Building a pc for my boss

[wizle]

I volunteer at a place that builds puters to donate! My boss has this mobo and a case (if you want to call it that) and he wants me to put one together for him.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128025

I have plenty of the outside goodies, mouse,monitor,keyboard. I just need PSU HDD, Floppy, cd dvd burner and OS windows XP $700 budget He has an old one that is about to die and I told he would impressed!

and like dragon said; I think it will need a CPU He will just use it in his office for surfing and solitaire and some numbers crunching. I was thinking of the Pentiums and 1 gig of ram

 

[dragon2309]

I have plenty of the outside goodies, mouse,monitor,keyboard. I just need PSU HDD, Floppy, cd dvd burner and OS windows XP $700 budget He has an old one that is about to die and I told he would impressed!

Impressed, well, you might want to include a CPU in that list or he wont be too impressed....

dragon

 

[b3rt_d4ni3l]

im not sure what the comp will be used for, but this is what I have come up...

PSU
Antec NeoHE 500W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817103940
this is probably too much...

HDD
Western Digital 250GB 7200RPM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144701

Floppy
Sony MPF920 Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16821103116

CD/DVD Burner
Samsung SH-S183L SATA w/ LightScribe
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151141
you can swap this with a cheaper one if you don't fancy LightScribe

CPU
Intel C2D e6320
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115015

OS
Windows XP Pro w/ SP2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116059

I think you would need a GPU since that mobo don't have an onboard...
that being the case, you could use this:

eVGA GeForce 8600GTS 256MB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130084
this is for future-proofing the computer...

or this eVGA GeForce 7600GT
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130062

I think the onboard sound should be fine...

total:
$719.94 using 8600GTS (a bit over-budget )
$634.94 using 7600GT

EDIT:
oops... forgot the HSF
Zalman CNPS9500 $47.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835118003

with this, the 7600GT will be nicely under your budget...
the price is without shipping and MIR

 

[ducis]

dont screw up bend a pin or something

 

[Froboy7391_99]

You don't need a heatsink that good for a business pc, unless your overclocking. The stock fan would be perfect for a non-overclocking enviroment.

 

[b3rt_d4ni3l]

You don't need a heatsink that good for a business pc, unless your overclocking. The stock fan would be perfect for a non-overclocking enviroment.

dang... i forgot that the CPU comes with a stock HSF...
my bad

 

[chupacabra]

You could always buy him a new case in case the old one doesn't fit the parts, and if it fits/cools well on the old one you can RMA for your cash within 30 days

 

[Froboy7391_99]

Also if you aren't going to be gaming with it then you don't need a 7600GT something like a 7300GS or GT would be fine or maybe even a 6 series.

 

[Froboy7391_99]

E4400 $140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115014

4Gb(4x1Gb) of G.Skill DDR2-800 $180
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231098

XClio Goodpower 500watt $50
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817189005

7300GT 256 Mb $65
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130025

XP Professional $140
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116059

Sony Floppy Drive $8
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16821103116

WD 250 Gb HDD $69.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822144701

LG 18x DVD Burner + Lightscribe $33
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136114

Total $685

Core 2 Duo E6320 $168
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115015

Total w/E6320: $713

If you can stretch budget by $15 it would be perfect, personally I think this is one of my best creations

 

[wizle]

Thanks Guys for the in put but we're overboard on this one this thing is going to sitting in his office and be turned on maybe twice a week. Can we tone it down a little He would be more impressed if I brought him a decent unit and change

 

[Froboy7391_99]

O well in that case
Take out 2 gigs of ram
tone down the psu to a 400 watt or maybe 350 watt
maybe bring the HDD down to a 160 GB

 

[wizle]

Thanx froboy,I'll use some of u'r post ...and thanx to all that helped! I love this place!
The Wiz