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Aunt's computer

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Seraphim974

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I am currently building a computer for my Aunt because her old computer did not have USB which is what she needs for her camera and this is what i have decided on, look good? Any suggestions?

Powmax case and PSU 400W newegg: N82E16811145039
ABIT "VA-10" KM400 Chipset Motherboard newegg: N82E16813127159
Barton 2500+ newegg: N82E16819103379
Buffalo 512mb pc2700 ram newegg: N82E16820150593
Maxtor 80GB 7200RPM 8mb buffer newegg: N82E16822144205
lite-on combo drive (cd-rw, dvd-rom) newegg: N82E16827106193
Windows XP Home
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462 dollars
 
For her to buy a usb pci card................. :D
 
the computer had a k6 processor, ran windows 98 and the back of the motherboard was pushed into the. computer and when i bought a pci card for the computer i first of all had to remove their modem which they. used because the motherboard had only 2 pci slots and when i got the card installed windows 98 would not. install the usb drivers off of the driver disc or the camera disc.
 
Get a slower CPU, and then get an integrated nForce2 board and 2x256 to enable dual channel.

If that's too expensive, just get the

ECS "741GX-M" SiS741GX Chipset Motherboard for AMD Socket A CPU -RETAIL

instead of the KM400 chipset. Via's graphics are awful. Sis is slightly better, but at $47 how can you complain? :) (single stick of 512 would be fine)
 
Yes, that dual-channel setup would actually be too expensive since i already told my aunt of the price of the hardware but i did take your advice on the motherboard... It boggles my mind that you could know so much about the specifics of these motherboards...where did you learn this from?
 
You've made some good cost cutting choices. Go slower CPU, stick with the 512, and go with the cheaper chipset. The storage size is about right for photos, as well as the burner.
 
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