Building my mom a budget pc for her birthday. Opinions?

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geofelt
You can buy a ITX motherboard with included wifi.
The antenna will attach to the back panel.
Here is one example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157530
Video files are large, and not suitable for a ssd.
It might be best to include a storage hard drive.
The Q02 includes a psu, and space for two 2.5" drives(or one 3.5" drive)
The Q07 uses a atx psu and has room for both a 3.5" drive and a 2.5" drive.
Google to see some reviews of builds using these cases too see what is involved.
I have used both in several builds.

I am a bit dubious about the all in one. It is not clear to me what kind of storage is possible.
The antec isk 110 has a vesa mount, but would need 2.5" drives only.
2.5" hard drives are fine for...
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williamcummins

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What kind of activities is your mother usually doing with a computer? If it's for internet browsing, e-mail checking, etc. I'd go with the new Pentium G3240 because it's a great cpu for that purpose and has intel HD integrated graphics which is great for tasks like those mentioned above (it can even work out little gaming). Try something like this : http://pcpartpicker.com/p/BGCtkL
 
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Eximo

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Yep, that would do it.
 
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geofelt

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Let me assume that mom is mostly interested in email and web browsing.

For that integrated graphics and a low cost intel duo like a G1850@$50 would suffice.

The key to me for performance is a ssd for the "C" drive 120gb is ok if large files such as video's will not be stored.

I like small cases, your mom may too.
Look for a ITX motherboard.
Look at the lian li Q02 case, it is tiny(5.87" x 9.06" x 7.87"). The Q07 is not much larger.
 
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She basically is going to be internet browsing and playing her Flash games. Im looking to get a smaller case to save on desk space. I suppose the Integrated graphics would help with that. I also really need a decent pci/pci-ex wifi card as the computer will be on the other side of the house.
 
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I like the Zotac mini PCs. You can get them with or without hard drive and RAM. Most have WIFI built in. Hard to get smaller than some of them.
 
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I like the Idea here. The only problems are going to be her video storage and getting a wifi card . I would rather have it Internal so she won't have to mess with it
 
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You can buy a ITX motherboard with included wifi.
The antenna will attach to the back panel.
Here is one example: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157530
Video files are large, and not suitable for a ssd.
It might be best to include a storage hard drive.
The Q02 includes a psu, and space for two 2.5" drives(or one 3.5" drive)
The Q07 uses a atx psu and has room for both a 3.5" drive and a 2.5" drive.
Google to see some reviews of builds using these cases too see what is involved.
I have used both in several builds.

I am a bit dubious about the all in one. It is not clear to me what kind of storage is possible.
The antec isk 110 has a vesa mount, but would need 2.5" drives only.
2.5" hard drives are fine for storage, but not for a "C" drive unless it is a ssd.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129185
 
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