BUDGET COMPUTER COMPETITION

[Talent74]

Eh.

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[Edman]

Eh.

price

[blaman]

If the range is $0-200
And you install windows on it
Then that leaves you with like $100 left on hardware
Which might get you a decent calculator

[Gambsy]

Accepted OS's
Windows
Mac
Linux

You can get a mac for under $200?

[Edman]

If the range is $0-200
And you install windows on it
Then that leaves you with like $100 left on hardware
Which might get you a decent calculator

True, should OS count in the price?

[Legodude77]

True, should OS count in the price?

Well, if its Windows then no.

[Edman]

Then install Linux and do what Badspot said and find all the other stuff in a dumpster.

Whats the price?

[Legodude77]

Like $197
 

[Jorici]

That Motherboard takes an IDE HDD.

The one you chose is SATA.

The power supply is an ATX, the motherboard is Micro-ATX.

[Legodude77]

aaaaa
screw this take me out of the competition for now.

[Edman]

why?

[Littledude]

If the range is $0-200
And you install windows on it
Then that leaves you with like $100 left on hardware
Which might get you a decent calculator

Not even, the good calculators cost like 110+

Linux is obviously the way to go here guys.

[Wedge]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811321014
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121398
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148443
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178133

Comes in right at $189.96, if you cheat and ignore shipping. Shipping to my house brings the price up to $204.75, it will vary depending on where you live. I could have probably built something cheaper, but this computer will look nice sitting on your shelf, and it's a mini itx build in a tiny case, so you could presumably nail it to your wall or hang it around your neck if you were so inclined.

OS is up to you. Presumably you have some old windows xp disks lying around, I have several. Otherwise use linux. You will need to install it via flash drive (cheap) or USB disk drive (less cheap). You could go with an even smaller USB drive if you want, I just went with the 8GB flash drive because it will fit an entire DVD image on it without a problem.

[Nickelob Ultra]

You could go with an even smaller USB drive if you want, I just went with the 8GB flash drive because it will fit an entire DVD image on it without a problem.

Ever since Windows 7 came out I've been using a spare USB 4GB flash drive to install it from.  Much faster and less noisy than DVD.

[Legodude77]

That Motherboard takes an IDE HDD.

The one you chose is SATA.

nope

Storage Devices
PATA: 1 x ATA133 2 Dev. Max
SATA 3Gb/s: 2
SATA RAID: 0/1