April 9, 200620 yr The $119 DIY PC Used to be, $400 was considered the threshold for a low-budget PC. But cheapness marches on, and now you can almost hit the golden mark of $100 and still run Windows XP. Barely. We found our components via searches at PriceWatch.com, and Froogle; prices and links are always changing, so we advise you to make your own searches for the following items: 566 MHz Intel Celeron CPU: $14 Heatsink & fan: $3 ATX Socket 370 Mobo: $19.99 512MB PC133 RAM: $35 Case with 250W power supply: $16 6GB IDE Maxtor hard drive: $25 CD-ROM drive: $3 10/100 Ethernet card: $3.99 How good is this $119.98 computer? It’s awful! Do yourself a favor and spend another $100 or so at a computer fair and make something half-way decent. But, hey, we did it! thought this was funny so thought i'd share...
April 9, 200620 yr Author I'm single again so yeah I've got some freetime whats it 2ya huh punk this is the 44 magnum and will blahblahblah j/k
April 10, 200620 yr yea i saw this, at some point you get to a price where its just not worth it. That computer can just run xp.
April 10, 200620 yr thats better than the computer i had 2 years ago except the hdd thanks for sharing eskimo. watch your temp doesn't get too cold or hot and melt your igloo. j/k
April 10, 200620 yr Author You know I've only seen one Igloo my entire life and it was made just to show tourist what they look like...
April 11, 200620 yr I had a 533 Cel and overclocked it to 800. That was my first overclock. They do suxors though.
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