My mom needs a new computer, she and I are willing to build.

[Pecon]

It's a good investment regardless. The CPU combined with the SSD performance will protect the computer from the inevitable slowdown that will occur after a year or so when she has installed 30+ programs that have startup entries and background processes slowing down everything. We all know they hate that happening.

[Ad Bot]

[Blaze0]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/mc3rRB

A very cheap one that is ~$250 in total with parts not including the OS and without a GPU ($300 if you don't count the mail in rebates)

Feel free to improve it/ tell me where I forgeted up majorly.

EDIT: forget forgot a DVD writer/player: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dKCNxr

Holy stuff you have no idea what you're doing, do you?

EDIT: stuff QUOTED WRONG GUY SORRY

[QuadStorm]

Holy stuff you have no idea what you're doing, do you?

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I'd like it if you told me where I forgeted up instead of saying that the build is total stuff.

[Pecon]

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I'd like it if you told me where I forgeted up instead of saying that the build is total stuff.

I think he meant to direct that at Blockguy, but instead put an apology in an edit and carelessly left the misquote in his post.

[QuadStorm]

I think he meant to direct that at Blockguy, but instead put an apology in an edit and carelessly left the misquote in his post.

Oh, I pretty much instantly took it as an attack since I personally think I didn't do that bad, even though it can be improved upon.

[SquartleTurtle]

just get a intergrated gpu thats part of the cpu

[devildogelite]

Get a barebones PC from newegg with an APU in it. This way in the future if you want you can still upgrade it.