Suggestions for parents PC

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kur1j

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They had my old PC but it has since died.

AMD 2100+
256MB ram
GF 3 Ti200
40Gb hdd

etc etc

So what do yall suggest? Please only Intel suggestions, please do not fan boy me about AMD as I will just ignore you. I have my reason not to want another AMD machine (this is not the only one I have had problems with).


Things I need suggestions for.

A nice LCD monitor.
Intel CPU and motherboard
RAM


Things I do NOT need:
Video card (I have a GF 3 Ti200). The most video intensive stuff this machine would see is yahoo chess.
Case + Power supply (I have 350watt Antec PSU)
HDD ( I have a 40Gb 7200 RPM hdd).


Wow I didn't realize "F-a-n-b-o-y" was such an offensive thing that it has to be edited :O.
 
D865 PE motherboard (ebay) >> Extremely STABLE
Intel 2.6 Ghz P4 (used is cheaper) Northwood core (ebay)
512 MB of DDR 400 ($50)
Monitor: Dell 2001FP..nice but expensive...

Or Just some Cheap Celeron..since this machine would at best see an Intensive, Cycle consuming Yahoo Chess Match :)
 
{NcsO}ReichstaG said:
D865 PE motherboard (ebay) >> Extremely STABLE
Intel 2.6 Ghz P4 (used is cheaper) Northwood core (ebay)
512 MB of DDR 400 ($50)
Monitor: Dell 2001FP..nice but expensive...

Or Just some Cheap Celeron..since this machine would at best see an Intensive, Cycle consuming Yahoo Chess Match :)
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Could you maybe give me some suggestions from Newegg. I personally do not like dealing with Ebay unless I have to.
 
fry's/outpost has a 2.6ghz celeron box for $250 this week. Sure you'll have to add memory, and it may not have an agp port, but you can't really go wrong at that price. It even includes XP Home.

Otherwise, get a cheap intel 865 board and a northwood as has been suggested.
 
This is what I am looking at

One of these motherboards. I have the 800E- Deluxe and it is ROCK solid stable what is the difference in these two boards?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131484

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131492


CPU

Am I missing something here?

Why is the 3.0Ghz CPU LESS than the 2.8ghz CPU?

3.0Ghz: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116171

2.8Ghz: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819116170

Suggestions on RAM and LCD monitor? I have no idea what kinda ram to even look for I got some over clocking crucial ram when I built my PC but they do not need that of course .
 
If it's a budget PC for your parents... why not go Sempron, much cheaper and much faster than Celerons... Hell, mine keeps up with A64 3200 chips no problem.
 
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