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Moms new computer....advice?
Here's the stuff I'm using to build my mom a computer. I've only built one
PC before so I was just wondering what you all think. She uses PC just for WWW browsing, email, and occasional online card games(i.e. yahoo euchre and such). She listens to alot of music using the cdrom and wants to start burning her own stuff as well. Is there drawbacks to going with micro-atx? I'm going this route to keep the costs down. If you have advice please post..... Ron http://secure.newegg.com/app/shoppin...tem=27-151-026 |
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"rferoni" wrote in message ... Here's the stuff I'm using to build my mom a computer. I've only built one PC before so I was just wondering what you all think. She uses PC just for WWW browsing, email, and occasional online card games(i.e. yahoo euchre and such). She listens to alot of music using the cdrom and wants to start burning her own stuff as well. Is there drawbacks to going with micro-atx? I'm going this route to keep the costs down. If you have advice please post..... Ron http://secure.newegg.com/app/shoppin...tem=27-151-026 Maybe it's just me, but you might want more than just a CD drive in that computer. There is a case, CPU, power supply, etc. to think about. Anyway, cost usually is not a reason for building your own. If I wanted a computer to do what she's doing, I'd go down to my local computer store and buy a used system for about $200. |
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Jeff wrote hastilyThere is a case, CPU, power supply, etc. to think
about. Anyway, | cost usually is not a reason for building your own. Jeff, Not sure what you mean as I have picked out a case(comes with PSU), CPU and such. Maybe it didnt show up in the link?? Now tho I have to look for a new MB as they are sold out of the one I had picked... ron |
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"rferoni" wrote in message ... Jeff wrote hastilyThere is a case, CPU, power supply, etc. to think about. Anyway, | cost usually is not a reason for building your own. Jeff, Not sure what you mean as I have picked out a case(comes with PSU), CPU and such. Maybe it didnt show up in the link?? Now tho I have to look for a new MB as they are sold out of the one I had picked... It didn't show up in the link - just the CD drive did. I was just joking - giving you hard time about that..... |
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"rferoni" wrote in message ...
Here's the stuff I'm using to build my mom a computer. She uses PC just for WWW browsing, email, and occasional online card games(i.e. yahoo euchre and such). She listens to a lot of music using the cdrom and wants to start burning her own stuff as well. Is there drawbacks to going with micro-atx? I'm going this route to keep the costs down. http://secure.newegg.com/app/shoppin...tem=27-151-026 I'm not that familiar with micro-ATX, but nonstandard parts and form factors tend to increase costs, not decrease them, especially when broken parts have to be replaced -- those 1/2 cubic-foot boxes may look cute, but how much does a new motherboard or power supply for one cost? Stay with the standard minimum size 7"W x 19"L x 15"H case, especially the 19"L since that's needed to prevent the CD-ROM drive and any larger motherboard from bumping into one another. |
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All this link shows is the DVD drive.
I would recommend adding a case, power supply, motherboard, cpu, memory, video card and some more disk drives Micro ATX are smaller so do not have as many expansion slots, they usually have lots of on-board features though so you don't need them. "rferoni" wrote in message ... Here's the stuff I'm using to build my mom a computer. I've only built one PC before so I was just wondering what you all think. She uses PC just for WWW browsing, email, and occasional online card games(i.e. yahoo euchre and such). She listens to alot of music using the cdrom and wants to start burning her own stuff as well. Is there drawbacks to going with micro-atx? I'm going this route to keep the costs down. If you have advice please post..... Ron http://secure.newegg.com/app/shoppin...tem=27-151-026 |
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The stuff you have listed at newegg costs about $300 or so. The tasks your
mom needs the PC for could be done on a 3 year old P2 or P3 that'll cost you anywhere from $100 to $200, but you have to factor in for a DVD and CDRW drives so add another $100 to that making a total of $200 to $300 for a used PC. I'd buy the new parts and build her a new PC for the $300. The stuff will be under warranty and it'll give her room to grow. She might take up computer art tomorrow and need a fast system. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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"Justin" noone wrote in message ... The stuff you have listed at newegg costs about $300 or so. The tasks your mom needs the PC for could be done on a 3 year old P2 or P3 that'll cost you anywhere from $100 to $200, but you have to factor in for a DVD and CDRW drives so add another $100 to that making a total of $200 to $300 for a used PC. I'd buy the new parts and build her a new PC for the $300. The stuff will be under warranty and it'll give her room to grow. She might take up computer art tomorrow and need a fast system. But as someone else mentioned (I think), you have to add $100 for a new OS for a new system. |
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On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 11:55:54 -0500, "jeffc" wrote:
"Justin" noone wrote in message ... The stuff you have listed at newegg costs about $300 or so. The tasks your mom needs the PC for could be done on a 3 year old P2 or P3 that'll cost you anywhere from $100 to $200, but you have to factor in for a DVD and CDRW drives so add another $100 to that making a total of $200 to $300 for a used PC. I'd buy the new parts and build her a new PC for the $300. The stuff will be under warranty and it'll give her room to grow. She might take up computer art tomorrow and need a fast system. But as someone else mentioned (I think), you have to add $100 for a new OS for a new system. You'd probably need to buy the OS in either case, as the used PCs I see have no OS. |
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"Gary Tait" wrote in message ... But as someone else mentioned (I think), you have to add $100 for a new OS for a new system. You'd probably need to buy the OS in either case, as the used PCs I see have no OS. I don't see why that would be - usually it's for sale with the system on the hard drive on the ones I've seen. If they don't actually give you the disk, that can be problematic..... |
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