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Anonymous   05-23-2008 at 11:19:57 PM

Need Recomendation Building a system to do the following:

Web Browsing
Email
Office Aps
Occasional Photoshop
basic music and video (youtube like stuff)
Solitaire like gaming (not into the high end graphics stuff)
need LAN 10/100 (existing network)
Key issue is system stability (current system get BSOD!!)

Budget $500

I'm thinking of an E7200 based system with Integrated Graphics but a low end card is fine. I want the system to last at least 3 years.

Probably buy Win XP home (I don't want Vista hassles).

Basic Sata HD (250GB).

Prefer mini-atx but that's not a must have.

Already have monitor, DVD Player, keyboard, mouse. Looking for a quick and easy build.


Message edited by Anonymous on 05-23-2008 at 11:28:06 PM
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Shadow703793   05-23-2008 at 11:58:49 PM
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My recommendations:
P35-DS3L

 

Corsair 450VX

 

Cheap card ie. 8400GS

 

320GB+ 7200.11 HDD from Seagate or WD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6822148288

 

E7200/8400


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einstein4pres   05-24-2008 at 12:24:57 AM
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Shadow's build is overkill. I'd suggest pentium dual-core (E21X0) and integrated graphics.

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runswindows95   05-24-2008 at 01:36:36 AM
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$480:

Intel® Pentium® Conroe Dual Core Processor E2200 (1MB, 2.2GHz)
Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition
No Monitor
2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
16x DVD+/-RW Drive
Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse
Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Reader
No Modem Option

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Shadow703793   05-24-2008 at 03:52:48 AM
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einstein4pres wrote :

Shadow's build is overkill. I'd suggest pentium dual-core (E21X0) and integrated graphics.


Yeah, I was thinking that. Since OP wanted to have a E7200 I assumed he wanted to do some gaming/PhotoShop later or in the future. I still stand by my choice of PSU + HDD however. With a budget of $500 might as well buy/build a good PC.


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