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    Quote Originally Posted by Movieman View Post
    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.
    Thanks man, well appreciated the input on this end.
    I'm on the PD now, but a Conroe would be awesome, but I aught to wait until the 22nd to order, I don't know. Would the Conroe fold any better?
    Last edited by RAW-Raptor22; 07-06-2007 at 01:33 PM.
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