First Time Budget build

[manormortal]

I have about $230 to spend on a new pc for school. I'll be mostly web browsing, watching youtube, hulu, etc, office work nothing too intensive. I'd prefer if this machine could do most of these task simultaneously, for example having firefox with 10 tabs open while having open office and winamp running, along with antivirus and firewall in the background with no lag. I also would like to be able to watch youtube content in 720p. Here's the build I've come up with:

AMD Athlon II X2 245 Regor 2.9GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core Desktop Processor ADX245OCGQBOX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103687

Foxconn A74ML-K AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 740G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186188

PQI POWER Series 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Desktop Memory Model MAD42GUOE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820141300

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3250318AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148451

APEX DM-387 Black Steel Micro ATX Media Center / Slim HTPC Computer Case w/ ATX12V Flex 275W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811154087

Total: $225.95

 

[gkay09]

^ Why not a DDR3/ AM3 ??
X2 245
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103687

2GB DDR3
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148352

Biostar 785G mobo + HEC case - (It is actually free)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.474527

PSU - A high quality Seasonic PSU - You would save power too)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151085

HDD - Check it here
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-ST250S8&title=Seagate-ST3250318AS-250GB-SATA2-7200rpm-8MB-Hard-Drive
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-ST50S48&title=Seagate-ST3500418AS-500GB-SATA2-7200rpm-16MB-Hard-Drive
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=HD-HD502HJ&title=Samsung-SpinPoint-F3-HD502HJ-500GB-SATA2-7200rpm-16MB-Hard-Drive

The above setup would come around ~$15 -$20 more, but you get a better mobo with a very powerful onboard video, a far better PSU and AM3/ DDR3 setup...

 

[Mark Heath]

gkay's changes are a good idea. Not much more for a slightly newer system and faster RAM (DDR3)

 

[batuchka]

The 690G, 740G, all Nvidia chipsets below GF8xxx/750a/980a are all essentially AM2 mobos/tech which has HT limitation when used with an AM2+/AM3 CPU and still on PCIex gen 1.0/1.1 and that is why under recommended mobos in any half serious hardware forums u won't find them listed even in rudimentary/el cheapo configs hehe

 

[manormortal]

sorry for not updating so long, was waiting for the money to finally come through. it seems that the motherboard/case combo is no longer available.