Building a Machine for Mom :)

Nice. So $790 total... did you get a new 20" monitor with it for that price? :p
 
enginurd said:
Nice. So $790 total... did you get a new 20" monitor with it for that price? :p
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Nah got a montior at home and the peace of mind of a good machine. Not a Dell with crappy parts and horrible customer service. Mom already has a Dell and I had a Dell Laptop, not something id ever want to deal with again. The Last PC i built was in 2003 - 2004 never had an issue thanks to the advice of the fellas on Hardforums and research. As you know I just built my new Q6600 machine last week. Which i know will be good to me.

I appreciate your advice though Enginurd, but I just havent had good luck with pre-built machines. Perhaps not the most logical approach, but home built units always work out for me. Plus i like building stuff :)
 
Yah, same here, I like building stuff, too. My mom's got a 37" westy, q6600, 4GB of ram, and an 8600gt vidcard, lol. Some would think its overkill, but she actually uses it all for video and photo editing. :p

I've got a couple coworkers who got in on that Dell deal last time it came around. The parts are decent, and they work pretty well, actually. I told them to reformat before doing anything, and they're pretty happy with the performance they got for the money. I like to build my own stuff, too, but I love Dell for one reason: the shit works... you rarely have to deal with troubleshooting any hardware. The crapware is easily removed upon reformatting.
 
I haven't gone through all the replies,

But I built a similar system as well to be used the same way you have described initially, I only went for a 8500. I don't see the need of anything better. You don't need a super video card for normal family video encoding nor playback.
 
enginurd said:
Yah, same here, I like building stuff, too. My mom's got a 37" westy, q6600, 4GB of ram, and an 8600gt vidcard, lol. Some would think its overkill, but she actually uses it all for video and photo editing. :p

I've got a couple coworkers who got in on that Dell deal last time it came around. The parts are decent, and they work pretty well, actually. I told them to reformat before doing anything, and they're pretty happy with the performance they got for the money. I like to build my own stuff, too, but I love Dell for one reason: the shit works... you rarely have to deal with troubleshooting any hardware. The crapware is easily removed upon reformatting.
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Yeah reformatting is the way to go. I think my mom's gonna love this setup. thanks for the advice... I will recommend that Dell setup to other family members that I know wont hassle me to fix their stuff once it craps out.
 
Phrik said:
I haven't gone through all the replies,

But I built a similar system as well to be used the same way you have described initially, I only went for a 8500. I don't see the need of anything better. You don't need a super video card for normal family video encoding nor playback.
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There's nothing wrong with spoiling your mother from time to time... that normally leads to getting better presents around Christmas.... :D
 
tiraides said:
There's nothing wrong with spoiling your mother from time to time... that normally leads to getting better presents around Christmas.... :D
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hence my own 37" westy. :D Well, she halfed it with me, lol.
 
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