ok....a friend of mine is going thru a divorce and is giving his wife their piece of cr@p comp. He was wondering if i had a comp i could sell him.....i have a back up one that i don't use but like to have it in case my main goes down and i have something to get onto the internet with to find the solution to my mains problems. I don't want to sell it really but as a friend i'd like to help him out. So i thought i'd just buy minimal parts now that have some future proof to them and then in the coming months buy the rest.
Anyway my main now is only a single core (see my signature)....so i'm kind of out of the loop on stuff. I'll about a 700 dollar budget to build a new one.....here's the catch with the new one.......I will continue to use it as backup to the one i use now because i don't plan on buying a good video card for it yet to keep my price down for now.....bascially if i could get a MB with onboard video that would be fine in the mean time. So here's what i need.
CPU: i'd like to go with an Intel and shoud i wait for the price drop?
MB: something with onboard video for now.....and i don't need anything that can overclock a lot....i just dable in overclocking.
RAM: at least 2gigs
Video Card: none for now.....will save up money afterwards for an 8800 series or whatever's out there at that time.
Sound: i'll be using my old 5.1 surround and the Creative SB out of my main....don't need sound on my back up machines.
HD: at least 300 gigs...no raiding or anything
DVD Drives: i'll be taking the RW out of my main now to put in the new one eventually so all i'll need is a DVD ROM drive
Case: something nice and not too flashy i guess....i like the Antec P182's but the price is a little high
any suggestions would be great.....like i said i'm out of the loop on stuff and i just want something that will be VERY upgradeable in the future.....and when i say future maybe around this coming Winter (that's when i'd like to get the 8800 Card)
thanks
Anyway my main now is only a single core (see my signature)....so i'm kind of out of the loop on stuff. I'll about a 700 dollar budget to build a new one.....here's the catch with the new one.......I will continue to use it as backup to the one i use now because i don't plan on buying a good video card for it yet to keep my price down for now.....bascially if i could get a MB with onboard video that would be fine in the mean time. So here's what i need.
CPU: i'd like to go with an Intel and shoud i wait for the price drop?
MB: something with onboard video for now.....and i don't need anything that can overclock a lot....i just dable in overclocking.
RAM: at least 2gigs
Video Card: none for now.....will save up money afterwards for an 8800 series or whatever's out there at that time.
Sound: i'll be using my old 5.1 surround and the Creative SB out of my main....don't need sound on my back up machines.
HD: at least 300 gigs...no raiding or anything
DVD Drives: i'll be taking the RW out of my main now to put in the new one eventually so all i'll need is a DVD ROM drive
Case: something nice and not too flashy i guess....i like the Antec P182's but the price is a little high
any suggestions would be great.....like i said i'm out of the loop on stuff and i just want something that will be VERY upgradeable in the future.....and when i say future maybe around this coming Winter (that's when i'd like to get the 8800 Card)
thanks