(BUILD-A-DAY DISCLAIMER: None of the Build-A-Day computers come with an operating system, as many people have copies of Windows around their home, or prefer to use a Free operating system such as Ubuntu or Debian. This is intentional. In addition, no computer builds will contain monitors, keyboard, or other peripherals unless otherwise specified.)
This is quite an improvement of the $150 dollar build, and is a suitable computer for most casual users. It still lacks dedicated video, but with 2 gigs of RAM, a dual core processor, DVD burner, and an 80GB hard drive it can easily handle word processing, and most basic multimedia tasks.
- LITE-ON Combo Black SATA Model DH-52C2S-04 $22.99
- Broadway Com Corp 204-4HA-S Silver Computer Case $23.99
- EXCELSTOR Jupiter Series 80GB 3.5″ SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive $36.99
- BIOSTAR NF61S-M2 TE Flex ATX AMD Motherboard $44.99
- (2)pqi POWER Series 1GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 533 (PC2 4200) Desktop Memory $33.98
- AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ 2.2GHz Socket AM2 65W Processor $64.99
- Total: $227.93
Many of the Build-A-Day hardware links, to newegg.com are no good.