.TuG.Bran Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I'm updating my parents' computer for christmas and was wondering if it would be easier to upgrade piece by piece or just buy a new tower set up. They only use the computer for music, and internet use This is what they currently have... Sony Viao 180 gb hdd windows xp media center version 2002 Processor: Intel Pentium® 4 CPU 3.20GHz 512mb of Ram Video Card:Radeon X300 Series Sound Card: Realtek High Definition Audio Suggestions?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.TuG.-Breaker Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 well, i would go for medium-end stuff...not too good, not too bad, quite cheap for example a cheap Intel Core2Duo, 2 gb of ram, for example and 8800 GT if they do some video or photo editing stuff, a bigger hdd of course as they cost like nothing at the mo, 500 gig should be fine, Sata II connection onboard sound should be fine aswell, maybe a new version of windows( win 7 would be best at the moment) but i bet they are used to XP now and would take quite some time till they figure out all the new options and features.... so far, should be a 300-400$ pc i guess, maybe a bit more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.TuG.DaveAlmighty Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 Sounds about right ^^^^. Windows 7 severely recommended (it's fecking amazing, blasts Vista out the window already). And I suppose if they don't want anything serious, it seems like a hell of a lot of effort to put a computer together yourself, and at such a cheap price, the difference is pretty minimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.TuG.Bran Posted November 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I was definitely going with win 7, I heard it's pretty good. I'm going to post some possible towers later when I get a chance...mondays blow for me at school. Basically in class from 9am-9:30 pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.TuG.Beaver Posted December 1, 2009 Report Share Posted December 1, 2009 If all they are using it for is to do internet/music etc. then the spec of that PC is just fine. I'd go onto the crucial memory website and see what the max ram is you can put in the machine and upgrade it to at least 2-4gb and put a 500gb-1tb hd on it for storing stuff and get an external usb 1tb drive for backups - get windows 7 home premium too. You'll save a ton of cash over buying a new pc - alternatively you could just pay 200-300 bucks and get a new dell tower for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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