Low budget PC challenge - Part 1: The 100$ Desktop !

kick · Post by **kick** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:19 pm

Building a 100$ diskless desktop is not an easy task.Building one that has good performance is even harder.But the ultimate goal is to do that with all-new parts.Now,that's what I call a challenge

If they've managed to make a $100 laptop with good enough performance for the poor,how much performance can you squeeze out of those $100 if you were to design a desktop instead?

Sounds interesting.

Rules:
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#1: You have a budget of $100 at your disposal.

#2: You can spend only 20$ on a CPU! *LOL*

#3: You're allowed to spend half of the budget on a GPU...

...but if you do that,you'll end up with only 30$ for the rest of the stuff (some RAM,a cheap motherboard,computer case,keyboard,mouse and a DVD-RW/RAM drive),so you have to plan and use your cash wisely to get the most bang for your 100 buckaroos.

#4: No overclocking

#5: No modding

#6: No recycling of old and/or used parts

Hard drive not needed. A live Linux CD and a blank DVD-RAM disk should do the trick.

Good luck! ..........you'll need it!

So,who's going to take the challenge?

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:16 pm

any used computer older than 2 years.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:27 pm

Couldn't manage to put together a brand new AM2 system for $100. Went to Newegg/Zipzoomfly and picked the cheapest stuff they had and still came to about $120 (with terrible VIA graphics).

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 8:56 pm

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... otherboard

Motherboard 29.99 with integrated sound and video

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820134191

256 DDR2 ram $5.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819116040
1.6ghz Celeron

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 827101132R $14.99 dvd/CD DRIVE

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811145077
Case $13

Couldnt do it 102.97 and for maybe $50 this pc could be worlds better.
The case is absolute shit. You could spend $4 more dollars to get a better case. $5 dollars to have 512ram instead of 256. $10 to get a nice DVDR/CDR burner. $10 more to get about double the cpu speed also.

ReRuss · Post by **ReRuss** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:14 pm

find someone that has lots of old comp stuff like me...

I have a 2100+ sittin on a asus mobo with some ram (cant remember if its 256 or 512) , radeon 9200+ agp ,DVD drive , a CD burner , and a floppy lmao

its complete minus a PSU , and the only spare HDD I have is a 8gb xbox HDD

and I think I have spare sound cards , nics , and I think the fm tuner I have will work in it

kick · Post by **kick** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:09 am

Please read the rules again.First post revised and updated to include all details about the challenge.

clessoulis · Post by **clessoulis** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:38 am

Yeah the problem is you simply cant find a new cpu worth shit for $20 its eating half your cost.

Gil_Hamilton · Post by **Gil_Hamilton** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:27 am

I'm actually using a hundred-dollar PC.

But I cheated. Vidcard and OS were recycled, as were the optical drive, monitor, keyboard, and trackball.

Abuse of rebates was rampant. Mobo was ten bucks. I believe both my 512MB DIMMs were 10 too(one rebate check went to my grandmother's house because it was limit one per household).

'S a Sempron 2800+.

Also, the restraints are retarded.
Why you;d spend 50$ on the GPU and 20$ on the CPU when you won't have a gaming-grade system ANYWAYS is beyond me.
For an all-new sub-100 PC, get a mobo with integrated video and use that.