New XP system build - seeking specs

tkreger

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Hello all,
I want to build a system for my mom that runs Windows XP that she'll use mostly just for web surfing and email (she's 79). I don't want to spend more than, say, $175. Just need the tower, no peripherals. Should also have an optical drive.

What do you think would be a good system that I can order components and build?

Thanks!
Todd
 
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At $175, it is pretty impossible to build rather than buy a prebuilt. And seriously consider Windows 7 over XP. SP falls of MS support this coming April. No more security updates after April 8.