A freind of mine wants to build a PC. He will not be using this PC for any gaming at all (the reason I chose a 9000), he will also not be overclocking or doing any of the sort. He is going to be uisng it for mostly just web-surfing talking on aim and some casual video editing. He says he can spend up to $1,000 but I think $1,000 would be a waste for a system mainly used for web surfing and tallking on aim with some casual video editing. Because of his needs this is what I chose for him. Tell me any suggestions.
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
ABIT NF7-S2
Kingston 512mb PC-2700 (2 for 1GB)
Seagate 200GB hard drive
ATI Readeon 9000
ViewSonic G90FB 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor
Microsoft Windows XP Home w/SP2
I think that an XP 2500+ would be fine in his case but do you guys think 1GB would be good or just stick with 512mb? He could go with a smaller hard drive but I ahve to talk to him about it. He also told me he wanted an LCD so this is what I chose if he insists on having an LCD.
It is a 17" LCD but it would be about the same size as the 19" CRT as far as veiwable screen size goes. I just chose the CRT to save a bit of money but a LCD would be great for his needs I guess. IF he does decide he wants an LCd then do you think that would be good? It also supports DVI so should he get a 9200SE for a bit more that outputs DVI?
The only thing missing from the above list is a case. I was thinking about that Raidmax case you were thinking about Yawg but that is about $30 and a cheap Thermaltake PSu would be more then enough for more then $30 which would be more then enough which would = ~$60 anyway. Considering that I was thinking about this case.
Even though it is 350w it should be more then enough for a system like this.
Also since he will not be doing any gaming do you guys know any good socket A motherboards with onboard video? That may be a better option if he does not use DVI.
I was also thinking about going Intel on this one as they are better for video encoidng and stuff but since he only does casual editing and I do not think with very large files I think AMD would be fine. What do you guys think about this?
Tell me any suggestions on the parts I chose.
AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton
ABIT NF7-S2
Kingston 512mb PC-2700 (2 for 1GB)
Seagate 200GB hard drive
ATI Readeon 9000
ViewSonic G90FB 19" PerfectFlat CRT Monitor
Microsoft Windows XP Home w/SP2
I think that an XP 2500+ would be fine in his case but do you guys think 1GB would be good or just stick with 512mb? He could go with a smaller hard drive but I ahve to talk to him about it. He also told me he wanted an LCD so this is what I chose if he insists on having an LCD.
It is a 17" LCD but it would be about the same size as the 19" CRT as far as veiwable screen size goes. I just chose the CRT to save a bit of money but a LCD would be great for his needs I guess. IF he does decide he wants an LCd then do you think that would be good? It also supports DVI so should he get a 9200SE for a bit more that outputs DVI?
The only thing missing from the above list is a case. I was thinking about that Raidmax case you were thinking about Yawg but that is about $30 and a cheap Thermaltake PSu would be more then enough for more then $30 which would be more then enough which would = ~$60 anyway. Considering that I was thinking about this case.
Even though it is 350w it should be more then enough for a system like this.
Also since he will not be doing any gaming do you guys know any good socket A motherboards with onboard video? That may be a better option if he does not use DVI.
I was also thinking about going Intel on this one as they are better for video encoidng and stuff but since he only does casual editing and I do not think with very large files I think AMD would be fine. What do you guys think about this?
Tell me any suggestions on the parts I chose.
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