Build It: A Sub-$250 Desktop PC
Today's desktop PCs have capabilities far beyond the needs of most people. Trying to keep up with all the computer trends, many of which are of little relevance to the average user, is expensive, unnecessary, and enough to make your head spin. The reality is that a computer capable of handling everyday tasks like Web surfing, e-mailing, burning CDs, editing images, word processing, and preparing presentations doesn't require cutting-edge (read: expensive) technology—and will satisfy the requirements of most average PC users. If tasks like these are what you do most, we'll show you how you can quickly and easily build a stable, stylish, inexpensive PC for under $250.
Building your own PC has several advantages over buying one at retail. For starters, you get to choose the components based upon your criteria. If your work area has limited space, you can pick the right chassis and not be restricted to the bulky, clunky desktops that largely fill the aisles at retail chains. Probably the biggest advantage to building your own budget PC is the absence of crapware, the annoying preinstalled software—mostly trial programs you likely won't want. Crapware wastes hard drive space and eats up system memory, and it's a common problem found on budget retail systems. In the time you'd spend removing the crapware, which could take as much as an hour in some cases, you could build our under-$250 PC two or three times over, as it takes roughly 25 to 30 minutes to assemble. All the components gathered for this particular Build It project are readily available at online retailers like Newegg.com, and it's fairly easy to piece them together.
For starters, we chose the Shuttle "G7" Chassis K48 barebones kit. This case/motherboard/power supply combo has a small footprint and is a good find at $129.99.
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