specify me!

[rmuir]

hey

my folks are after a replacement for their ageing laptop ( athlon xpmobile 1800+ with 512mb ram, 60gig hdd ) their budget is 500 quid and i have suggested the following spec:

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Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) £49.99
(£58.74) £49.99
(£58.74)
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £64.99
(£76.36) £64.99
(£76.36)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C5 800MHz Value DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400DC) £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
OcUK GeForce 7300 GT SILENT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Antec NSK6500 Super Midi Tower Case - 430W PSU £58.99
(£69.31) £58.99
(£69.31)
LiteON DH-20A1P-45C 20x DVD±RW x12 Ram Dual Layer DVD-Writer (Black) - OEM £14.50
(£17.04) £14.50
(£17.04)
Western Digital Caviar RE 160GB 1600YS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £33.99
(£39.94) £33.99
(£39.94)
Sub Total : £402.43

Total : £484.55

how does that spec look, they will be using it mainly for word, photos, web.


cheers

 

[rmuir]

they have monitor, keyboard, speakers, mouse.

Fair comment on the overkill, though i think anything brand new these days is gonna be overkill for word and web.

So long as the Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 would do the trick.. thats what i would get them.

cheers!