basic build

[LarryK]

Build for friend?s mom just basic light photo editing / video edition / internet / word you know. Goal to make a low cost reliable home/office computer that?s a pleasure to drive =)
*worry is if the onboard video will suit her needs

Antec LifeStyle SONATA II
Intel Pentium D 805
ASUS P5RD2-VM
*ATI Radeon X300-based 2D/3D
A-DATA Vitesta 1GB (2 x 512MB) DR2 667 (PC2 5300)
Western Digital SE WD800JD 80GB
NEC Black burner
windows xp home oem

 

[fuentefan]

That is overkill for what your mom will be doing. Go find a PIII on craigslist with at least 512mb of RAM.

 

[InlineFour]

tell her to buy a refurbished dell, otherwise people expect you to do their tech support after you build their rig.

 

[GrammatonJP]

1. its not his mom
2. just because u still own a pos doesnt mean he needs to buy a pos

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: InlineFour
tell her to buy a refurbished dell, otherwise people expect you to do their tech support after you build their rig.

:thumbsup:

 

[LarryK]

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/product...x/featured_basdt?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

so i should tell her to buy the dimension B110?

that will do light photo editing burn music play movies all that smoothly?

 

[InlineFour]

Originally posted by: LarryK
http://www1.us.dell.com/content/product...x/featured_basdt?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

so i should tell her to buy the dimension B110?

that will do light photo editing burn music play movies all that smoothly?

indeed.

 

[LarryK]

rojor ty! well that saves me some work. or fun. fun for me