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Saurav2007 Original post #1
Sep 22, 2011 at 9:24 PM
for an extremely tight budget...just want to run win xp sp3/linux and nothing fancy

Only requirement in mobo is integrated graphics, audio, ddr-3 support and a PCI-E slot for future if necessary. Processor should obviously have two cores.

Total budget for both should come around 4-4.5k

I want to know the cheapest option for both intel and amd from Cost-to-Cost

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d6bmg
d6bmg #2
Sep 23, 2011 at 3:29 PM
AMD Athlon II x2 250 @2.6K
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-S2 (rev 3.0) @2.5K

This is the min combo that I can find which will fill up all of your needs.
Cilus
Cilus #3
Sep 23, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Nice suggestion d6bmg.
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Sep 23, 2011 at 4:23 PM
@Saurav2007
ill give you my whole pc
250 gb hardisk, XFX 4650 HD radeon, 2gb RAM, Phenom II x2 @ 3.0 ghz, gigabyte mobo am3+ Supported, 17" crt screen
all 2 year old.! with bill
just for 7-8k ..:-o
sukesh1090
Sep 23, 2011 at 7:10 PM
^^how can be a AM3+ mobo 2 years old?:?:.
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Sep 24, 2011 at 11:50 AM
@aman

sent u a private msg