The Little Guy Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Earlier I was building a computer for myself, now someone has asked me to build on for them, are the following items a good buy? Any suggestions on this list? http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=18875248 Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewgauger Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136161 $10 more 80gb -> 250gb Don't give them an 80GB hdd. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148221 $28 1GB -> 2GB ram. I won't even use XP without 2GB of ram. Plus this is the 10600 oooo ahhhh pretty. So these are the two areas I would suggest they spend a bit more money if they have it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/#findComment-1054918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 I dearly hope you aren't buying that computer for performance. Really, if you are going to buy a computer with such crappy components, why not just buy one off ebay for ~50$? That computer has some very similiar specs to my old computer -- In 2003. http://cgi.ebay.com/1-FAST-PRO-DELL-P4-DESKTOP-COMPUTER-PC-GHz-WIN-XP-8-2-3-/270574780464?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item3eff838030 http://cgi.ebay.com/1-FAST-PRO-DELL-P4-DESKTOP-COMPUTER-PC-GHz-WIN-XP-8-2-3-/230470978501?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item35a9240bc5 http://cgi.ebay.com/1-FAST-PRO-DELL-P4-DESKTOP-COMPUTER-PC-GHz-WIN-XP-8-2-3-/230470978501?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Desktop_PCs&hash=item35a9240bc5 Also let me put it another way, if you add 200$, you can go from a computer that couldn't even start up Crysis to running it on max graphics at about ~10 frames a second. Realize that any drawing/art program you want to run will most likely not run on that computer as well. The video card is total crap, (4200 onboard?), and 1 GB of ram? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/#findComment-1054924 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Yeah.... you might as well buy a cheap laptop and hook up an external monitor/keyboard/mouse for that price. Then you have something this is also portable Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/#findComment-1054925 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Oh also, if you are going to be a tightwad, why would you spend a massive 17$ on a CPU fan? The CPU you bought comes with a heatsink + cooler already. (Edit feature ran out. Sorry. ) Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/#findComment-1054926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 The person who is using the computer is using it for email/web surfing, and word processing. This is a 45 year old woman, who doesn't play video games other than solitaire, scrabble, and games like that. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/#findComment-1054937 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PugJr Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Yeah, so whats wrong with buying a computer off Ebay for 50$? Thats 1/6th the price for the same purpose. Also realize, some of those ebay lots come with a genuine version of XP. Even better, as the computer you bought doesn't come with an OS. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/#findComment-1054939 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Little Guy Posted May 8, 2010 Author Share Posted May 8, 2010 I was going to put Linux on it. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/#findComment-1054940 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 A 45 year old woman that has worked in her professional career probably with Windows and you serve Linux? WHAHAHA Just imagine what will happen when she will try to install Microsoft Office Or play tries to find solitaire for that matter Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/#findComment-1054952 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnoTheDev Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Quote I was going to put Linux on it. and Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/201071-new-computer/#findComment-1055710 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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