Best $200 System, any advice?

[herbertlee]

Hi, I am currenlty in the market for $200max barebone system, I already have the HD and video card. I want to get the Intel system but amd is fine I guess.

[willy]

What kind (IDE/SATA) of HD and video card (AGP/PCI-e) do you have ?

[Amourek]

$38 Sempron 3400+ 1.8Ghz
$53 Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2 mATX GF6100
$26 Crucial Rendition DDR2-667 1GB
$24 FSP Fortron ATX350-PNT 350W Power Supply
$29 Asus TM982 mATX Black Case
$33 Pioneer DVR-112D DVD +/-RW

$203

[willy]

Amazing ! $200 is quite a challenge ... but Amourek did it once again

[lincoln]

$38 Sempron 3400+ 1.8Ghz
$53 Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2 mATX GF6100
$26 Crucial Rendition DDR2-667 1GB
$24 FSP Fortron ATX350-PNT 350W Power Supply
$29 Asus TM982 mATX Black Case
$33 Pioneer DVR-112D DVD +/-RW

$203

+1

Looks good. You can't expect anything spectacular for $200

[Kwirky]

If you really wanted to go Intel (the same except for CPU/Mobo):

Celeron 420 $47.54
ASRock CONROE1333-D667 $53.99
Crucial Rendition 1GB PC2-5300 $24.88
FSP Fortron ATX350-PNT w/120mm $21.26
ASUS TM982 Black mATX Mini Tower Case $29.38
Pioneer DVR-112D Black DVD-RW $33.20

Total = $210.25

Prices taken from DirectCanada.com

[BlueMax]

your video card AGP or PCIe16?

[herbertlee]

Oh, I do have the PCI-E video and Sata HD, no need for DVD
drive. My main goal is for the fastest system for around $200.
Thank you for all the help and wish everyone have a nice weekend

[Smoked]

Oh, I do have the PCI-E video and Sata HD, no need for DVD
drive. My main goal is for the fastest system for around $200.
Thank you for all the help and wish everyone have a nice weekend

add 20 bucks get another gb of ram