need a 300 dollar build

Do you ever check Newegg or TigerDirect ?

Newegg.com - COMPAQ CQ5500 Sempron 140(2.70GHz) 2GB 500GB Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

eMachine ET1331G-05W Refurbished Desktop PC - AMD Athlon II X2 250u 1.6GHz, 4GB DDR2, 750GB HDD, DVDRW, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit at TigerDirect.com

Build it yourself and get more machine:

Here's a nice basic Intel barebones system for $249 at tigerdirect.com, just add OS

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...7070&CatId=333

Nice basic AMD barebones system for $209.99 just add OS:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...6495&CatId=332


Monitor for $69

I-Inc IK141ABB 14 Widescreen LED Monitor - 720p, 1366x768, 16:9, 500:1 Native, 8ms, Tilt, VGA at TigerDirect.com

(Ubuntu Linx is free ( http://www.ubuntu.com/ ), comes with open office which will do most office tasks well and can be set to use MS office file extensions as the default)

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Refurbished WinXP machines starting at $99

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Refurbished Win7 machines starting at $229

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Best I could do on Newegg was $304.92 ex freight. Could go lower if you go without the dvd drive, lower to 1Gb of RAM, use a Sempron, install Linux, install a smaller HDD, build it in a cardboard box... If you see this message, your web browser doesn't support JavaScript or JavaScript is disabled.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings so Newegg.com can function correctly.
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Yeah, $300 is going to be extremely difficult to hit if you want a Windows operating system to be included and a monitor. And I will assume that Linux isn't desired as you said your dad wants to use Outlook.

illway1 said:

Dont care what cpu rig just keep it cheap, if AMD would like a Athlon II x2 or higher
if Intel prefer a i3 or higher

You do realize that the cheapest core i3 CPU is about $125 and the cheapest core i5 is around $180. Kinda hard to get everything else for $120.

Dell refurb, complete w/os is the only place you might come close for $300 or less

pparks1 said:

Yeah, $300 is going to be extremely difficult to hit if you want a Windows operating system to be included and a monitor. And I will assume that Linux isn't desired as you said your dad wants to use Outlook.

illway1 said:

Dont care what cpu rig just keep it cheap, if AMD would like a Athlon II x2 or higher
if Intel prefer a i3 or higher

You do realize that the cheapest core i3 CPU is about $125 and the cheapest core i5 is around $180. Kinda hard to get everything else for $120.

Agreed,
@illway1 => Seriously.....an I3 as a minimum for a basic business computer, a little over kill don't you think. the Intel E5300 at 2.6 ghz will more than suffice for this build. You can run Outlook using crossover office if that is the only stopper, but Thunderbird can give you the same functionality including calendars (lightning add-on), tasks, etc for free and I doubt that he is running an exchange server or you would not be talking about $300 max for a build.

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