I got this old cpu lying around and so why let it go to waste right? anyways i don't know jit about computers and how to build a good one....i have a very low budget $300-500 ...but i want a comp that has acceptable speed a pretty good amount of memory and every thing else i need for internet,mp3,and some video games...can u guys help me out?

or should i just buy this system...http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...120%20P....this price seems VERY good for me don't ya think....

ok ...first of all . Give us more detail : Whats the CPU Brand and speed.

AMD ? INTEL ? after that is it a PENTIUM ,PENTIUM II , PENTIUM III , CELERON , K6-2, K6-3, ATHLON,DURON ....
And more after that we need to know how many MHZ you have

It's a pentium I,mhz's are some where between 100-250 and so many missing things that i can't get into windows...it has win 95 i think...

Alright next question to ask, how much are you looking to spend?

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I have 300-500 dollars to work with....but anything lower than that is really....i mean really good cause if u see my profile u see that i'm only 13 so i gotta ask dad 4 money litle by little....but i gotta another q , is buliding this comp. gonna cost less than the pc i posted?

Let me clear this up...it has a pentium s running at 133mhz...so i found some parts a motherboard and a processor...i'll post the brand and model in a litlle bit...And it has no windows i can't install it either because it says "drive c: does not contain a valid FAT or FAT32 partition..."and it has sometype of sound/video card too...it has a Creative Vibra l16 or some thing like that

I say dont spent your money on a pentium 1.....You can have a pretty damn good computer for 500 box US. Here in canada , Qc , we sold a PIII 500 256Mo 20go for 500 $/CDN money ....

So think about what you can have in US dollard

What I would do, is head over to our Deals section (http://www.slcentral.com/c/deals) and there is a 1.7GHz Celeron computer from Dell for $336.05 after rebate with FREE shipping. That's probably your best bet. I'll copy just in case:

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or you can build it yourself for about $390.
i build these computers and sell them for $450.
here is the list of off www.newegg.com (best place for shopping online computer parts, except the monitors, because they are cheaper at best buy or somewhere like that).

http://www.newegg.com/app/WishList....=VIEW&ID=132928

here is one that i just saw there.
http://www.newegg.com/app/WishHisto...=VIEW&ID=136260

it's really easy to build your own computer. you just plug in the parts to the right slots. your motherboad should come with some sort of directions. good luck!