Dirt cheap pc

[nadius]

Ok before you guys laugh me outa here.. i have 250 bucks.. a 1TB SATA2 harddrive(running on my sata1 system), and 2gbs of PC2-3200 400mhz ram(i ordered by accdent) and i desperately need a new pc.

so far i have a $45 videocard http://3btech.net/pnyge9451pci.html

and a (aprox) $120 mobo processor combo http://www.ascendtech.us/customkititems.asp?kc=DTMBEA740GM8650

I was thinking of doing something like this for a case $27 http://3btech.net/ch20siandbla.html

how big of a power supply would i need? Will this system let me play newer games? not the bran newest on the best settings but newer games and the new stuff on low settings... How easy will it be to upgrade as the time goes on?

 

[jbakerlent]

AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103688

GIGABYTE GA-MA785GM-US2H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI Micro ATX AMD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128394

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227298

Antec earthwatts EA380 380W Continuous Power ATX12V v2.0 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371005&Tpk=EA380

This fits under your budget if you reuse your ODD and HDD and get a cheap case. No it wouldn't play new games to well, but once you get more money you can throw in a video card. It should work for a little while if you have a small, low resolution monitor. Your budget is really, really low but that's the best I could do with it.

 

[FallenSniper]

That looks good to me as well. You need about twice that budget before you are going to build what most people would classify as a good/decent system. That setup I would classify as more of a 'just to get by on until I can upgrade' type of build.

 

[batuchka]

The bad news is: even the el cheapoest AM2+ seems to run ok with lowest DDR2 667 so DDR2 400 will screw ya over Good news: if you can salvage ODD and since HDD is fine something possibly within your reach which would cut it for 1280 x 1024 or 1440 x 900 with toning down of settings perhaps depending on game?

 

[skora]

Shipping on a case will run close to $20, so pick one of the coolermasters for $40 w/ free shipping and you'll get a better case for less than the others above.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010090007%204808&bop=And&ActiveSearchResult=True&Order=PRICE

$35 amir 9600 GSO, better than all the other suggestions made above.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121320

$28 amir Corsair 400w PSU (must buy one other combo item from ZZF, as selected below)
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10009826

$58 AMD x2 240 CPU
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10011096

$55 amir w/free shipping Biostar 760g
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138138

$25 2gig PQI ram picked by batchuka
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141300

Total: $289 + $7 delivery - $50 mir = $246