Mother Board?
Chip Set?
Drives? (DVD/CD record)
HD size?
Operating System?
Speed?
This would be to run everything and must have a tv out for the videos etc: plus have a TVio type recording program.
2007-03-24 10:47:39 · 4 answers · asked by Ron 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Motherboard and CPU: Gigabyte 945GZM-S2 Intel Socket 775 MicroATX Motherboard and an Intel Pentium D 940 3.20GHz OEM Processor $170.00
CD/DVD Drives: DVD Player $30.00 and a DVD-RW Dual Layer Recorder $85.00
Hard Drive: 500GB $150.00
Memory (RAM): 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 533 $150.00
Operating System: Microsoft Winsows XP Home w/SP2 $199.00
Video Tuner with Software: AVerMedia AVerTVHD HDTV/TV-Tuner Combo PCI Express (x1) Card $90.00
Total Price: 874.00
Or you could purchase a Media Center system like:
Gateway GM5076E PD 940 3.2GHz (viiv) / 2GB DDR2 / 500GB SATA II HDD / DVD±RW DL / DVD-ROM / Media Reader / nVidia 6200 / TV Tuner / 10/100 LAN / Windows XP Media Center 2005 / Refurbished Desktop PC from tigerdirect.com for $750.00
The thing that will kill your budget when building your own system is the price of the OS. You can go with cheaper OS's like Linx or something, but unless you have experience using it and setting up the components to make all your periphreals work I would not suggest it.
Plus the above list does not even mention the price of speakers, keyboard, mouse, monitor, Computer case, power supply and various cables needed to complete the system.
2007-03-24 11:18:11 · answer #1 · answered by Taba 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ASRock P4VM890-motherboard $50 Socket 478
Sony DVDRW -$75
Sony CDRW w/DVD player-$60
Maxtor 200 gig-$100
XP home-$100( only cause pro's about the same thing)
P4 3.6ghz 800 fsb hyperthreading tech-$140 Socket 478
1 gig pny 3200 memory-$120
PCI-e video card-256mb ATI Radeon video card X700-$150
dang that leave about $5.00 for a case,maybe Ill get 128mb video card $75 then Id get the Sidewinder case $60
Whatevers left (thermal grease/and a soundblaster live sound card)
I don't need Tivo on my computer/Its a Gamer!!!!!
2007-03-24 18:07:09 · answer #2 · answered by solidchevyman 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6400 (BX80557E6400) 2.13GHZ EM64T DUAL CORE W/2MB CACHE 1066MHZ LGA775-PIN RETAIL BOXED W/COOLING FAN (3 YEARS WARRANTY)
SOFTWARE OPTIONS
THERMAL COMPOUND OPTIONS
$227.28 $227.28
SKU: BA22888 - - [ Limit 2 ]
ASUS P5N-SLI nVIDIA nFORCE 570SLI CHIPSET SERIAL ATA300 ATX FORM FACTOR 2xPCI-E(X16)/3xPCI-E(X1)/2xPCI/4xDDR2 W/SATAII RAID,DUAL LAN(Gb),USB 2.0 & AUDIO (CPU TYPE:INTEL - SOCKET 775)
CPU OPTIONS
MEMORY OPTIONS
TESTING OPTIONS
$98.70 $98.70
SKU: BA23007 - - -
LITE ON LH-20A1H-186 20X LIGHTSCRIBE DUAL DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE (Retail)
ADD-ON MEDIA OPTIONS
$38.90 $38.90
SKU: AA54530 -
WD 250GB WD2500JB EIDE UATA 100 8.9MS 7200RPM 8MB (Bare drive)
EXT.ENCLOSURE OPTIONS
DATA CABLE OPTIONS
$64.90 $64.90
SKU: AA21500 - -
MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME W/SP2 (OEM/DSP) #N09-01624/02142
$81.99 $81.99
SKU: AA15060
EVGA 512-P2-N548-TX GEFORCE 7600GS 512MB GDDR2 PCI EXPRESS X16 VIDEO CARD w/HDTV & DVI
$111.90 $111.90
SKU: AA47160
Sub Total $623.67 + The case and Keyboard Speakers and mouse probably around 700 something
2007-03-24 18:08:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I have just the link for you. there is an 800.00 build on the first link.
2007-03-24 20:01:50 · answer #4 · answered by Jester 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋