Spec me a system for a friend....

[Snow-Munki]

Hi,

a friend has asked me to build a pc and budget is about £500 - £700

she wants a 17' TFT but that's all, the rest is usual stuff like keyboard mice etc

anyone care to lend me a hand...

[Snow-Munki]

ok i've just come up with this...

CPU AMD Sempron 2600 £60

Motherboard Abit NF7-S £64

Memory Corsair Value 512MB £68

CD Writer/DVD Liteon 52x/52x/32x/16 £29

Graphics 9600 Pro £80

Hard Drive Hitachi 7K250 160gig £65

Monitor Hyundai 17’ £230

Case and power Antec Black quiet / 350watt £56

Speakers Optional

Keyboard/Mouse Microsoft Optical Desktop £29

Mouse mat Optional

Delivery Approx. £15


TOTAL £696

[BUFF]

You can get a Barton XP2500+ for £60 that will outperform that Sempron.
Worth considering that for an extra £15 she can get an 8X Dual Layer DVD-R/RW (e.g. NEC 2510) that will also write CDs.
Consider the Sonata instead of that Antec (3700BQE?) - better PSU - True Power instead of SmartPower
You can buy that MS Kb & optical mouse set for under £20 oem.

I'm not up on TFT's so somebody who is can say whether or not it's good.

Other than that seems fair.

[pre]

I would suggest a smaller HD + possibly a 9800 Pro (depending on what the PC is going to be used for).

[Snow-Munki]

only game she would play.. well her daughter play is Sims 2 and the like...

so think the 9800 pro would be overkill, what do you reckon, what other gfx card suggestions ?