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Well, I've decided to sell my HP Pavilion PC. I need about $100 for some personal debts(I pay people back) and other things.
However, I'm hoping to have at least to back somewhere around $300 left to build a new computer. I'm looking for the cheapest, yet best combination of Case/CPU/Motherboard/Memory/Hard Drive available at www.newegg.com. Whichever brands that are trustworthy are fine, IE - AMD and Intel. I know I don't have a lot of money, but I really just need a PC to work on photoshop graphics, surf the web, and listen to music(I still have an SB Live 5.1 lying around, so that's taken care of). Here are a little more things in detail about what I'm looking for in each area:
CPU - Around 2GHz speed(I don't need much), I'm thinking maybe and Athlon 1800+ or somewhere around there
Motherboard - I have an AMD mobo lying around somewhere that my brother's friend computer used to use. However, the problem didn't turn out to be the mobo, it was the dead Athlon processor. So I may have this taken care of already, but just in case I don't, I'd prefer something with several onboard features like video(but with an AGP slot for expansion later), USB, Ethernet, etc.
Case - Any mid-tower cheapo case that's decent looking will do.
Memory - 256MB should be fine for the time being.
Hard Drive - This probably is what will break my back. I'm hoping I can afford something at least around the 20GB range. I'll monitor my pr0n downloads until I can afford more space.
I know a lot of you gurus know how to get the best bang for the buck, so any help is appreciated. Thanks!
However, I'm hoping to have at least to back somewhere around $300 left to build a new computer. I'm looking for the cheapest, yet best combination of Case/CPU/Motherboard/Memory/Hard Drive available at www.newegg.com. Whichever brands that are trustworthy are fine, IE - AMD and Intel. I know I don't have a lot of money, but I really just need a PC to work on photoshop graphics, surf the web, and listen to music(I still have an SB Live 5.1 lying around, so that's taken care of). Here are a little more things in detail about what I'm looking for in each area:
CPU - Around 2GHz speed(I don't need much), I'm thinking maybe and Athlon 1800+ or somewhere around there
Motherboard - I have an AMD mobo lying around somewhere that my brother's friend computer used to use. However, the problem didn't turn out to be the mobo, it was the dead Athlon processor. So I may have this taken care of already, but just in case I don't, I'd prefer something with several onboard features like video(but with an AGP slot for expansion later), USB, Ethernet, etc.
Case - Any mid-tower cheapo case that's decent looking will do.
Memory - 256MB should be fine for the time being.
Hard Drive - This probably is what will break my back. I'm hoping I can afford something at least around the 20GB range. I'll monitor my pr0n downloads until I can afford more space.
I know a lot of you gurus know how to get the best bang for the buck, so any help is appreciated. Thanks!