My mother's laptop is on its last limb. So, i decided to take it upon myself and build a small, living room pc that could hook up to her 1080p tv. The grand goal is a sub $400 PC with quality parts that will last.
Nice build, but what all does she do on it? You could save a LOT of money on the CPU.
I agree, if it's not doing anything special, just get a AMD or somethin... I know AMD sucks if you need speed, but it gets the general job done for less.
My mother's laptop is on its last limb. So, i decided to take it upon myself and build a small, living room pc that could hook up to her 1080p tv. The grand goal is a sub $400 PC with quality parts that will last.
After Thoughts: Win-ish, or she could buy this for $430...
Thoughts or suggestions are always appreciated. :D
The only advantage I see with the laptop is that it's much more portable then your build. But if your mom does not intend on taking her computer with her then go for your build.
It's all fine and good, but when I have to do one of these builds, I usually just throw together some spare/old parts that I have laying around into an old case, drop in a new HDD and call it a day.
If you have an old CPU/Mobo combo from back in the day, that'd do more than fine. I doubt she'd need more power than a Pentium 4, anyway. A dated GPU should be more than enough to fuel 1080p videos on the TV if need be.
Consider cool and quiet when looking at your CPU and case. You want to be able to hide it away without overheating and listening to the equivalent of a vacuum cleaner in a quiet scene from a movie is no good.
ASRock? More like AssRock. The rest looks ok, but get a better mobo.
I've had good luck with Asrock mother boards.
Yeah, but that is probably all it was, luck. I´ve regretted using them myself and I know a bunch of people that had bad experiences too, so I can´t recommend the brand. I think that a few more bucks are worth it to get something more reliable, but that´s just my opinion.
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