system for the girlfriend

[thePh@r@oh]

here are the specs on a comp I'm gonna build for my girlfriend sometime next week. This is just gonna be for internet use and schoolwork. maybe the occasional game of UT when i stop over.
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Dynapower Model# METIS CS-I3ALB.701 (Light-Blue) ATX MID-TOWER CASE w/ 300W POWER SUPPLY -2 x USB RETAIL http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=11-138-002

WESTERN DIGITAL WD400EB 40GB 5400RPM - Hard Drive OEM

Buffalo Technology 256MB PC2100 DDRAM Micron

Biostar Motherboard for INTEL Pentium® 4 Processors, Model# U8668 D Retail
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...ion=13-138-232

Intel Celeron 2.0 GHz 128K 400MHz FSB mPGA-478, Retail Box
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she allready has a great CDburner and pretty good monitor. so what do you guys think. the final price tag was 252.25....$2.52 over budget but i figured it was worth it for 256mb Ram rather than 128

Should work great for internet and word processing.

I'd be pretty amazed if it ran UT at any decent amount of speed and res though.

I need to build something like that for my mom, thinking...

[thePh@r@oh]

UT not UT2K3 i had an old 366 emachine that ran it just fine.

Sweet. I've played Unreal on a Voodoo3 before, but it had it's own memory at least. (and it wouldn't run in anything but 800x600).

[thePh@r@oh]

yea i ran it mostly at 800X600 but i could hit 1024X678 but it would lag down....800X600 doesnt bother me though. back on subject...what does everyone else think.

[RedFury]

Hey, someone has a heck of a boyfriend

My wife sure loves her system, I'm sure she's gonna love that one.

[thePh@r@oh]

lol thats what i keep telling her haha

[pinoy87]

How much is the mobo + CPU.

If it is about $100 then I would suggest that you get this instead http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...ion=13-138-231 theres a combo special when you buy a 1800+ with this mobo you get $20 off. Thats $63+$58-$20=$101

[tgxiii]

Just wondering... why don't you go for an Athlon XP instead? It would probly cost around the same as a Celeron, but you'd get better performance.

[tgxiii]

Aaah... I type too slow.