New to SFF and looking for advice on a setup...

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New to this section of the forums and been just poking around, reading new and old posts and trying to configure a new computer for my mom. Mainly it is just web browsing, e-mails, some documents and the now and then movie previews.
Nothing intensive in terms of graphics or raw horsepower, I am trying to keep costs low and would like to keep the power draw at a minimum, also want to use DVI since she recently got a 22" widescreen.

On to the rig:
I am thinking of getting these parts to build for her new pc, so if anyone can help shave some cost down or know if these would be good parts to get I am all ears. :D

Shuttle SG31G2: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856101039

DVD±R/RW SATA Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106263

WD800AAJS HD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136195

Corsair 4Gb: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184

Intel C2D E7200: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115052

Vista Home Premium: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116488

Now I know I can save a couple bucks by swapping ram to Corsair 2Gb, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145034 , but being Vista I want to make sure it is not sluggish, I already have an ATI 2600 Pro PCI-E and evga 8400GS PCI-E video cards incase the onboard is not enough.

Thanks for all the help. :)
 
May I suggest something that cost $290 (buy.com), looks that puppy eyes can't beat and has your DVI port:

ASUS Eee Box EBXB202-WHT-X0023 Intel Atom N270(1.60GHz) 1GB DDR2 80GB Intel GMA 950 Windows XP Home
Colors Pure White
Processor Intel Atom N270(1.6GHz)
Cache Per Processor 512KB L2 Cache
Memory 1GB DDR2
Hard Drive 80GB SATA 5400rpm
Graphics Intel GMA 950
Audio Sound card - Integrated
Ethernet Gigabit LAN
Wireless Card 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN
Operating System Windows XP Home
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883220001

Even has a matching keyboard and mouse.
 
I have 2 GB of RAM in my laptop and it doesn't run Vista sluggish at all. It has a 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo
 
I think I am just going to drop the cpu down to a dual core pentium 2.2 Ghz, still not sure if I should drop the ram thought from 4 to 2gb though.

Thanks for your help mrmylanman
 
Although the choice is up to you I would suggest sticking with a Core 2 Duo because it's my understanding that they run cooler, in addition to having a new architecture that makes it faster.

If you're looking to save some money I'd buy less RAM up front (say one stick instead of two) then buy more RAM as you see fit.

The processor is a more expensive upgrade down the road.

That's just my two cents.
 
I've got 2GB RAM, and am running Vista. Nothing I've used has been bottlenecked by my RAM as of now.
 
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