Howdy Folks,
UK expat living in The Netherlands here.
Input would be appreciated!!
I'm building a PC for a friend.
His primary needs are internet browsing (he literally has like 50 tabs open at once normally which destroys his aged Acer Ferrari single core laptop...). Video watching i.e. movies, video conference etc.
Limited games, the odd Age of Empires etc so graphic power is not necessary. No video editing or anything of the sort.
The budget is 350euros, $490. Obviously the cheaper the better.
I have a spare ATI 1950XTX and IDE DVD drive. He does not want Windows7 as it will take him a while to get used to. So 2GB of RAM I think is enough for him.
This is what I've made: (I'm really unsure about the CPU and mobo.. I will try and unlock additional cores with the CPU but was wondering your guys opinion).
AMD Phenom II X2 555 87 ----$121
Xigmatek Asgard Case 35 ----$49
Samsung 1000GB HDD 52 ----$72
Kingston 2GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM 33 ----$46
Antec EarthWatts 380Watt 46 ----$64
Asus M4A785T-M 69 ----$96
$448 total if I can count!
Thoughts? Areas for improvement? Would be greatly appreciated.
(Please note as an expat my prices are different but after hard research I think this is the best I can come up with).
Many thanks,
Glen
UK expat living in The Netherlands here.
Input would be appreciated!!
I'm building a PC for a friend.
His primary needs are internet browsing (he literally has like 50 tabs open at once normally which destroys his aged Acer Ferrari single core laptop...). Video watching i.e. movies, video conference etc.
Limited games, the odd Age of Empires etc so graphic power is not necessary. No video editing or anything of the sort.
The budget is 350euros, $490. Obviously the cheaper the better.
I have a spare ATI 1950XTX and IDE DVD drive. He does not want Windows7 as it will take him a while to get used to. So 2GB of RAM I think is enough for him.
This is what I've made: (I'm really unsure about the CPU and mobo.. I will try and unlock additional cores with the CPU but was wondering your guys opinion).
AMD Phenom II X2 555 87 ----$121
Xigmatek Asgard Case 35 ----$49
Samsung 1000GB HDD 52 ----$72
Kingston 2GB 1333MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 DIMM 33 ----$46
Antec EarthWatts 380Watt 46 ----$64
Asus M4A785T-M 69 ----$96
$448 total if I can count!
Thoughts? Areas for improvement? Would be greatly appreciated.
(Please note as an expat my prices are different but after hard research I think this is the best I can come up with).
Many thanks,
Glen
