- Oct 31, 2011
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Hello Ladies and Gentlemen of Toms
I have finally managed to convince my mother to let me build her a pc to replace that poc pc that has been driving me up the wall for the last 3 years that she has. Cursed thing crashes or locks up if you look at it wrong.
Approximate Purchase Date: As soon as we get the parts locked down, this week preferably
Budget Range: $500-$600USD ($625-$750NZD)Max, the cheaper the better as I'm paying for it.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: MS Office, Photoshop elements 9, Surfing the net, watching movies, listening to music and my nephew would like if if he could play CoD4, and/or CodWaW when he stays with his gran.
Are you buying a monitor: No, keyboard, mouse, and speakers are also not needed.
Parts to Upgrade:
Mobo:
CPU:
RAM:
PSU:
GPU:? (Nephews request is DEFINATELY secondary, but obviously one would help with ps elements I think)
HDD:? I have an old(ish) 250GB sata2 that I can reformat and reuse if acceptable, or a Hitachi 1TB Deskstar (sata 2 I think) that I bought 9 months ago, but haven't used yet.
Optical drive: Current one is an old pata (will have to confirm this when I'm next there), and will re-use that if it's compatible, but opticals are pretty cheap these days.
Case:? Will probably re-use the old generic foxconn case that she has, looking to save $ where Ican
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, will be getting W7 Home basic OEM. Unsure if 64bit version is needed though.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: In order of preference, but I'm quite happy to search the NZ sites if you wish to link to Newegg or other sites. Looking for right parts more than the cheapest price of those parts.
http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php
http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/default.asp
http://www.playtech.co.nz/
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Parts Preferences: I'm partial to Asus, but don't really care.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1440x900?
Additional Comments: Her current pc specs and no, I didn't build it. (don't blame me if you fall off your chair and hurt yourself while laughing
)
Mobo: Asus M2N-MX SE+
CPU: AMD 64 X2 Dual core @ 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 1GB of some unknown brand
PSU: Superpower 300W
OS: Windows XP 32bit SP3
HDD: 80GB Pata Unknown brand
My first reaction was to just put more ram in it. It didn't work, and from what I could find out, that asus mobo is very finicky with it's ram and compatible ram modules are no longer available in NZ (at least as far as I could find)
Anyhow, that's about it. Thanks for taking the time to read through all this, looking forward to your replies.
I have finally managed to convince my mother to let me build her a pc to replace that poc pc that has been driving me up the wall for the last 3 years that she has. Cursed thing crashes or locks up if you look at it wrong.
Approximate Purchase Date: As soon as we get the parts locked down, this week preferably
Budget Range: $500-$600USD ($625-$750NZD)Max, the cheaper the better as I'm paying for it.
System Usage from Most to Least Important: MS Office, Photoshop elements 9, Surfing the net, watching movies, listening to music and my nephew would like if if he could play CoD4, and/or CodWaW when he stays with his gran.
Are you buying a monitor: No, keyboard, mouse, and speakers are also not needed.
Parts to Upgrade:
Mobo:
CPU:
RAM:
PSU:
GPU:? (Nephews request is DEFINATELY secondary, but obviously one would help with ps elements I think)
HDD:? I have an old(ish) 250GB sata2 that I can reformat and reuse if acceptable, or a Hitachi 1TB Deskstar (sata 2 I think) that I bought 9 months ago, but haven't used yet.
Optical drive: Current one is an old pata (will have to confirm this when I'm next there), and will re-use that if it's compatible, but opticals are pretty cheap these days.
Case:? Will probably re-use the old generic foxconn case that she has, looking to save $ where Ican
Do you need to buy OS: Yes, will be getting W7 Home basic OEM. Unsure if 64bit version is needed though.
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: In order of preference, but I'm quite happy to search the NZ sites if you wish to link to Newegg or other sites. Looking for right parts more than the cheapest price of those parts.
http://www.pbtech.co.nz/index.php
http://www.computerlounge.co.nz/default.asp
http://www.playtech.co.nz/
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Parts Preferences: I'm partial to Asus, but don't really care.
Overclocking: No
SLI or Crossfire: No
Your Monitor Resolution: 1440x900?
Additional Comments: Her current pc specs and no, I didn't build it. (don't blame me if you fall off your chair and hurt yourself while laughing
)Mobo: Asus M2N-MX SE+
CPU: AMD 64 X2 Dual core @ 2.4 Ghz
RAM: 1GB of some unknown brand
PSU: Superpower 300W
OS: Windows XP 32bit SP3
HDD: 80GB Pata Unknown brand
My first reaction was to just put more ram in it. It didn't work, and from what I could find out, that asus mobo is very finicky with it's ram and compatible ram modules are no longer available in NZ (at least as far as I could find)
Anyhow, that's about it. Thanks for taking the time to read through all this, looking forward to your replies.
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