I want to build a real cheap computer?
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Without a monitor and brand new components:\nMobo/cpu combo:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813185043  $54.99\n\nCase and power supply:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811145004  $29.99\n\nMemory:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141002  $28.99\n\nCD/DVD burner:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827151133  $29.99\n\nHD:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822144102  $41.99\n\nTotal about $189.  And than just buy a monitor off craigslist.
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wat do you mean cheap...you need to ask yourself what you will be using the lap top for and then decide if cheap is what you want!!!
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anything by ASUS or GIGABYTE will get you by\n\nThis is a good all round cheap Board\nASUS P5LD2-VM R2.0
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By attending a college or night course in couputing or ict. Buy an old computer for not much money and take a look inside yourself, have a play with it, find out what does what. Read internet sites. Build your own :)
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U may be able to get celeron for this price. Go to dell.co.in
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With as cheap as components are, it's easier just to build a new machine.  If you are not sure how, there are many articles on the internet and it is quite easy for anyone.  It would probably be a cheaper to build a new machine to your own specs then to upgrade out of date components.  Typically the performance upgrade you would get would not be worth the money spent.  Check out www.newegg.com for components.  I build high end gaming and server platforms form medium sized enterprises and have used newegg on many occasions.
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Buy the most that you can afford.  I would make sure that the computer has at least 512mb memory, 2ghz processor, 128mb video card and 160gb harddrive.
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pc anywhere for heavens sake
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About $400 max.  You can build a brand new computer with the twice the storage, twice the ram, and a more battery conscience processor for about $500.
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Can find some for under 300 at http://www.tigerdirect.com/ Not including monitors, though.
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The systems on those websites are way too expensive.  \n\nAsk a friend for a good custom configuration, buy the parts at www.pricewatch.com, and assemble it yourself.\n\nYou can save at least 30%.
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Try www.newegg.com\n\nthey hav the cheapest damn memory in the market online or offline.
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Hi erik\nI tried this feat about a year ago and so far it has turned out spactaculer. Except for the fact that I bought a cheap motherboard and have to buy a new one.\n\nThe way I started was by downloading and printing out one of the booklets online.\n\nLet me just look for one now...\n\nhttp://www.tomshardware.com/2002/09/04/building_your_own_pc/\n\nthis site looks detailed and plenty of pictures, pictures are the key\n\nIt took nearly 3 months for me to complete it\nand installed the box last (cause the box I had was not the right shape) for about a month I was running with the power box outside the main box which was tricky. \n\nWhen it is complete though it is one of the most satisfying things and you learn so much. Just a side note you must know how to format and must have practise. You probably know that though.\n\nBiulding my computer is one of my best accomplishments and earned me a place to skip 3 grades to computer technology 12\n\nas for no lag you will need a faster internet connection which you have to pay quite a bit for\n\nAs for the cheapest setup\n\nI went pretty cheap first which I later found was a mistake. Pay cheap but get the custimizable motherboard. Dont make the mistake I did and get the one where they will stop making proccessors for in 2 months time. Also I found that I ripped out all the ram from my other computers and loaded this one with it providing me with 1.5 gigs of ram and 3 extra big hard drives. So interchangabilty is key. I got the case and videocard over christmas but I know they were fairly cheap and the video card (Geforce 5500) has allowed me to play tons of games.
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Yes.  Because you will most likely be buying better components to put in it.  Dell (and the others) will cheat you on several components like the network card, motherboard and possibly the memory meaning that they will use the cheapest and not necessarily best performing components out there.\n\nYou will also be able to buy better components and build it yourself for cheaper than you could get a Dell and I'm not talking about the $300 systems.  If you were looking at a Dell XPS in the $2500 range you could probably build something better for around $1400 to $1700.
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Something like the $100 laptop project? Well Bill Gates didn't like it, probably because it does not generate money for him XD\n\n\nI think manefacturing inexpensive PC is not something impossible, technology in Computers World get cheaper every 6 months, we can use a sempron package with 256mb of ram and the cheapest HD available (20GB?)  and get a free OS (Linux) and free office suite ( OpenOffice ) and that's that!
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Check out frozencpu.com; u can get a few good parts from them, otherwise either buy a prepackaged computer or ask a nerdy friend.... Always look at the newest technology; Pentium 4, Lanparty motherboard, ATA2 Harddrive, Windows Vista, ATI graphics card
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get a dell. cheap and reliable