The idea is for my son.
So, I need suggestions on a cheap build for my son. When I say cheap I mean cheap. Under $400 cheap. He isn't going to need anything too fancy.
Hell my last rig that I built cost me about $700 and the one before that (which is in my sig) cost me about $3k).
I'd like to stick with AMD as their procs are fairly cheap and possibly an AM3 or AM3+ socket. If they are still viable.
A motherboard with on board sound is preferable and on board video would be ideal but not necessary. Like I said it's for my son and the only game he plays on the computer is Minecraft so he's not playing anything too graphically demanding.
So far, I've looked at this mother board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131795
And this processor (which is the same one in my current rig):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
And this memory (Which is on the mobo's list):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104244
He'd also need a wireless card to connect to the home network since his computer would be fairly far from the router and running a Cat5 cable would be pretty difficult. I also didn't look at hard drives.
So, I need suggestions on a cheap build for my son. When I say cheap I mean cheap. Under $400 cheap. He isn't going to need anything too fancy.
Hell my last rig that I built cost me about $700 and the one before that (which is in my sig) cost me about $3k).
I'd like to stick with AMD as their procs are fairly cheap and possibly an AM3 or AM3+ socket. If they are still viable.
A motherboard with on board sound is preferable and on board video would be ideal but not necessary. Like I said it's for my son and the only game he plays on the computer is Minecraft so he's not playing anything too graphically demanding.
So far, I've looked at this mother board:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131795
And this processor (which is the same one in my current rig):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103727
And this memory (Which is on the mobo's list):
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820104244
He'd also need a wireless card to connect to the home network since his computer would be fairly far from the router and running a Cat5 cable would be pretty difficult. I also didn't look at hard drives.
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