A serious low-cost machine suggestion

After yet another computer blow up, I fingered dust as being an important factor in its death. I needed to switch to a passive system and I asked the YouTube community for help.

Damarious25 came up with the following combinations, which are serious value for money...

UK (amazon)
MB - Intel D525MW dual core with passive cooling
GPU - Nvidia Geforce FX 6200, PCI, DVI
RAM - Kingston ValueRAM 2 GB SODIMM DDR3 (x2)

US (newegg)
MB - JetWay Intel Atom D525 dual core with passive cooling
GPU - SPARKLE GeForce 8400 GS, PCI, DVI
RAM - Crucial 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM (x2)

Team these up with a decent Micro ATX case and you've got a reasonable machine for not much money.

Damorious25's suggestions have another advantage over the Sedatech that I ordered, namely that the Radion card in the Sedatech, shares main memory with the main system RAM; so the suggestions above are probably going to give better performance than the machine that I ordered.

Of course, none of these come with a hard drive, so you're still going to have to think about that. They also don't come with CD/DVD drives either, but if you are one of the increasing number that don't have a real use for a CD/DVD beyond initial installation, then you can always keep a portable unit around for when you do need one.

When you weigh up the total cost of these machines, they're much more cost effective than some full sized desktops, for the average person, let alone laptops.