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Escal
02-24-2008, 02:03 PM
My father in law finally has to upgrade his system because none of the tax programs support Windows 98 any more. :) This system is to be used for online banking, general surfing, some word processing, and playing music. Printer, speakers, keyboard, and mouse are to be reused from old system. I am using the backbone of another poster's rig, but changed a few things to personal preference. I have never used AMD before, so I would especially like comments on compatibilty there. General budget is to keep it under 1k, less if possible. Thanks for reading and commenting.

Case:
Antech Sonata III w/500W PS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129024

MOBO:
GIGABYTE GA-MA69VM-S2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128043

Processor:
AMD Athlon X2 5000+
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103211

Ram: (x2)
CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145590

Video Card:
SAPPHIRE 100206L Radeon HD 2600PRO 256MB 128-bit GDDR2 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Supported Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102103

HD:
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3250310AS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148261

DVD Drive:
Lite on Blcack 20X DVD w Lightscribe Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106245



FDD:
Sony Black FDD
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106245

OS:
XP SP2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116056

Productivity:
MS Works 8.5 OEM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16837102081

Monitor:
Samsung 226 BW 22" Monitor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824001096

Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Scott

Ferrus
02-24-2008, 02:38 PM
One thing, you don't need that video card for doing the things you mentioned. You could even get a motherboard with video integrated into it to save you money.

Masaki 7-11
02-24-2008, 04:40 PM
Looks like you already have a motherboard with integrated graphics (690 chipset) in the list already, so you could take out the video card from your list, since it will come in handy only if it is for gaming. Other than that, it looks like a pretty solid build, and I can't see any incompatibilities.

jer888
02-26-2008, 08:30 AM
yeah, but make sure the onboard video can display 1680X1050, since that's the native res of that moniter