Re: Advice on new Quiet PC for 11 yr old

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Terry Wilson wrote:

> I'm building a PC for my sister's kid and would appreciate any advice.
> Actually, I'd like him to assist in building, as I am recruiting future
> members!
>
> PC to be used for gaming and voice recognition,
> with an eye towards stability and longevity.
>
> Case - newegg
> Chieftec AX-01BLD U2F - big window and lots of space for the kid.
> This case is currently at newegg for $90 with a 450W PS - which I will
> probably have to replace
>
> Motherboard Bundle - pretested at mwave - stable and hopefully trouble free.
> Intel D865PERL
> P4 2.4Ghz 800MHZ 512K Northwood Socket 478 - to noisy?

Why Intel? Why not an Athlon XP2600+ 333 and an nForce2
motherboard instead?

>
> 512 Meg DDR PC-3200 Kingston
>
> Hard Drive and Video Card - googlegear
> Seagate Barracuda ATA IV 40 7200 RPM Single Platter - quiet
> MSI 64 Meg DDR GeForce 4 MX440 Fanless - quiet and inexpensive
> perhaps to be upgraded in a couple of years?
>
> Needed:
> Quiet PS
> Quiet Heatsink/Fan
> CD ROM ?
>
> Misc.:
> TEAC Floppy
> CD-RW Drive - 52X 24X 52X Sony
> UPS APC voltage regulated
> Sunbeam 12 Blue Cold Cathode Kit
> Windows XP Pro Edition UPGRADE, Linux