Building Another budged PC Thoughts?

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I built a PC for one set of cousins and they're very happy. Now the
others are jumping on the boat. But these people want to go even less
than $600. Maybe around $300. This is what I have so far.

My question is, should I go with what I have or make some changes?
They're not gamers, and I don't see them doing any real high end stuff
on here. Maybe some kids software - and MS Office. The only thing
I'm missing is the case and power supply. What would you suggest?
Also, I don't want to go with on board video. I'm a traditionalist.


Gigabyte GA-7VTXE KT266A (motherboard) With AMD Athlon XP 2100 @
$83.00

GENERIC 512MB PC2100 DDR 266 266MHZ 184pin DIMM MEMORY. DDR SDRAM. @
$53.00

Seagate 40.0GB EIDE. ATA/100 2MB/ 5400RPM @ $44.00

GeForce FX 5700 LE AGP 8X (250/400MHz) / 128MB DDR + TV out
(Resolution up to 1024 x 768) @

Chaintech nVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 128MB DDR / TV-Out w/Low Profile
Panel (Retail) @ $55.00

 

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On Sun, 23 May 2004 03:53:17 GMT, Matt <matt@themattfella.zzzz.com>
wrote:

>Harry Edwards wrote:
>
>> Gigabyte GA-7VTXE KT266A (motherboard) With AMD Athlon XP 2100 @
>> $83.00
>
>Oh, sorry, I didn't notice you could get _both_ for $83.


Yeah. nobiggie. what about monitors? 17 inch CRT? I can't find
squat for a very good price.

 

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"Harry Edwards" <ih8spam@don'temailmeiwillreplyhere> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 23 May 2004 03:53:17 GMT, Matt <matt@themattfella.zzzz.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Harry Edwards wrote:
> >
> >> Gigabyte GA-7VTXE KT266A (motherboard) With AMD Athlon XP 2100 @
> >> $83.00
> >
> >Oh, sorry, I didn't notice you could get _both_ for $83.
>
>
> Yeah. nobiggie. what about monitors? 17 inch CRT? I can't find
> squat for a very good price.

This week, Best Buy has a deal on a 17 inch MAG CRT that I own. I think
that it's around 70 bucks. It's been great for me, no complaints.

MC