Examples
Budget PC
Introduction
A budget PC is used for basic tasks such as office and media playback, which require very little power and features. Although a budget PC may not be able to play recent games or run high end software, it is still a perfectly usable PC and can perform similar tasks to a low end Home PC.
Each of the examples here will be capable of running the tasks listed on the left, albeit at a slightly more leisurely pace than a more expensive machine.
Uses
What's it for?
- Word processing and other office tasks
- Internet browsing
- Email & Instant messaging
- Scanning & printing
- Music and video playback
- Basic image/video editing
Example PCs
Less than $300
Graphics Card

Hard Drive 2

Optical Drive
Pioneer DVD-RW 20x
20x +-R, IDE, Black
$30 - 
Power Supply
Antec Basiq 350W
ATX 2.01
$20 - 
Operating System
Vista Home Basic 32 OEM
32bit, OEM liscence
$90 - 
Cooling

RAID

Total: $306
Less than $360
Graphics Card

Hard Drive 2

Optical Drive
Pioneer DVD-RW 20x
20x +-R, IDE, Black
$30 - 
Power Supply
Antec Basiq 350W
ATX 2.01
$20 - 
Operating System
Vista Premium 64 OEM
OEM Licence, 64bit
$100 - 
Cooling

RAID

Total: $370
Less than $500
Motherboard
Intel P35 ATX
Intel P35, FSB1333, ATX
$85 - 
Hard Drive 2

Optical Drive
Pioneer DVD-RW 20x
20x +-R, IDE, Black
$30 - 
Power Supply
Antec Basiq 350W
ATX 2.01
$20 - 
Operating System
Vista Premium 64 OEM
OEM Licence, 64bit
$100 - 
Cooling

RAID

Total: $496



