just going to be a storage box or DC client you can use it as a headless box and you won't need the KVM.

 

[mrgoblin]

Forget the corsair and get buffalo ram. I dont know how many times this has been said...