looking for a good,ECONOMICAL,COMP SETUP?

[daves66nova]

i want to assemble a comp for a friend. any recommendations on a list of specific parts that will work with no problems?he will only be using it for email,and work on the comp,no vide games.

 

[JHZR2]

If I were buying an economy computer today, Id buy an OTS HP slimline (7600???) or a mac mini.

JMH

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Are you absolutely set on building one, or would a lower-end model from Dell or HP fit the bill?

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

Add a 512MB stick to this model:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16883107184

19" wide panel:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16824254001

Look for weekend free shipping deals from Newegg...

 

[rokky]

I had a good idea of the hardware I wanted and an Ebay store had what I wanted much cheaper than I could have built it for. The best part was, I didn't have to buy windows like you do with a brand name.

 

[JHZR2]

so you could steal it instead???

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

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so you could steal it instead???

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Linux?

 

[rokky]

Linux all the way. www.distrowatch.com. Feel free to download any flavour of linux you like absolutely free. Of course, donations are greatfully accepted. I'm using PclinuxOS at the moment.

I have at least $400.00 invested in Windows operating systems.

 

[daves66nova]

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Are you absolutely set on building one, or would a lower-end model from Dell or HP fit the bill?

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a p3 would be fine. lower end is fine. he wants to spend around 300 for a full system.