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UPDATE!:
Ok, I've found parts. Here we go.
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz Hyper-Threading Socket 478 Prescott (from old computer)
Graphic Card: Asus Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 V9520/TD/128M (from old computer)
Motherboard: ASRock P4i65G $44.99
Memory: G.Skill 2GB (2x1GB) DDR-400 $179.99
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) 250GB SATA 3.0GB/s HDD $79.99
Case/Power Supply: Aspire X-Qpack + 420W PSU $85.00
DVD Burner: Samsung Black DVD Burner with LightScribe $32.99
Processor HSF: Zalman CNPS8000 $38.99
Floppy/Memory Card Reader/Speakers/Keyboard/Monitor all from old computer.
TOTAL: $461.95
Well whaddya think?
Old post:
Summary: Her current comp is getting too slow for her and it's dying, I think becuase it's been under a desk collecting dust (and I mean DUST) for 2 years. It's time to get an upgrade.
P4 3.0Ghz HyperThreading socket 478 Prescott (yeah it's a freaky chip, I always thought prescotts only came on 775 but I guess they made a some on 478)
512MB DDR-400 3-3-3-8 Ram (this is an HP comp and 512MB ram is the limit I tried 2x512, and 2x1GB but it refused to post, oh and btw there's only 2 ram slots, the other two look like they were removed, you can see the solder points for them)
160GB WD 7200RPm HDD 8MB cache (it's slowly dying, making wierd noises, corrupting files, etc. Don't worry I backed up all her stuff onto my comp already)
Asus Nvidia GeforceFX 5200 AGP (eww, geforceFX. She doesn't do any 3d work though so GPU doesn't really matter)
Asus MATX mobo modded by HP (what can I say, Hp made it so it sucks even more than defualt)
250W no-name PSU (yeah...)
MATX HP Case, DVD burner, CD drive, Floppy, Memory card reader blah blah.
So yeah it's getting too slow and it's time to upgrade, and I'm gonna build it for her, but I need some advice on what to get.
Requirements: We've got about a $700 budget, the less it costs, the happier my dad will be, and the more it costs (well at least the faster it is), the happier my mom will be. She mainly uses the comp for e-mailing (she gets TONS of emails), websurfing, photo editing (tons of that, using microsoft Picture-it), photo printing etc. really the problem is that the comp refuses to start first time around, she has to restart it about 2-3 times to get it to actually log in, and when it does log in it takes forever. Opening up even an e-mail takes forever (and it's the computer because it doesn't do it on the other computers in the house). And no a reformat would not fix the problem, she is using just about 700MB of page file space while booting up, and she is limited to 512MB of ram in this comp. She has about 9 gigs of photos on it, and I'm sure that number will be going up if she gets a faster one. She won't need a monitor (she has a SyncMaster 730B), keyboard (she has an Hp one and she says anything else feels wierd), mouse (she has an MX510), or speakers (I'm giving her my Logitech X-530's because 1. rear speakers are in the way now that I've rearranged my room, and 2. I prefer gaming with headphones anyway). SOOooo on to...
Parts:
Case: She Loves the look of the Thermaltake Circle and I don't think she'll settle for too much less.
GPU: She doesn't do any 3d stuff at ALL so I think the EVGA Geforce 6200LE should be enough.
Mobo: The only reason I'm not geting a mobo with integrated graphics is becasue I think we can fit a Conroe E6300 into the budget, so I was originally going to go with the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, hoever, for just a bit more, I could go with the ABIT AW8D which is a 975X board. Can't decide which one. I do plan on overclocking this for her, just enough so it's rock solid stable (so she won't be calling me all the time about problems), but enough so that we get more for our money.
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6300.
RAM: Gskill 2x1GB DDR2-800.
Hard Drive(s): She says she'd like a raid 1 array (well that's not Excactly what she asked me if a thing existed where she could have 2 hard drives so that if one dies she'd still have her information), and now that I've told her such a thing exists, she's all over the idea. I could probably convince her otherwise but it isn't a bad idea, especially since she has ALL the family photos on her comp. So I was originally thinking a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB hdd, but I might need some reccomendations for a Raid 1 setup, as I've never attempted RAID before.
PSU: Need some suggestions on what would be enough, I was thinking Fortron 450W, but i'm not sure if that would be enough.
Well that certainly was a painfully long post wasn't it, just want to get you all informed about everything because I hate it when people come on and say "help me design a computer", and that's it, no info or anything. So thanks in advance. I'm looking forward to seeing your suggestions.
Ok, I've found parts. Here we go.
Processor: Intel Pentium 4 3.0GHz Hyper-Threading Socket 478 Prescott (from old computer)
Graphic Card: Asus Nvidia GeForceFX 5200 V9520/TD/128M (from old computer)
Motherboard: ASRock P4i65G $44.99
Memory: G.Skill 2GB (2x1GB) DDR-400 $179.99
Hard Drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 (Perpendicular Recording) 250GB SATA 3.0GB/s HDD $79.99
Case/Power Supply: Aspire X-Qpack + 420W PSU $85.00
DVD Burner: Samsung Black DVD Burner with LightScribe $32.99
Processor HSF: Zalman CNPS8000 $38.99
Floppy/Memory Card Reader/Speakers/Keyboard/Monitor all from old computer.
TOTAL: $461.95
Well whaddya think?
Old post:
Summary: Her current comp is getting too slow for her and it's dying, I think becuase it's been under a desk collecting dust (and I mean DUST) for 2 years. It's time to get an upgrade.
P4 3.0Ghz HyperThreading socket 478 Prescott (yeah it's a freaky chip, I always thought prescotts only came on 775 but I guess they made a some on 478)
512MB DDR-400 3-3-3-8 Ram (this is an HP comp and 512MB ram is the limit I tried 2x512, and 2x1GB but it refused to post, oh and btw there's only 2 ram slots, the other two look like they were removed, you can see the solder points for them)
160GB WD 7200RPm HDD 8MB cache (it's slowly dying, making wierd noises, corrupting files, etc. Don't worry I backed up all her stuff onto my comp already)
Asus Nvidia GeforceFX 5200 AGP (eww, geforceFX. She doesn't do any 3d work though so GPU doesn't really matter)
Asus MATX mobo modded by HP (what can I say, Hp made it so it sucks even more than defualt)
250W no-name PSU (yeah...)
MATX HP Case, DVD burner, CD drive, Floppy, Memory card reader blah blah.
So yeah it's getting too slow and it's time to upgrade, and I'm gonna build it for her, but I need some advice on what to get.
Requirements: We've got about a $700 budget, the less it costs, the happier my dad will be, and the more it costs (well at least the faster it is), the happier my mom will be. She mainly uses the comp for e-mailing (she gets TONS of emails), websurfing, photo editing (tons of that, using microsoft Picture-it), photo printing etc. really the problem is that the comp refuses to start first time around, she has to restart it about 2-3 times to get it to actually log in, and when it does log in it takes forever. Opening up even an e-mail takes forever (and it's the computer because it doesn't do it on the other computers in the house). And no a reformat would not fix the problem, she is using just about 700MB of page file space while booting up, and she is limited to 512MB of ram in this comp. She has about 9 gigs of photos on it, and I'm sure that number will be going up if she gets a faster one. She won't need a monitor (she has a SyncMaster 730B), keyboard (she has an Hp one and she says anything else feels wierd), mouse (she has an MX510), or speakers (I'm giving her my Logitech X-530's because 1. rear speakers are in the way now that I've rearranged my room, and 2. I prefer gaming with headphones anyway). SOOooo on to...
Parts:
Case: She Loves the look of the Thermaltake Circle and I don't think she'll settle for too much less.
GPU: She doesn't do any 3d stuff at ALL so I think the EVGA Geforce 6200LE should be enough.
Mobo: The only reason I'm not geting a mobo with integrated graphics is becasue I think we can fit a Conroe E6300 into the budget, so I was originally going to go with the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3, hoever, for just a bit more, I could go with the ABIT AW8D which is a 975X board. Can't decide which one. I do plan on overclocking this for her, just enough so it's rock solid stable (so she won't be calling me all the time about problems), but enough so that we get more for our money.
CPU: Core 2 Duo E6300.
RAM: Gskill 2x1GB DDR2-800.
Hard Drive(s): She says she'd like a raid 1 array (well that's not Excactly what she asked me if a thing existed where she could have 2 hard drives so that if one dies she'd still have her information), and now that I've told her such a thing exists, she's all over the idea. I could probably convince her otherwise but it isn't a bad idea, especially since she has ALL the family photos on her comp. So I was originally thinking a Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB hdd, but I might need some reccomendations for a Raid 1 setup, as I've never attempted RAID before.
PSU: Need some suggestions on what would be enough, I was thinking Fortron 450W, but i'm not sure if that would be enough.
Well that certainly was a painfully long post wasn't it, just want to get you all informed about everything because I hate it when people come on and say "help me design a computer", and that's it, no info or anything. So thanks in advance. I'm looking forward to seeing your suggestions.