Associate
- Joined
- 14 Dec 2004
- Posts
- 757
- Location
- Essex
Been asked to build a new machine to replace my girlfriend's dad's current one, which is pretty old, think he is still running Windows ME @ 800x600 with a pitiful amount of RAM!
Anyway, he wants it to cost as little as possible, so I was thinking that an Asus barebones ystsem with a few components would be the way to go. But having done a search or two and looked at the various prices of things, I'm not too sure.
So was hoping some of you might be able to offer some advice - would a barebones kit be the way to go or would it be better to spec up a custom build?
Requirements are a decent-ish processor, 1Gb RAM, ~80Gb HDD & a DVD-RW. Onboard sound and graphics should be fine as it will mainly be for work and playing music, he's not much of a gamer
Need it to be pretty quiet as well.
Thanks for any help
Anyway, he wants it to cost as little as possible, so I was thinking that an Asus barebones ystsem with a few components would be the way to go. But having done a search or two and looked at the various prices of things, I'm not too sure.
So was hoping some of you might be able to offer some advice - would a barebones kit be the way to go or would it be better to spec up a custom build?
Requirements are a decent-ish processor, 1Gb RAM, ~80Gb HDD & a DVD-RW. Onboard sound and graphics should be fine as it will mainly be for work and playing music, he's not much of a gamer
Need it to be pretty quiet as well. Thanks for any help
Last edited:
