I've been tasked with the duty of creating a computer for 150$ dollars. As you guys can tell it's a fairly simple task. I was wondering though, are there any, not top of the line, but computer parts that have a high performance to price ratio, which I should essentially purchase. It may be a daunting task, but I pride myself in a job well done!
Is it to include extra`s like keyboard and monitor or just the base unit, but even then your gonna be hard pushed to build something that`ll do more than just play video`s.
Fairly simple task? It's pretty much impossible. Let's take an extreme example: $10 for PSU (non-branded, explosive), $30 for case, $10 to boot from a USB flash drive. No optical drive. Free OS (Linux). Those are $50. That leaves you $100 for the CPU, motherboard, RAM. The lowest Pentium Haswell CPU sets you back around ~$43. H61 chipset motherboard around $50. One stick of 4GB RAM around $35. That's $128. You really want to build such a PC for $178?
OP would be better off looking for something half decent on the second hand market. It's not worth spending $150 on new components for an entire desktop computer.
Second hand most definitely better. Can pick reasonable older-generation components up for quite a good price nowadays, Core2 era perhaps.
Second hand is the only option for that budget... even that is going to be on the low end, but should handle basic tasks well.
If you've got a harddrive and optical drive laying around.... BIOSTAR NM70I-1037U Intel Celeron 1037U Dual-Core 1.8GHz Intel NM70 Mini ITX Motherboard/CPU/VGA Combo Mushkin Enhanced Essentials 2GB 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 XION XON-720P mATX/ ITX Slim Desktop Case That's the best you're going to do with new parts.....and that's still missing harddrive, optical drive and operating system.
Refurb dell. http://www.overstock.com/Electronic...efccid=HTJMEJUNMHN34WKEZKBDTWZHNQ&searchidx=0 good luck finding a monitor for 9$
I recently dealt with the dell refurbs on newegg. I can't say I'd recommend the experience. First one came looking like it didn't even pass through quality control. Second one was okay, but is missing drivers so it won't sleep right. Contacted dell because I can't figure it out and they said my warranty is void. Wonderful.
The refurbs on Newegg are handled by a 3rd party that's contracted by Newegg. Dell doesn't warranty 3rd part refurbs. Dell won't warranty that refurb on Overstock either.
Did you update the bios ? First thing I'd have done was do a fresh OS install... after running full diagnostics on all the hardware of course.
Nearly impossible. At the very least it will be a huge waste of time. My recommendation? Get the person a used tablet. Like an Asus MeMO pad.
I really hope that whoever you are building this for doesn't expect to play games in any capacity. Honestly I understand that times are tight but come on if you can save $150 then you can save $500-$600, you will just have to wait a little longer. Any system you buy for $150 is going to be horribly slow in all but the most basic tasks. In the event whoever you're building this for wants to game I would honestly suggest he/she just get a ps4 If your looking for something cheap that can game very well.
With a budget of $150, I assumed the intent of the system was checking e-mail, web-surfing and possibly word processing.
