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Back again trying to figure out what system to build for my parents. They want a cheap/decent comp. They mainly just surf the internet and do heavy excel/word documents for work. They are pretty dumb with comps so they just always have junk all over there comps. So looking for a good comp that will still run good even with all the junk. Thanks for all the help.

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Hmmmm, they have a monitor, i can prob salvage their old tower. So i pretty much need like a mobo, vid card, cpu, memory, maybe a HD, the old comp has a 160gb but was told i should prob update it and prob a cdrom drive.

How about something like this?

AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000 Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $55.99

GIGABYTE GA-MA78G-DS3HP AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $85.99

mushkin 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $46.99

Antec NSK4480 Black/ Silver 0.8mm cold-rolled steel construction ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 380W Power Supply - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $99.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD3200AAKS 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $54.99

LG 22X DVD±R DVD Burner Black SATA Model GH22NS30 - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $24.99

Total $368.94

Do you need an OS?

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit for System Builders - OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168... $99.99

don't need the tower, just need to get a 80mm fan for the back of my old one. I have a OS but i still need a vid card. So maybe get rid of tower and swap for a vid card? oe is the on board good enough

The onboard video on a 780G motherboard is plenty for the intended use. It'll even do HD video perfectly, just to give you an idea. Is it really going to gain you much to re-use the old case? Are you planning on re-using the old (probably crappy) PSU too? I'd at least get a new PSU.

I might as well just get the new tower, since this one is pretty beat up. But that setup looks good. It should be a good system right. Cause i don't want to hear them being like this thing is slow blah blah blah what did u build me.

What were the specs on their old computer? The above build is certainly not slow. I'm sure a 2.6GHz dual core CPU with 4GB of RAM and a new, fast HD will be a very big improvement over what they currently have.
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