friends build need help

[andyroo]

Well my moms friend is spending a 1000 on a computer for her sister and she wants it custom build not pre built (seems like shes against pre builds) and I need help with it she wants it to be intel build her sister is gonna be using it with ms office and family tree maker and play little games like solitaire and the OS she wants is window xp and she wants a floppy drive also she has the monitor she just needs the tower and keyboard and mouse she said she needs alot of hard drive space also.

Thanks in advance

 

[engiNURD]

Well my moms friend is spending a 1000 on a computer for her sister and she wants it custom build not pre built (seems like shes against pre builds) and I need help with it she wants it to be intel build her sister is gonna be using it with ms office and family tree maker and play little games like solitaire and the OS she wants is window xp and she wants a floppy drive also she has the monitor she just needs the tower and keyboard and mouse she said she needs alot of hard drive space also.

Thanks in advance

So, to summarize...
$1k budget for tower/kb/mouse/OS
Used for Office and little games
OS of choice is XP
Needs to have a floppy drive

Sounds like $1k is overkill for that machine.

What monitor does she have?
What does she need a floppy drive for?
How old is the "sister"?
Why not Vista?
Who will the sister call for Tech Support?

A quick build, off the top of my head...
$120 - E4500
$105 - 500GB SATA300
$135 - P5E-VM HDMI
$45 - 2GB DDR2-800
$35 - DVDRW SATA
$70 - CM RC-690 ATX Case
$70 - Corsair 450W
$40 - MS Ergonomic 4000 + MS Comfort 3000 mouse
$85 - MS Windows XP Home
$20 - Mitsumi FDD + Card Reader
========
$725 + tax and shipping

 

[crhscoog]

q6600 G0 SLACR $260
2gb (2x1gb) ddr2 800mhz ram $45
500gb harddrive $100
gigabyte or abit p35 chipset motherboard $100
corsair 520hx $100
windows xp 32bit $100
coolermaster 690 $70 or antec p182 $120 for quiet
cd/dvd burner $35
floppy drive $8
assuming this computer is not for gaming then 8500gt, hd2400pro, hd2600pro
if its for gaming then hd3850, 8800gt, 8800gts
am i missing anything?

go to newegg.com, buy.com, clubit.com, zipzoomfly.com, etc.

to be honest 1k is overkill if you dont plan to game.

 

[andyroo]

Ok change of plans she said she wants to not be 1k more like 500-600

thanks in advance

 

[engiNURD]

Ok change of plans she said she wants to not be 1k more like 500-600

thanks in advance

Please answer the questions...

...
What monitor does she have?
What does she need a floppy drive for?
How old is the "sister"?
Why not Vista?
Who will the sister call for Tech Support?
...

A quick edit to my previous build...
$105 - WD Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200RPM SATA300 16MB Cache
$90 - Microsoft Windows XP Home With SP2B 1 Pack - OEM
$93 - MSI G33M-FI LGA 775 Intel G33 Micro ATX
$79 - Intel Dual-Core E2160 Allendale 1.8GHz 1MB L2
$60 - Antec NSK4480B Black steel ATX Mid Tower Case w/ Earthwatts 380W (Free Shipping)
$41 - A-DATA 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 ADQVE1A16K ($10MIR)
$34 - Samsung 20X DVD±R DVD Burner with LightScribe Black SATA Model SH-S203N
$19 - Mitsumi Black 1.44MB 3.5 FDD + Internal USB 2.0 digital card reader
$14 - Logitech 967973-0403 Black PS/2 Standard Deluxe 250 Desktop Mouse Included - OEM
========
$535 + tax and shipping - $10MIR

EDIT: linked up the build. Get the case/psu while it still has Free Shipping for only $60. Yes, its enough to power the system and can even accommodate some upgrades.

 

[andyroo]

What monitor does she have? I'll have to ask
What does she need a floppy drive for? I don't know she just needs one
How old is the "sister"? I dont know shes old though
Why not Vista? because she wants xp
Who will the sister call for Tech Support? me

 

[crhscoog]

go with enginurds setup then. if you need more ghz on the processor then u can just oc it in future as the e2xxx processors are awesome at ocing.

 

[engiNURD]

What monitor does she have? I'll have to ask
What does she need a floppy drive for? I don't know she just needs one
How old is the "sister"? I dont know shes old though
Why not Vista? because she wants xp
Who will the sister call for Tech Support? me

These answers aren't very helpful, so you won't get any helpful response based on them. I ask these questions to help me help you... but if you can't help me help you, then that limits how I can help you. Eh, then again, the questions weren't very important anyhow. GL with the build and being tech support.

 

[AMD_RULES]

q6600 G0 SLACR $260
2gb (2x1gb) ddr2 800mhz ram $45
500gb harddrive $100
gigabyte or abit p35 chipset motherboard $100
corsair 520hx $100
windows xp 32bit $100
coolermaster 690 $70 or antec p182 $120 for quiet
cd/dvd burner $35
floppy drive $8
assuming this computer is not for gaming then 8500gt, hd2400pro, hd2600pro
if its for gaming then hd3850, 8800gt, 8800gts
am i missing anything?

go to newegg.com, buy.com, clubit.com, zipzoomfly.com, etc.

to be honest 1k is overkill if you dont plan to game.

ok, that is way overkill for the user requirements. I agree with enginurd's list of recommended hardware OP