I haven’t built a PC for some time, so this article on PC Magazine caught my eye. For everyday computing such as web browsing and word processing, this is a great deal.

Here’s the specs, and the article.

Case/power supply/motherboard: ASUS V2-M2v890 (barebones kit) $99.99 

Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ $58.50

Memory: 1GB Corsair DDR2 $24.99

Hard drive: Western Digital Caviar SE WD1600AAJS 160GB hard drive $44.99  

Optical drive: Lite-On 20x LH-20A1L $27.99  

OS: Windows Vista Home Basic (OEM) $89.99

TLC

Install the Windows 2003 Resource Kit tools. Run the Command Shell.

cdburn.exe d: c:\yourimage.iso

ENTER

Done!

Updated the style sheet to more closely match the main site style. I am impressed with the flexiblility of the WordPress blogging system. GoDaddy offers a wizard type install of WordPress and it is a straightforward process.

If you are looking for a hosting/blog solution I highly recommend Go Daddy and WordPress, though you will quickly tire of GoDaddy’s ad emails to your registered address.

TC

Installed WordPress and created new blog.