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WeeManFoo

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DVD Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16827152079

Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813138061

Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103046

I already have the memory, case, powersupply, and hard drive. Does this look like a good pc for Vista, surfing the web, and playing solitaire? The ram is 1gb and that is my only worry about the system. The total price with my parts and the parts from newegg is just under $500.
 
Should work for a basic set up, (word processing, surfing etc...) though if you are going Vista I would definitely up the memory to 2GB; otherwise XP might give you a bit more gains in performance.
 
yes, it will be pretty good, but vista uses *well ultimate for sure* 500-700mb of ram. Also which version will you be getting? if your getting home premium and above you should get a graphic card, 6800 and above should do the job for the aero feature in vista.

hope this answered your question.
 
It will be Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I have run Vista Ultimate 64 bit on a 1gb system and it ran fine for web browsing and other simple tasks that my parents do. Should I go 32 bit instead of 64 bit or will that matter? They are the same price. I have also run Vista 32 bit on a FX 5500 vid card and it worked ok. Do you really think I need a dedicated vid card?
 
WeeManFoo said:
It will be Vista Home Premium 64 bit. I have run Vista Ultimate 64 bit on a 1gb system and it ran fine for web browsing and other simple tasks that my parents do. Should I go 32 bit instead of 64 bit or will that matter? They are the same price.
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Dosen't really matter, what gpu are you going to use for it? Onboard?
 
nvidiapwnsati said:
Dosen't really matter, what gpu are you going to use for it? Onboard?
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Yeah, the new nvidia onboard chipset has HDMI support and is pretty fast.

http://my.ocworkbench.com/2007/epox/EP-AP68P-G/b4.htm

I know it's not the same board but it has the same chipset and it performs about the same as the x1250 chipset does. I can switch to the x1250 but they perform about the same so I went with nvidia.

Here is ATi's version of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138057

About the same deal.
 
The brisbane would be better. Plus, that Pent.D would use so much more power.
 
enginurd said:
The brisbane would be better. Plus, that Pent.D would use so much more power.
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I know it's better but they would be fine with a Pentium 3. Power wise, I have a 500w power supply so I don't think I will run out of juice. Do you think this is enough to run Vista at a good rate?
 
WeeManFoo said:
I know it's better but they would be fine with a Pentium 3. Power wise, I have a 500w power supply so I don't think I will run out of juice. Do you think this is enough to run Vista at a good rate?
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Your statements seem contradictory to me. A P3 would not be "fine" for Vista, IMO.

The x2 3600+ brisbane is about the same price as the Pentium D. However, it consumes less power, and therefore runs cooler. I wasn't implying that you'd run out of power... rather, the brisbane is a more efficient CPU, which consumes less power, and is therefore more cost friendly in relation to the power bill. They don't need much CPU power for their tasks, and as you said, the brisbane is more than enough.

The dedicated X1600pro would only be useful to them if they played 3D games. Otherwise, onboard is fine. However, you could also use the card on the brisbane setup, lol. Both boards you listed use PCI-E, so I'm assuming the X1600Pro is PCI-E. And if you'd rather do that, then theres no need for the GF 7050PV chipset. To save money, just drop down to a GF 6100 and use the X1600Pro along with the brisbane.
 
Why don't you just order a cheap Dell? I find that assembling a low end machine just isn't worth it anymore, unless you're going to run Ubuntu or the "evaluation" edition of Windows... Plus your parents can call Dell for tech support/warranty if something goes wrong which saves you time and headaches...
 
For what I want to build them, a dell would be too expensive. Also, I am trying to get rid of some old parts from my computer. That was also another reason to get an intel because I have a heatsink for the 775 socket. I'm still thinking about it and I am open to any suggestions.
 
Built pretty much the same system for my grandma a while back, same proc, different motherboard. It wasn't a vista build, xp works fine enough still and i didn't feel she needed it. Im sure even with the onboard it could run vista pretty well, just without all the aero bs.
 
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