u dont need dual core or 2 Gigs of Ram ur good with 512 and a 250 GB HDD might even be WAY to much for u too. U could easily go down to an 80 Gig hdd and be satisfied.. if ur not gaming or anything

 

nope i wont be gaming at all....i have my ps2 and later on a ps3 so im good on that.i can always upgrade later though you know....windows xp is gonna cost a hundred though so i gotta add that on there.

 

I'd say ditch the 3800, add $20 and go for the 4200 ($99). It's much better for the long run. You can not have a core 2 duo for less than $100 yet so AMD is still a excellent choice . Save the money for later and add a nice video card if you want to upgrade to Vista (You can get a very nice one like the 8500GT for $100)
I forgot. Even though I have never used Western Digital, I have many friends who had bad experience with them. So you might want to look for Seagate or Hitachi instead.

 

well the store here like that link i put up doesnt have the 4200 the only next one they have is the 4600 which is about 60 bucks more so if you guys think its worth the extra money let me know.

 

sure. If you want to throw it away in about 2 years. 80gig HDD is wayy too small. I have 80gigs and I'm running out of space. I have a couple of gigs of music, decent amount of movies and one game installed. I only have 8gigs free.

With the setup you're proposing - he might as well keep his current machine.

 

What price are they offering you for those parts? $60 more for the 4600 is hella expensive

 

would this be a better HDD to have????

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822148142

 

he should if hes not doing much but surfing the internet.. im guessing ur game takes up at least 10 gigs.. depeneding on what game.. ur movies is gunna be another thing thats taking up ur space.. yes i do have 2 80 gigs and one is full of music. But for the average computer user i dont think hes gunna be having maaad pornos .." i mean a decent amount of movies".

 

better make sure that you motherboard supports SATA connections, cause if it doesn't you wil be outta luck if you buy that hard drive. i woudl make sure that you have either IDE or SATA beforehand

 

Yes, 16MB of cache is better but that one will do the job