Full computer upgrade?

[Incinerator]

my sister has a pretty old computer, it has a 20gig hd, 512megs of ram, amd 2800+. She mentioned wanting a new computer for christmas and so I thought I might get her one. I put this together

http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16813121048
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16817182017
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16819115003
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16820231099 x2
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16822148261
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16827151153

and it looks good to me, but I havn't kept up with hardware in the past couple of years so this may or may not be good. Any opinions on what to add or take away? She wants Vista on it so should I keep it with just 2gigs or go with more?

she already has a wireless mouse and keyboard, a lcd monitor and I was just going to reuse the case.

thanks

 

[Hurdler]

You're link doesn't work. 2GB will be fine for Vista though. I have 2 PCs with Vista and 2GB of memory, and it's more than enough.

 

[Dangman]

Yeah you are out of date.


First of all, the E6600 has been replaced in that performance bracket with the faster and cheaper E6750:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU - $189

Second, never go with a Rosewill PSU. They're pretty much a hit or a miss. So don't bother with a Rosewill PSU. I recommend getting this PSU instead because it's a better quality PSU:
XCLIO Stablepower 460W PSU - $50

Third, You can get that G.Skill RAM in a 2GB set for $2 cheaper than just getting 2 separate G.Skill RAM:
G.SKILL F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 RAM - $66

Now before we can help you further, we need some questions answered:
- What's your budget?
- What does your sister do with her PC?
- Is she gaming? If so, what games? and what size monitor does she have?

 

[Incinerator]

she doesn't game but she just mainly uses it for Office, watching movies, internet, email. She also has a 17" monitor.

 

[AMDXP]

Yeah you are out of date.


First of all, the E6600 has been replaced in that performance bracket with the faster and cheaper E6750:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 CPU - $189

Second, never go with a Rosewill PSU. They're pretty much a hit or a miss. So don't bother with a Rosewill PSU. I recommend getting this PSU instead because it's a better quality PSU:
XCLIO Stablepower 460W PSU - $50

Third, You can get that G.Skill RAM in a 2GB set for $2 cheaper than just getting 2 separate G.Skill RAM:
G.SKILL F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ 2 x 1GB DDR2 800 RAM - $66

Now before we can help you further, we need some questions answered:
- What's your budget?
- What does your sister do with her PC?
- Is she gaming? If so, what games? and what size monitor does she have?

I agree with above and get a different motherboard. Intel sometimes locks a lot of things.

Abit, Asus, MSI.

Just a few.

MSI I think had problems in the past, but they're okay now I believe?

 

[engiNURD]

I agree with all of Danny's suggestions.

she doesn't game but she just mainly uses it for Office, watching movies, internet, email. She also has a 17" monitor.

Does she watch any HD video? Does she do any media encoding/ripping? If not, you could drop the CPU down to the E4400 instead, and save some cash. Her needs don't sound too demanding, and even an E4400/E4500 would be more than enough for the needs you listed above.

Go with this board instead:
$93 - Msi G33M-FI LGA 775 Intel G33 Micro ATX