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The Grandma Project


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My grandma needs a new computer. She's going to get one, now I'm going to try to get her to let me build one for her.

This is what I've come up with. I want it to get her by for the next 2-3 years at least. If that link doesn't work, let me know and I'll get the info on here somehow.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can save money? Should I get some more beefy components? This computer will mainly be used for internet surfing and Quicken-type applications. Not gaming.

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My honest suggestion....

Don't

 

 

Buy her a Dell...

 

I have built Many 'puters for family members....

You will be her ONLY source of tech support....

 

ANY question she has, no matter how basic.... She will call you...

 

My parents and brother both have Dells...get my meaning?

I love them, but was tired of being their on-call Support person...

 

"I can't find my Favorites"

"yes, mother...click......."

 

Etc.

etc.

 

 

If you are willing to be 24/7 support, go for it....

if not....help her build a Dell

 

Just my .02 adjusted for inflation....

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you could probably get a smaller HD and 512 MB of RAM and, since its only word processesing and internet stuff, you could prolly get an athlon XP something, not sure what socket, But you deffinitly spending more than u have to there.

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you could probably get a smaller HD and 512 MB of RAM and, since its only word processesing and internet stuff, you could prolly get an athlon XP something, not sure what socket, But you deffinitly spending more than u have to there.

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Athlon XP only comes in Socket A

 

 

512 RAM

Onboard Sound/Video

Socket A 2600

HD 160- DiamondMax on (Grandma's like porn too)

Windows XP home

Fan Filters for her case (make sure YOU clean them out)

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Holy crap dude, does your grammy really need an nforce4 / PCI-E video / A64 venice?

 

I mean that's all great and all, but just how fast does she need?

 

I built my dad a PC for less than $400 with a 2500+ barton and a mainboard with integrated video. That was completely from scratch. At this point, I bet those parts would be way cheaper even. Yeah it kills me a bit to build something with shared video ram, but who really cares? He doesn't game, so what's the point in wasting money on all that stuff?

 

It's a good system, don't get me wrong, but seems VERY overkill for a grammy computer.

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