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2012-04-04 12:15:56
hocSiciliano
Member
+6|4771|New York
Hey everyone,

I was hoping I could get some quick help with this. I would do it myself but I havent built a PC in years so I am out of the loop as to what is and isnt good. My parents PC recently went down and I wanted to upgrade it for them in the $300-$500 range and they really just need RAM, Motherboard, and CPU....

Anyone want to give me some ideas? I really need to do this soon as they need the comp for business purposes and what. Needs to be the absolute best bang for the buck if possible and hopefully last them for years to come but like I said, I just have no clue what to even look for or what is good.

Thanks for the help in advance,

hocSiciliano
2012-04-04 12:29:06
pirana6
Go Cougs!
+691|6508|Washington St.
JUST MB, CPU, and RAM?

no optical drives, hard drives, operating systems?
2012-04-04 12:42:50
-Whiteroom-
Pineapplewhat
+572|6876|BC, Canada
Just an idea, change out the hdd though, didnt see that it was recertified. There is room to play around a bit too, especially if you can use parts from the old one.
https://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g294/twigmar/newegghoc.jpg
2012-04-04 12:46:25
bugz
Fission Mailed
+3,311|6529

If you only need CPU/Mobo/RAM
https://i.imgur.com/ivBJJ.png

8GB of RAM may be a bit overkill

Last edited by bugz (2012-04-04 12:47:28)

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2012-04-04 12:48:40
-Whiteroom-
Pineapplewhat
+572|6876|BC, Canada
Do you even know what went down in your parents pc?
2012-04-04 13:53:38
hocSiciliano
Member
+6|4771|New York

-Whiteroom- wrote:

Do you even know what went down in your parents pc?
Its my fault...I was cleaning it out from dust and when I put the CPU back in, it wasnt in all the way correctly and I bent pins on the CPU.



pirana6 wrote:

JUST MB, CPU, and RAM?

no optical drives, hard drives, operating systems?
No, they have everything else. Just RAM, Motherboard, and CPU.

Best bang for the buck.

Last edited by hocSiciliano (2012-04-04 13:55:01)

2012-04-04 14:39:00
Little BaBy JESUS
m8
+394|6366|'straya
Assuming they're just doing emails/web browsing/word documents etc then a i3, 8GB RAM, H61 mobo will do the job. Since it's within the budget, if you want to you could throw an i5 in there, chances are they will never notice the difference though.
2012-04-04 15:13:50
Camm
Feeding the Cats.
+761|5185|Dundee, Scotland.
i3, h67, 4 or 8gb of ram. Sorted.
for a fatty you're a serious intellectual lightweight.
2012-04-04 20:57:19
pirana6
Go Cougs!
+691|6508|Washington St.
yeah... i guess it's been answered now but

i-3
4-8 (probably 8 works best) GB of RAM
equally decent MB (I don't know whats good right meow)

 

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