Computer for my father

[Shirtbird]

My dads computer died, and its pretty old so we figure its time to upgrade. He doesnt use it for much, just browing the internet, paying bills online, burning dvd's and a little bit of gaming, he doesnt play anything very graphic intensive, I think his best game would be battlefield 2142

So our budget is about $450 and we need a copy of windows XP(not vista)
I think some of the stuff we can reuse from the old computer would be the dvd rw drive and maybe the power supply.

Please help us build a budget computer, thanks

 

[Puddle Jumper]

This build comes to $430 before mail in rebates.

Newegg.com - COOLER MASTER Elite 330 RC-330-KKN1-GP Black SECC ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Computer Cases

Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - Internal Hard Drives

Newegg.com - Foxconn A7GM-S AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards

Newegg.com - ASUS EAH3450/DI/256M Radeon HD 3450 256MB 64-bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Low Profile Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards
(used in in hybrid crossfire with the motherboards HD 3200)

Newegg.com - Antec earthwatts EA430 430W ATX12V v2.0 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Power Supply - Power Supplies

Newegg.com - Patriot Extreme Performance 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory

Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ Brisbane 2.6GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 65W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP3 English for System Builders 1 Pack CD - Operating Systems

I highly recommend upgrading the os to Vista Home premium which is only $10 more. I have been using vista for awhile now and have not had a single problem with it.

Newegg.com - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 32-bit English 1pk for System Builders DSP OEI DVD - Operating Systems

 

[blue-lynx]

that is infact a good recommendation..

or he could also go for a motherboard with an onboard X3100/4500 intel gma + c2d E7200 to save money (if he wishes to go with intel) under the same budget

 

[veg1992]

Neither of those would be anywhere as good as Hybrid Crossfire for the price..

EDIT: Intel DG45ID Motherboard Review - Game Performance - Reviews by ExtremeTech

 

[Shirtbird]

That build looks great puddle jumper, thanks.