This will be my second build. My first computer I built about 3 years back out of high quality components has been a top-notch performer.
This time around, I need to build on a tight budget. All I need is a computer for my wife to surf the internet using a cable modem. She does a lot of internet chatting and very light game play. We are talking Solitaire here, plus a few role playing games such as Myst. She may do light photo editing with Photoshop Elements or something similar. Light word processing such as MSWorks. Internal hard disk storage space should be 80 to 120GB or so. She should get by fine on 512MB to 1GB memory. I already have a monitor.
If my budget is $500, what would you folks suggest would be the most bang for my buck for the case, PS, MB (incl sound), CPU, memory, VC and HD? Is it even possible to build a PC using the terms quality and tight budget?
This computer will replace a $400 piece of #%^#$ by EMachines that did not even last two years. Thanks for your help.
This time around, I need to build on a tight budget. All I need is a computer for my wife to surf the internet using a cable modem. She does a lot of internet chatting and very light game play. We are talking Solitaire here, plus a few role playing games such as Myst. She may do light photo editing with Photoshop Elements or something similar. Light word processing such as MSWorks. Internal hard disk storage space should be 80 to 120GB or so. She should get by fine on 512MB to 1GB memory. I already have a monitor.
If my budget is $500, what would you folks suggest would be the most bang for my buck for the case, PS, MB (incl sound), CPU, memory, VC and HD? Is it even possible to build a PC using the terms quality and tight budget?
This computer will replace a $400 piece of #%^#$ by EMachines that did not even last two years. Thanks for your help.