Re: Memory Upgrade for Ancient Enspiron 2600
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 04:38:19PM -0500, rhkramer@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!
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