Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
How old are your grandparents?
60's or 80's?
It matters..
I'd think a simple "tank" for them.
Lian Li PC60 for some class
workstation quality motherboard..
Conroe 6600
2x1 gig ram..
mid range vid
PCP+C 610w(overkill but overkill in PSU's is good IMO)
2 good SATA drives in raid1 and buy a thrid for a backup when one fails
300 gig storage drive for data.
I think you can build that for the money you have to work with.
Good Luck..Make it special for them. You won't have them forever.
They are both 74 Years old. My Grandpa doesn't use the PC much, but my grandma is into sending tons of E-Mail attachments with pictures and video, rather sad but broadband is $60 a month in their area so they ae stuck on phone company dial-up. And movieman: I really appreciate the respect that you gave them, and see eye-to-eye with me. I originally posted this on another forum, and they responded kind of jerkily, like "buy a Sempy for 'em," its like what the hell man. Since I live in CA, and my grandparents live in Idaho I dont get to see them much so this is just one way I can feel kinda still connected to them. I really appreciate your input, and I'm glad I have made a great new friend on the forum.

Cheers,

~C. DeKnikker