On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 04:38:19PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday, January 18, 2017 04:08:09 PM Doug wrote: > > Whether or not this is all economically worth while, or you should throw > > the machine out and buy a new one is up to you. > > I typically build replacement computers (for myself, son, and a few others) > for $200 to $300 (or less) (without Windows). I do this by watching for > items > on sale at places like Newegg and Tigerdirect. > > A typical build has a 64 bit AMD processor, 8GB of memory, and at least 200 > GB > of disk. > > A typical budget: > > * Motherboard and CPU $70 to $100 > * case and power supply $30 to $60 (I typically get a new power supply for > ~$20), if I can, I'll re-use a case (if it is a size that I like (and holds > the MB) > * 8 MB RAM $40 to $50 > * 1 GB HDD ~$50
You're being ripped off for that size HDD! -- The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. -- Malcolm X
