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Pellaz · 03-01-2004, 09:02 PM

ok, little bit about my situation. I'm planning on building a new computer later in the year, and I'd like some practice. Meanwhile, my in-laws are rolling along on a superhighspeedoutstanding Celeron 333 with 64 mb of ram. So, I was thinking, be a good son in law and get my practice in, killing two birds with one stone.

I know what I'm thinking of would probably be cheaper to buy right now from dell or the like, but if I can do it for not too much more (say, a hundred or so), than the practice and fun of it will be worth it to me.

First and foremost, no games are going to be on here. XP will be the most intensive thing being run on it, followed by outlook/IE and some digital camera stock software, so powerhouse beast it doesn't need to be. What I do want out of it is reliability (in terms of parts quality, I guess), and some speed on the aforementioned applications. Right now, their computer takes something like 60 seconds to load IE.

I'm woefully ignorant of the market right now, so I'm not even sure where to start. I was thinking somewhere in the 400-500 dollar price range max for hardware, but is that even doable?

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Pellaz Addict Location: Texas	Yet another:Help me build a (practice) computer ok, little bit about my situation. I'm planning on building a new computer later in the year, and I'd like some practice. Meanwhile, my in-laws are rolling along on a superhighspeedoutstanding Celeron 333 with 64 mb of ram. So, I was thinking, be a good son in law and get my practice in, killing two birds with one stone. I know what I'm thinking of would probably be cheaper to buy right now from dell or the like, but if I can do it for not too much more (say, a hundred or so), than the practice and fun of it will be worth it to me. First and foremost, no games are going to be on here. XP will be the most intensive thing being run on it, followed by outlook/IE and some digital camera stock software, so powerhouse beast it doesn't need to be. What I do want out of it is reliability (in terms of parts quality, I guess), and some speed on the aforementioned applications. Right now, their computer takes something like 60 seconds to load IE. I'm woefully ignorant of the market right now, so I'm not even sure where to start. I was thinking somewhere in the 400-500 dollar price range max for hardware, but is that even doable? __________________ " ' Big Mouth. Remember it took three of you to kill me. A god, a boy, and, last and least, a hero.' "