New computer for parents

eoferrall

Hi guys,

I built my own computer during the summer successfully fully guides etc here! Thanks!

My parents wish me now to do one for them! they only check email and surf the net and type etc, no music games etc ie nothing strenuous! I am hoping to come in around 300mark (without monitor, keyboard optical drives etc)

this is what I am thinking of putting together and wish to check it will all go together!

Motherboard: http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfull.asp?productcode=ECE1515021 am I right that this does not need a graphics card?

CPU:http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfullat.asp?productcode=ECE1463989#spec

Case&PSU: http://www.elara.ie/products/detailsfullft.asp?productcode=ECE1492287#spec will the 350w be enough?

Thanks guys, the hard drive and so on i can sort myself just want to check if these are ok together for a good system that wont do much work!

Eoin

alansweeney100

Theres not much point in building a low spec PC IMO, (unless you're doing it cause you enjoy building PC's) theres little or no savings to be made.
Buy a dell or something like this

eoferrall

Well i thought I could get a better one by building since I will take parts from old one I have added over time. so essentially I need cpu, case&PSU, MB (with onboard graphics most likely), hd and ram. The rest I have.

I got stuff including vista for 350 including vat on elara. most of which I linked previously. do you still think I am better off getting from dell or somewhere a pc w/o monitor?

eoferrall

Forgot to say I do enjoy fiddling with things like this, so if they are much the same I will build. Looking on Dell now.

Solitaire

Hmm... if you're sure they're only going to use this machine for light-duty stuff then here is a cheap, cheerful and ESB-bill-friendly mini-PC build



And FYI the only motherboards which routinely lack any onboard graphics (i.e. not ideally suited for this build) tend to be Intel P- and X- series offerings. If you stick with Intel look for G-series mobos. Although even then the integrated graphics are significantly inferior to all recent AMD and nVidia onboard solutions (heck the newer ones can manage HD decoding and very-light-duty gaming!)

eoferrall

Thanks Solitare, that build you posted there is actually quite similar apart from the processor, just checked the email there and I did get a g-series mobo. So tho i was sure i had got it fairly right now im happy that it will all work. I've found its harder to do a low budget one than a high end one like i did for myself in summer!

Thanks