This potential build for Mrs. Tuttle needs to accommodate only these types of tasks:
1. XP for now, W7 later probably.
2. Webstuff
3. MS Office
4. Video streaming (Netflix, Hulu, possibly Directv2pc)
I still have some angst over the processor. Obviously, I'm trying to do this cheap (like ~$300-350 TOTAL). Build looks like this so far, but obviously I'll have to get a different mobo if I choose an Intel processor.
I want to re-use perfectly nice and legal hard disks, OS, and Antec ATX power supply that I already have.
Silverstone SFF mATX case $70
Radeon HD 4670 HDMI GDDR4 Video card $77
GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-US2H AM2+/AM2 780G HDMI Micro ATX Motherboard $80
4GB A-Data DDR2 800 memory ~$45
Processor candidates:
Athlon 64 X2 7750 Kuma 2.7GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core $60
Athlon X2 7850 Kuma 2.8GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Dual-Core $70
Intel Pentium E5300 2.6GHz 65W Dual-Core Processor $80
I care about power consumption. I don't really want to step up to the $120 processors and above.
Thoughts?
