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My mother has an old Dell PIII (1.0GHz/384MB RAM).
Needless to say, it acts up every time I come home from school and just runs like a dog. She wants a new computer and I am trying to scrimp and cut as many corners as possible while still building a reliable and quiet system.
I already have a Pentium D 830 and an ECS 945P-A that I won in a forum drawing a while back, and I will be using those two parts. The mobo has built-in sound so we don't need a soundcard.
My mom turns on her computer maybe once a day, at most. It might stay on for a few hours, but that's generally because my dad thinks my mom needs it, leaves it on and then she doesn't use it so it gets powered down again. Point being it isn't on all that often. Putting Linux/OpenOffice on the (old) machine is out of the question because my mom flat out refuses to use non-Microsoft stuff and there's no point in trying to convince her otherwise. It was a huge leap to get her off of Norton and onto AVG.
I've come up with this on NewEgg
- Rosewill R230-P-BK (yeah yeah Rosewill = bad but that's for high end stuff)
- GIGABYTE GV-NX72G512P1 GeForce 7200GS 128MB
- SPARKLE ATX-300GT ATX 300W
- WINTEC AMPO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2
- Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB
- SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
Price: $180 before shipping
What's with the 2GB RAM? Because I want this machine somewhat, possibly, sort of, kind of able to run Windows Vista when that time comes. I already have a copy of MCE left over from one of my old machines, and she has a copy of Office 2000 from work.
Main concern: Is that PSU gonna cut it with the Pentium D? It's not like she's going to push it...
Needless to say, it acts up every time I come home from school and just runs like a dog. She wants a new computer and I am trying to scrimp and cut as many corners as possible while still building a reliable and quiet system.
I already have a Pentium D 830 and an ECS 945P-A that I won in a forum drawing a while back, and I will be using those two parts. The mobo has built-in sound so we don't need a soundcard.
My mom turns on her computer maybe once a day, at most. It might stay on for a few hours, but that's generally because my dad thinks my mom needs it, leaves it on and then she doesn't use it so it gets powered down again. Point being it isn't on all that often. Putting Linux/OpenOffice on the (old) machine is out of the question because my mom flat out refuses to use non-Microsoft stuff and there's no point in trying to convince her otherwise. It was a huge leap to get her off of Norton and onto AVG.
I've come up with this on NewEgg
- Rosewill R230-P-BK (yeah yeah Rosewill = bad but that's for high end stuff)
- GIGABYTE GV-NX72G512P1 GeForce 7200GS 128MB
- SPARKLE ATX-300GT ATX 300W
- WINTEC AMPO 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2
- Western Digital Caviar SE WD800JD 80GB
- SAMSUNG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner
Price: $180 before shipping
What's with the 2GB RAM? Because I want this machine somewhat, possibly, sort of, kind of able to run Windows Vista when that time comes. I already have a copy of MCE left over from one of my old machines, and she has a copy of Office 2000 from work.
Main concern: Is that PSU gonna cut it with the Pentium D? It's not like she's going to push it...
Thats an excellent price for a quality power supply. Though I think you may have to be a member of Newegg's newsletter group. Just sign up for it when you login.