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New boxen help by voxwoman 2005-03-16 11:16:14
I'm about to let my (11 year old) kid break her piggy bank open and get herself a new PC (because I need to reclaim mine - it's the only one in the house that will run the Sims2 and Chessmaster). Her current PC is my old one (AMD 200Mhz processor, I think... and 64 Meg memory, 8x CD.. bascially obsolete).

She's got about 600 dollars, and I don't have any "spare cash" to help pad out the budget. Can we do this? And should I put together a Frankenbox? (I can install disks and CD drives, and peripherals, but I'm leery of doing motherboards myself).

Advice appreciated.

[ Reply ]
  Look for a barebones box, maybe? by themadkansan2005-03-16 11:20:45
    www.computergeeks.com by joecrouse2005-03-16 16:28:13
  It's definatly doable by MikeCDN2005-03-16 11:24:05
    oops video card by MikeCDN2005-03-16 11:25:18
  $600 should get you a pretty nice box in parts by nedludd2005-03-16 11:25:37
    If you have Windows XP non OEM by MikeCDN2005-03-16 11:27:40
      I've got a site license from my university by nedludd2005-03-16 11:32:52
  I've been looking by frizzgrig2005-03-16 11:28:29
    if your building a tivo type box by Freakazoid2006-11-19 12:55:59
  Asummin you have the OS. by OnDemand2005-03-16 11:47:38
  Mac mini. by jiteo2005-03-16 12:33:18
    I second that by maestrorc2005-03-16 15:33:25
  Assuming you don't need new peripherals by Elessar2005-03-16 14:22:39
  thanks everyone :) by voxwoman2005-03-16 16:54:38

 

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