Build me a computer for sell than $200

[AND1]

All I need is:

1. Motherboard
2. Processor
3. Memory

The person I am building this for is going to use it mainly for the internet and listening to music, etc. No major work or major apps. Whats the best stuff I can get and keep it at 200 +/- a few dollars.

[The village idiot]

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Category/category_tlc.asp?CatId=14

[redwudz]

I Put this together last week:

With $20 Gift Coupon

ECS 741GX-M AMD All-In-One Socket A uATX Motherboard. Installed with AMD XP 2600+ OEM CPU and cooler. Only $107.95 After Redeem. Limited 1pc per customer.
Your Price127.95 (-$20 coupon)=$107.95
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PC2100 DDR266 256MB 184-pin DIMM Memory, 2.5V, UBF $34.95 TOTAL$142.90 Plus Tx and Shipping.

or (Will put this together next week-have used the same setup before)

ECS K7S5A Pro Socket A ATX Motherboard, With audio, Lan, and USB 2.0. Bundle with AMD XP 2200+ OEM CPU. *With $20 gift coupon. Only $59.99 After Coupon Redeem. Your Price79.99

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Chaintech GeForce2 MX400 32MB SDR 4X AGP No TV-out, Retail Box AGP 4X NVIDIA GeForce2 MX400, 32MB SDR video memory, 400 MHz (RAMDAC) DirectX and S3TC texture compression $26.95

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PC2100 DDR266 256MB 184-pin DIMM Memory, 2.5V, UBF $34.95
TOTAL $121.89 Plus TX and shipping.

Of course I added a few parts to make them complete and both of them perform very well.

From:[url]http://www.computergate.com[url]

[ClayBuster]

Samsung Original 184 Pin 256MB DDR PC-2700 - $42
Item# N82E16820147101


Shuttle "MN31N" nForce2 IGP Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL $78
Item# N82E16813150041

AMD Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton", 333 FSB, 512K Cache Processor - Retail $80
Item# N82E16819103379


www.newegg.com

Total price $200 even

[housepig]

check Pricewatch - they have combo deals for mobo & processor.

[DereX888]

;Basic.2004
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; special buyers guide (C) DereX888 :P
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IF $200 = $300 CAD
; (assuming Im correct with this conversion)
THEN GOTO
http://www.canadacomputers.com/motherboards.html
ASUS P4P800S = $97CAD
;
THEN GOTO
http://www.canadacomputers.com/cpus.html
Celeron - Socket 478 - 400MHz FSB 2.6GHz = $133
;
THEN GOTO
http://www.canadacomputers.com/memory.html
KINGMAX 256MB PC-3200 DDR400 SDRAM = $73
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you could choose $20 cheaper RAM (still 256MB), or SiS/Via mobo and save another $20-$30 and buy Pentium 4 400MHz FSB 2.4 GHz instead, but since its not for any 'real' job machine - Cel 2.6 is more than enough IMO...