New computer..? HELP please

**BUtta** · 03-25-10, 03:34 PM

Ok heres what I got... My dad wants a new computer b/c his is dead now... He wants to stay at $400 (or pretty close to it) I'm asking yall's opinion b/c i know you can make it work with decent parts! Dont worry about the windows cd I can get that myself

And if you have time, if you would please put the link to the product so I dont get the wrong thing... With the ram.. I have DDR2 4 GB of 5300 so if your build comes with that leave it out!

Also I dont know if it matters but some motherboards dont come with dual whatever you call it for the CD roms... I think it has to do with SATA and something else .... but if your build does i have a CD R/RW and reg CD rom... as you can tell I dont know much about computer stuff HAHAHA! I hope you know what im talking about!

Thanks alot guys!

**Ruukil** · 03-25-10, 04:16 PM

Ok. I'm gonna thow something together for you. I just bought a great X3 Athlon and I spent about 300.

You need DDR3 memory these days. DDR2 is old and it'll be better if you just go DDR3.

CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16819103724
Mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813131398
HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148451
RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820231193

sub total: $304.96

Gonna be a solid PC, I've got similar parts and they do great. The onboard video will work well for your dad and he will not need a video card unless he games.

You'll need to downgrade if you don't have a copy of an OS... Which might be an issue and this'll need a rebuild.

Case/pwr: (I'm gonna ask for some help here.)

**BUtta** · 03-25-10, 04:25 PM

Power Supply - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-032-_-Product $59.99

Is that one ok?

And for the case.. I have an old case he can use...

I have Windows 7 CD for him will that work or not... or will have to go with a 32 bit XP or something?

I have to go run some things around town I will get back to this a little later thanks for the help so far!

**Ruukil** · 03-25-10, 04:33 PM

Go 64 bit win7, it'll be good. Anyway.

I wanted to try and go 80+ certified for the sake of power efficiency. It seems like the power supply is fine. You really won't need the 600W of power for that rig, it's fairly low power.

**Phyrelight** · 03-25-10, 05:18 PM

does it have to be a desktop?

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Gateway Athlon Dual Core 15.6” Notebook
$429.99

* + $5 shipping

Condition:
Refurbished
Product:
1 Gateway NV5378u Athlon II X2 2Ghz 4GB DDR2 500GB SATA 15.6” LCD DVD Dual Layer Burner Win7 Home Prem

Keep in mind that woot displays one day deals so buy it before it's updated or it's gone.

**BUtta** · 03-25-10, 05:24 PM

Well its my dads and I think he would like it to be desktop... If it were me I would be open for opinions..

I think that will work!

What about the Video Card?

**BUtta** · 03-25-10, 06:23 PM

nvm that I got the EVGA 9800 for it... got it all ordered Thank you for all the help...

**Ruukil** · 03-25-10, 09:24 PM

Just a few tips:

The fan sits funny on the CPU, it's just a little off center regardless of which way you put it on, that's normal. You'll find that you have plenty of USB ports in the back to the point where you probably won't even need to hook up the front ports(aside from the power switch). Enjoy, it's a good build.

Also, if you even feel like unlocking the fourth core and L3 cache, you can try, but be warned you'll probably see some serious stability issues. If anyone tells you it'll be fine, it probably will not. Just letting you know it can be done but not to do it.

**Sgt.TmH** · 03-26-10, 02:06 AM

Unless your Dad is a hard core gamer, why bother building?

Something like this Compag SX2802, E5300, 6gb RAM, 640gb HD, DVD/RW, $400 will do just fine -
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Gateway+...&skuId=9605222