Hi guys, so my dads computer died and he is in need of another PC that he agreed to pay for. I'm trying to decide on a build that is appropriate for him. I already have some of the components in the cart at Newegg. My only question now is I have an old 7900 GS card with 256mb vram that still works that was used on the previous build that worked fine for my parents. The only thing my parents do is surf and watch YouTube videos, that's it! Is there any reason to upgrade the video card? Obviously this will cause some major bottlenecking but like I said the only thing my parents does is surf and watch YouTube videos on an old 1680x1050 monitor. I know that videos in general are mostly CPU bound and a lot of times the GPU is sitting there twiddling its thumbs. Will using this same GPU cause any compromise in performance in terms of YouTube usage and surfing? Thanks for any clarification. A list of specs chosen so far are as follows and if anyone has any other recommendations on other parts (maybe because of bad customer exp or bad known defective flaws in something) please let me know!
Case: Stealth ABS (Will be using the same ATX case that has the dead mobo)
Mobo: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
CPU: FX 8350
GPU: 7900 GS 256 MB (should I bother to continue to use this even though it works just fine?)
RAM: Corsair XMS3 8GB
STORAGE: Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB
PSU: Corsair CX750M
OS: Ubuntu (will more than likely not be purchasing Windows to save money)
Case: Stealth ABS (Will be using the same ATX case that has the dead mobo)
Mobo: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0
CPU: FX 8350
GPU: 7900 GS 256 MB (should I bother to continue to use this even though it works just fine?)
RAM: Corsair XMS3 8GB
STORAGE: Samsung 850 EVO 250 GB
PSU: Corsair CX750M
OS: Ubuntu (will more than likely not be purchasing Windows to save money)
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