- May 19, 2010
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Approximate Purchase Date: anytime in the next 3-7 days
Budget Range: Max budget of $500 including OS and MS Office (Excel and Word minimum), ideally I want to see how low I can get this build.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Home office (email, word processing, excel, internet, basic video i.e Youtube)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: No upgrades
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, Windows 8 32 or 64bit
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, TigerDirect, Amazon, Microcenter.
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Parts Preferences: given the budget AMD seems most likely, but I have no preference to brand. I would like to use a SSD as the prices have become reasonable and boot speed is valued.
Overclocking: No, never
SLI or Crossfire: No, never
Your Monitor Resolution: Not sure, the monitor is an older 22" CRT type, 1280x1024?
Additional Comments: Building a new computer for my mother due to her older computer wearing down. She is interested in having a fast boot speed (SSD with useable capacity 80-250GB). She won't need anything graphically intensive so an integrated motherboard (sound and video) should suffice so long as it can handle typical Youtube videos. She does not require any bells and whistles beyond a simple computer to check email, use Word and Excel to look at some work files, internet browse, and play low graphic games like Bejeweled. The longevity of the computer is probably most effected by her maintenance of the computer, however quality parts should be highly valued (inexpensive parts compared to cheap parts, if that makes sense?)
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: old computer (purchased in 2003) is no longer viable.
Primary parts needed:
CPU
MOBO (prefer integrated, but a cheap GPU is fine)
HD
Memory
Optical drive
Power Supply
Tower (the fewer LEDs the better! 1-2 fans is more than enough)
Windows 8
Wireless network card
**removed MS Office from build**
Budget Range: Max budget of $500 including OS and MS Office (Excel and Word minimum), ideally I want to see how low I can get this build.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Home office (email, word processing, excel, internet, basic video i.e Youtube)
Are you buying a monitor: No
Parts to Upgrade: No upgrades
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, Windows 8 32 or 64bit
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: Newegg, TigerDirect, Amazon, Microcenter.
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Parts Preferences: given the budget AMD seems most likely, but I have no preference to brand. I would like to use a SSD as the prices have become reasonable and boot speed is valued.
Overclocking: No, never
SLI or Crossfire: No, never
Your Monitor Resolution: Not sure, the monitor is an older 22" CRT type, 1280x1024?
Additional Comments: Building a new computer for my mother due to her older computer wearing down. She is interested in having a fast boot speed (SSD with useable capacity 80-250GB). She won't need anything graphically intensive so an integrated motherboard (sound and video) should suffice so long as it can handle typical Youtube videos. She does not require any bells and whistles beyond a simple computer to check email, use Word and Excel to look at some work files, internet browse, and play low graphic games like Bejeweled. The longevity of the computer is probably most effected by her maintenance of the computer, however quality parts should be highly valued (inexpensive parts compared to cheap parts, if that makes sense?)
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: old computer (purchased in 2003) is no longer viable.
Primary parts needed:
CPU
MOBO (prefer integrated, but a cheap GPU is fine)
HD
Memory
Optical drive
Power Supply
Tower (the fewer LEDs the better! 1-2 fans is more than enough)
Windows 8
Wireless network card
**removed MS Office from build**
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