Another help thread for sys building! Yay! Ver 2.0

[AwkdShellfish]

1. Are you building this computer yourself or having one built for you (Like HP, Alienware, or even a small shop)?
Myself. I am actually building this for my grandfather.

2. What is your budget and does that include shipping/taxes?
Minus shipping & handling, $500-$800?

3. Where do you live (Please list town, state, and country)?
Southern California, across town from MicroCenter

4. What do you need this computer to do (like gaming, Photoshop, and so on)?
The most strenuous thing my grandfather probably does is Hulu, Blue-Ray movies, and the occasional scanning in pictures of photo albums and such. No gaming whatsoever. He's 78.

5. What parts will you need for the computer? List what parts specifically, saying you need everything will not do.
My grandfather, atm, has two HP ready-built computers and given the configurations of these cases, I can't fit in hardly any other hard drives. In fact I was surprised to find out someone beat me to double-sided taping a Sata hard drive to the bottom of the case. He did expressed he liked the idea of an SSD. In fact, he's intrigued at the fact that I built my computer no problem, which is why I decided to post another link for his PC build. At the moment I am seeing if I can reuse any of his old PC parts I have already, but looking at all the driver issues, most likely I will have to start fresh with a new mobo, case, and possibly RAM.

6. Are you reusing any parts for this computer? If so say what parts (make and model).
Yes, Indeed!

HP Pavilion p6-2033w Desktop PC

The motherboard on there is this guy right here.

6 GB total ram, two sticks...

Ramaxel x 1, 2GB 2RX8 PC3 10600U-999

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Hynix x 1, 4GB PC3-10600 DDR3-1333MHz non-ECC Unbuffered CL9 240-Pin DIMM Dual Rank Memory Module Mfr P/N HMT351U6BFR8C-H9

Two Sata HDD. One 1.5 TB which came with the computer. One 3 TB hdd which is double-sided taped to the bottom of the case.

Next desktop is HP Pavilion a6500f Desktop PC

Motherboard is MCP73M01H1 (Napa)

4 GB Total 2 sticks.

Hynix x 2, 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2-800MHz non-ECC Unbuffered CL5 240-Pin DIMM Memory

This 2nd one is strange in that it has this guy in it when I opened it up. Video Card - XFX HD-657X-ZHF2 Radeon HD 6570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

There are two no-name PSU mounted in both cases. Both are about 300W. I was thinking of having my grandfather use my old 430watt Thermaltake, however surprisingly my grandfather then whipped out this guy outta now where like some fancy magic trick.

7. What kind of monitor/resolution do you have or want to get to use for the computer?
He has a Samsung 320PX 32" Widescreen LCD Monitor - 16:9, 8ms, 1000:1, WXGA 1366x768, DVI-D, S-Video, Composite, 15-pin D-sub.


8. Do you have already have a OS or do you need one? What OS is that?
He wanted me to install Windows 7 64 bit, as he just found out the limits on RAM usage on the 32 bit platform.


9. What are you looking for the motherboard to have feature wise? Like SLI, Crossfire, Firewire, USB 3.0, Sata 6.0 Gb/s, and so on.
Whatever that can future proof his rig. Just remember he's not doing ANY gaming at all.

10. Any plans to overclock the CPU or GPU?
Nope. He doesn't know what it is, and I think it's better if we keep it like that.

11. What time kind of time frame are you planning on ordering these parts?
ASAP? If it's possible we would like to get it from the MicroCenter because they're so close and their prices aren't half bad.

One thing I would like to note is that the RADEON card "looks" usable. If at all possible I would like to save as many parts as I can to keep costs down, but if it's not worth it, than so be it.

Again, thanks guys, for all your help.