Cheap surfing computer

[omnisome]

Soon I will be putting toghether a computer for my little brother - he only uses Mozilla Firefox and MS Paint.

Motherboard: M4N68T-M LE v2 (mATX)
Processor: AMD 'Sargas' 140 @ 2.7GHz
Memory: Kingston 1GB (PC3-10666) @ 1.5v CL9
Optical Drive: A cheap LG DVD-RW one
Power Unit: Corsair CX430 (336w effective)
Case: Coolermaster Elite 330
Hard-Disk Drive: WDC-Blue SATA2 160GB (150GB effective) - I already have this, I upgraded to a Samsung HD103SJ.
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 7025 (motherboard chipset)

Price: £145


What do you lot think?

 

[genghiskron]

do you have a monitor and OS?

 

[brpeden82]

i would not go with a nvidia chipset even if it for cheap

stick with something this for future proofing

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131728

or cheap on the amd side
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157215

and really consider 2GB of memory so it dont run slow

 

[omnisome]

Seriously, he only watches YouTube on Firefox and movies in the optical drive.

1024x768@60Hz
Microsoft Windows XP (SP3, x86, Professional Edition)

I am in the UK so these are my stores:
http://www.ebuyer.com
http://www.scan.co.uk
http://www.cclonline.com

 

[brpeden82]

then ure build looks good

 

[hawk66]

The only advantage to build a cheap computer, well there is none. Just buy one of the shelf. It will save you lot's of time and frustration. If you want to build one just because, then build one that you can invest in by adding to it later. Start with a good motherboard.

 

[Dougie Fresh]

It sounds a lot like what I made for my daughter's preschool. This will play up to 720p Youtube video.

Gigabyte D525 dual-core Atom motherboard
http://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-ga-d525tud-intel-nm10l-atom-d525-(18ghz)-ddr3-800-sata-3gb-s-sata-raid-mini-itx

CFI A8989 case (in the states the brand is 'Rosewill') w/ 150W PSU
http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12433

2GB DDR3 RAM
320GB SATA II HDD (sub your 160GB HDD here)
SATA DVD-RW ODD
Windows 7 Home Premium

The kids LOVE it. It plays all their educational games, surf the web to educational sites, plays paint and it can even handle 720p video smoothly. It makes a great nettop.

 

[omnisome]

Well if my brother wants to play games then he's a Wii and DS Lite. This is solely to access internet and videos.
Thanks for the points lads.

xD

 

[damasvara]

If you mean cheap, at the very basic definition, then look no further. The single core D410 Atom motherboard is only $55. Absolutely the cheapest!

 

[Dougie Fresh]

In the mainstream, the bottom is pretty much an Atom motherboard and you'll want 2GB to get decent performance from the operating system. I don't think you're going to find a mainstream system that isn't capable of playing at least educational games but can still surf the web and play videos.

Something along these lines: http://www.scan.co.uk/shop/computer-hardware/all/systems/mini-pcs-intergrated-cpu

You could also get the internet adapter for the Wii and let him surf the web with the Wii.