Looking to build a cheap small PC.

[William_White]

I am wanting a cheap responsive computer for basic stuff, music, email, internet. For simplicity's sake, I am thinking of getting an atom or E-series mini-itx CPU-motherboard combo, I don't know which yet, and an add. I need a 17" monitor, Board, Ram, 80ish gb SSD, and power supply. I don't need an OS, or case. It also needs Linux compatibility. Suggestions?

 

[AMD Radeon]

how much is ur budget? are u in us/canada?

i love cheap linux build

 

[William_White]

Right around 400, but the less money I spend the more money I make, I was looking at the E-450 and the Atom 2700 IIRC but I don't know about the drivers for the GMA graphics. I'm in the US.

 

[AMD Radeon]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Integrated with Motherboard
Motherboard: ASRock AD2700-ITX Mini ITX Atom Atom D2700 Motherboard ($89.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Mushkin 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($21.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.49 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 430W 80 PLUS Certified ATX12V Power Supply ($34.99 @ Newegg)
Monitor: Asus VS198D-P 19.0" Monitor ($89.00 @ Compuvest)
Total: $335.44
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-03-17 03:49 EDT-0400)

i can go cheaper, but, these parts ensure reliability and performance balance. i dont want to recommend cheaping out too much

 

[William_White]

That build looks good, but how does the 450 compare to the d2700.

 

[AMD Radeon]

in my experience, intel atom performs better in linux. and its graphic works flawlessly for compiz/3d stuff

 

[William_White]

How do the hard kernel U2 or X2 compare to the atom boards, obviously it's an ARM not x86.