Quote Originally Posted by Raptor22 View Post
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
Best compliment I got all year! Thank you.
Maybe it's me being sensitive. I lost my grandmother at age 96 app 8 weeks ago.Maybe it's just me being older with an appreciation of that generation of people.
There's been some good suggestions in this thread.
When I posted I missed that there was a monitor and keyboard in this build.
Keyboard all you need is a simple MS keyboard..$15-20..
The monitor, I'd go with a locally available(to them) 19" CRT
Colors are "warmer" and better for old eyes.
Remember that 1024x768 is the max an older person will generally use.
Can you use that PD-820?
Yes, plenty of stones for their machine.
I was thinking the Conroe 6600 at stock speed for stones and elec usage.
Much less than that PD I think.
I don't beleive in passive cooling.
Good fans well placed and always a mid speed 80mm minimum on the hard drives. Extends their lives 3 fold from my experience.
My best to you on this.