About the motherboard...

Don't listen to any anti MSI bull . I have had my MSI 975X for almost a year now and it runs my E6400@3.2 Ghz easily 24/7 stable and can go up to 3.6 stable on air. I moved to MSI from Intel and expected a severe decrease in quality, but MSI is just as stable as my Intel D955XBK even though the MSI 975x is much cheaper than the other higher end boards.


I don't expect the MSI P35 Neo to OC very well, but I doubt your GrandParents care about OCing. The board should be very stable and will give them an excellent upgrade from their old system.

BTW, don't cheap out on the power supply. You may sometimes get away with cheap power supplies, but the risk just isn't worth it.