MASSIVE HELP NEEDED TO SELECT COMPONENTS OF 350$$ pc

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Damien Wo

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Hi all. I'm just another computer euthsiast like all of you guys. After completing my first build I began to have an intrinsic addiction to PC building.

Just that day while watching a build guide on YouTube, I had a great idea; building a budget PC of around $350 for some of the under-privileged kids in my neighborhood. I plan to enlist the help of some of the local PC building enthusiasts to assist in building an initial batch of 20 CPUs. If sustainable, I would gladly expand the project. :)

So, I'm thinking what components should I include in this build. Perhaps the manufacturers of the individual components could donate the parts, including Microsoft whom I hope would sponsor the peripherals and the OS (I'm thinking windows 7).

I think it's a brilliant chance to use our hobby to improve the world!

Anyway, here's the build.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3D4oS


 
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hunter315
You put money in the wrong places.

Anyone using that computer will immediately hate it because of the garbage hard drive, small capacity and low RPM means you'll have super slow loading speeds and anything that calls out to a page file(which is damn near everything) will take forever to read the databack.

That PSU is awful, truely awful, it is barely capable of powering the CPU that needs 100W from the 12V rail, it only has 180W available if you are lucky and it is like 0C in your room.

With the rest of the components in there, why go for a 750K? Who needs the 750K instead of a lower cheaper athlon, or more appropriately one of the A series chips so they get some graphics too?


If you are trying to build that cheap, don't. While...
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hunter315

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You put money in the wrong places.

Anyone using that computer will immediately hate it because of the garbage hard drive, small capacity and low RPM means you'll have super slow loading speeds and anything that calls out to a page file(which is damn near everything) will take forever to read the databack.

That PSU is awful, truely awful, it is barely capable of powering the CPU that needs 100W from the 12V rail, it only has 180W available if you are lucky and it is like 0C in your room.

With the rest of the components in there, why go for a 750K? Who needs the 750K instead of a lower cheaper athlon, or more appropriately one of the A series chips so they get some graphics too?


If you are trying to build that cheap, don't. While they aren't the best, HP/Dell/Gateway get bulk deals on parts and can beat you on a low price system, especially once you have to throw windows on it.
 
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mrmez

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You likely won't get sponsorship for anything, so you will need to cut your costs. You should probably cut them anyway.

CPU: Celeron G1620 ~$35
RAM: 1x2Gb ~$25

That alone will get your cost to under $300, and I'm sure you could go further.
You can (and should) be contacting suppliers and asking for volume discount, especially asking for unlisted, or un-advertised stock. Chances are every company has odd bits and pieces lying around that they can never sell. You could pick up bags of odd parts for next to nothing.

Not sure how this is expected to work, but I hope the underprivileged little darlings don't end up stripping and stealing your PCs.

As for sponsorship, I'm in marketing, and sadly, I'd never approve any expenditure on something like this. There's just no ROI, and worse, It can easily cheapen the brand.
Now if you were to contact the local paper/radio/tv and you could talk about how great company X is for donating to this fantastic cause... well, that would be another story.
 
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