While trying to upgrade a 10 year-old Dell Dimension 2350 to something useable (it's currently running XP Home with 128MB of RAM), it became clear that it's probably better to just build a new PC from scratch.
I'll be reusing the PS/2 keyboard and the speakers. There's a PCI modem in it because she's still using AOL dial-up, but we've talked her into T/W cable since they already have the tv portion. It looks like that can be moved over, too, if it's needed before the cable gets installed.
Here's what I have in mind:
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core
Mobo: Foxconn M61PMP-K AM3 NVIDIA MCP61P Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Case & PSU: Foxconn TLM566-300W Steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case 300W Power Supply
Memory: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit
HD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKX 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
DVD: LITE-ON Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 22X DVD Writer
Monitor: ASUS VW193DR Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
Throw in the Arctic Silver, a nice wirless Logitech mouse, and an APC SurgeArrest with coax to protect the cable modem, I can do this from NewEgg for a bit more than $432 before shipping. The best deal I could come up with from Dell is $460. And I'd like to avoid going the Dell route if I can.
Thoughts? Any ideas on how to do this for less while maintaining the same level of quality?
TIA.
I'll be reusing the PS/2 keyboard and the speakers. There's a PCI modem in it because she's still using AOL dial-up, but we've talked her into T/W cable since they already have the tv portion. It looks like that can be moved over, too, if it's needed before the cable gets installed.
Here's what I have in mind:
CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 250 Regor 3.0GHz 2 x 1MB L2 Cache Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core
Mobo: Foxconn M61PMP-K AM3 NVIDIA MCP61P Micro ATX AMD Motherboard
Case & PSU: Foxconn TLM566-300W Steel MicroATX Mid Tower Computer Case 300W Power Supply
Memory: Crucial 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit
HD: Western Digital Caviar Blue WD3200AAKX 320GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5"
DVD: LITE-ON Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache IDE 22X DVD Writer
Monitor: ASUS VW193DR Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor
Throw in the Arctic Silver, a nice wirless Logitech mouse, and an APC SurgeArrest with coax to protect the cable modem, I can do this from NewEgg for a bit more than $432 before shipping. The best deal I could come up with from Dell is $460. And I'd like to avoid going the Dell route if I can.
Thoughts? Any ideas on how to do this for less while maintaining the same level of quality?
TIA.