My Budget Computer is done.

[chrisphil1724]

By Wednesday I hope to have my new computer up and running with Half Life 2 on it. Here is the Specs.

AMD Athlon XP 2700+ - $84
ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard - $67
ATI Radeon™ 9800 Pro Video Card - $180 after rebates
2x256mb 266DDR RAM - Free from old computer.
40GB 7200RPM HD - Free from old computer.
80GB 7200RPM HD - Free from christmas.
CD-RW Drvie 52x - Free from old computer.
DVD+RW - Free from old computer.
Windows XP Home - Rolling over for this computer.
Case/500Watt Power Supply - $28

Total after shipping, rebates, heatsinks, case fans, and Cables: $408.01

Now that's dam good.

[Tom the First]

Very nice.

[Oomba]

Great, now send it to me.

[DarthEvilDude]

thats pretty damn good for a budget rig.

[AcquiredTarget]

Sweet, where'd you buy the parts?

[Octocamo]

AMD Athlon XP 2700+ - $84

Damn, My athlon XP 2500+ cost $90. XD

[DarthEvilDude]

dang, my P4 2.8GHz w/ HT cost me 190

i probably didnt need to be that greedy...

[chrisphil1724]

Sweet, where'd you buy the parts?

Mix of online and Offline, ATI Radeon™ 9800 Pro Video Card has 2 rebates from now till the 1st of next year, at Circuit City (http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/ATI-Radeon--9800-Pro-Video-Card--100-435002-/sem/rpsm/oid/74166/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do) to take $70 off.

[chrisphil1724]

Great news about this is, the CPU is bad. I'm hoping I can Return it but if me not happen. So I'm was out a computer for a little bit.

[DarthEvilDude]

i think you have to send it to AMD, and they'll give you a new one. thats usually what you do when you get a defective product.