what kinda pc do i need?

[NEWYORKJETS000]

ok well i just spent about 750 bucks on newegg and got the following stuff...
aspire qpack case
athlon 64 3000 skt 939
msi rs480m2
512x2 pc 3200
80 gig sata western digital
rosewill dvd burner
geforce6600 gt
philips 5.1 card
a cheap tv tuner card
but i dont really game now i got a psp for that all i do on the net is talk to friends aim,msn,yahoo....and browse the web,burn cds watch dvds and listen to music. so my ? is can i sell this pc and get a cheaper one and still b happy with what i do. i dont want somethin thats gona freeze up and errors. please help.

 

[zagood]

Just keep what you have. If you really want to save money, you can return/sell the following:

6600 GT
1x512mb ram

Get a used 9600 or something like that around $50. And you shouldn't need a gig of ram.

You'll also want to get a bigger or additional hard drive to store media.

-z

 

[NEWYORKJETS000]

ok well put it this way. say i sold my pc and had 650 bucks what stuff should i get for what i do? and build it for cheapest possible

 

[leigh6]

Hi,

Some general thoughts:

You are going to have fixed costs of the following no matter what system you build.

Case and Power Supply: $75.00
Hard Drive: $50.00
Windows: $80.00
Ram: $40.00
DVDRW $40.00
CD/ROM or DVD/ROM $22.00

That is approximately $300.00

You probably can get a cheap case (Rosewill el cheepo for Newegg or Chiefvalue for $35.00 dlvd comes to mind but I just would not go cheap on this)
You probably can go without the 2nd optical drive.

But assume we are basing this on $300.00 we need to add mobo, processor, video

Assuming you are willing to not buy new the best way for you to go would be Socket 754 with a Sempron 3000 or 3100 which I would buy on the F/S F/T board here. You can pick one up for around $65-75. Then buy a motherboard with onboard video. The Biostar with the 6100 runs around $60-65.

This gets you to around $450.00

Figure you are going to take at least a 25% hit on your system selling it if you bought retail. This will get you back around $575.00 I am doing this in general terms because you can obviously reuse case, windows, burner, etc.

The components of your system that will be sold to downgrade will be the CPU, MOBO, VID CARD. But the vid card you should just return anyway. So it is just really replacing the CPU, MOBO combo with another CPU, MOBO COMBO and figuring out what to do with your extra 512 of ram.

In the end I think you gain around $100-130. assuming your mobo, cpu cost you around $240.00.

Not sure if it is all worth it.

BUT!!!!!!!!!!! You can do what I do for my friends and family who want inexpensive systems. I buy the Rosewill Case. I wait to buy Hard Drives when rebates are running. I buy the mobos, cpus, ram on these boards. The only thing I buy retail (From Newegg) is the NEC DVDRW burner and a CD/ROM.

You can even use a Socket A system that will cost you around $90.00 for cpu, mobo on these boards. Right now someone has an XP 2400 2.0ghz processor for $45.00. Someone has an N-Force 2 shuttle board for $40.00. THAT IS A GREAT LITTLE SETUP THAT WILL DO EVERYTHING YOU WANT.

Just my 2c

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

No, keep the 1GB of RAM. Just ditch the video card and get like an X300 or something.

 

[alimoalem]

do you really need the money? if so, how much? that'll help us tell you how much to downgrade and how many parts to downgrade

 

[leigh6]

His motherboard has onboard video.

 

[NEWYORKJETS000]

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