okay my brother is trying to find a computer hes only 16 and has about 300 buxs we are looking for something up to date it can be just the cpu. he wants one atlest 1.5MHz can anyone point me in the right direction?

tigerdirect.com and build one? Rummage sale and rebuild one....
good luck for $300.

Screw that. Go Dell.

http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&oc=DB110A&s=dhs

http://www.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/dimen_1100?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd

$299.

Either one will work, but it's pretty barebones and really, I hate celeron processors.

yeah that was something i forgot to mention he does not and will not use a computer with a celeron processor in it

It sounds like he needs to save anothe 200.00 to get what he needs. Buy a gragae sale monitor for now and spend everything he can afford on the processor...:)

It sounds like he needs to save anothe 200.00 to get what he needs. Buy a gragae sale monitor for now and spend everything he can afford on the processor...:)

:agree:

sorry man, but if he only has $300, beggars can't be choosers....this is the perfect time for your younger brother to understand YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR.

You can get some smokin' deals on computers. But, not $300 smokin. If you do, it comes w/o the monitor.

we orderd a borad from newegg http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813186029
i got a 1.8 amd athlon xp processor

256 mb video card http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102404

512 of kingston ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141470

and this heat sys http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835114010
went downt o the savlage computer store and picked up a case for 10 buxs nice looking case and a 20 gb hd all for 37 buxs

all together 190 buxs for a 1.8GHZ so its nto to bad the monitor is no big deal got penty of them

Ah, you didn't say that. I would have picked up a barebones system from Monarch Computer.

you didn't say you guys were willing to build, either.

umm guess i forgot to mention that sorry lol parts should be here friday or monday i'll let yal now about how they work

I would have stepped up to a socket 939 system...
motherboard $51 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813153029) (or HERE for $59 (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=247023) FREE shipping)
cpu AMD Athlon64 3000+ $66 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537) - includes heatsink/fan (or HERE for $67 (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80699-5) free shipping)
memory, 2x 256MB sticks for 512MB $49 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820141213) - needed for dual channel which is pretty much needed.
ATi 9550 video card $42 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121012) (or HERE $30 (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=326705) after rebate, free shipping)

$208 with this list and can build a pretty kickass computer, the only other item you may need is a power supply, you will need minimum 350Watts, HERE is a 580Watt cool looking one for $30 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817163018) or if you want something of quality that will probably be used in the next computer build when he graduates and still be running 10 years down the road, try an ANTEC 350W for $50 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103934).
even with the Antec power supply, you're still under $300 including shipping.
Another option is the Coolermaster 380W for $35 (http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=370778) but FREE shipping.
Using the added items, it would be $240 free shipping (with shipping only on the memory, $3-5).

then figure in all of your cables, floppy drive, cdrom drive, case and several other things and you bring the total price up another $150. ;)

i have comp i am weling to sell let me know if you still need one just pm me our email me

we just got all of his parts yeserday i had a 4x cd burner and a fopply drive only thing we had to get was 1 ide cable and i installed my extra 350watt power suppy in his case because the one ion there was toste . over all its a fast little computer.