New build fr my wife

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My wife needs a new PC ...coz her old i5 3570 rig is showing some issues....I think it's a bad Mobo....I currently don't have much time to troubleshoot it (troubleshooting is boring).....so I m planning to build a new PC fr her fr cheap..

 

I got a deal fr a core2duo e8400 + gigabyte g41m combo + 8gb ram fr $15

I m thinking of purchasing a Xeon x5460 or x5482.....those r lga771 CPUs.... but with some modding they fit into lga 775 socket ND with a bios update ...they start working..

 

I'll chuck in my old 780ti

 

And assemble it in her old case....

 

What do u guy's think about my plan..

 

I know going with ryzen apus is a better choice....but here I built an equally powerful rig fr below $50

 

I HV a spare 6800k...which I m planning to use fr a further build fr my youngest son.  

[CapitalistVN]

What's her main purposes of using her computer? Just normal working, or gaming, or productivity? As I don't think that Core 2 Duo is going to be powerful, and it will almost definitely bottleneck the 780Ti.

 

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3 minutes ago, CapitalistVN said:

What's her main purposes of using her computer? Just normal working, or gaming, or productivity? As I don't think that Core 2 Duo is going to be powerful, and it will almost definitely bottleneck the 780Ti.

 

That's what I meant saying...

I m planning to put in a Xeon x5482

She'll do basic web surfing ND some Excel

I don't HV any other GPU laying around ...so popping in that 780ti

[CapitalistVN]

3 minutes ago, vexicus365 said:

That's what I meant saying...

I m planning to put in a Xeon x5482

She'll do basic web surfing ND some Excel

I don't HV any other GPU laying around ...so popping in that 780ti

Ah then. If so, you don't need to put in a Xeon. The Core 2 Duo is going to be just fine. Beware though, if the Excel document is very large, it might not even open with 8gb of RAM.

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Just now, CapitalistVN said:

Ah then. If so, you don't need to put in a Xeon. The Core 2 Duo is going to be just fine. Beware though, if the Excel document is very large, it might not even open with 8gb of RAM.

Lol....I purchased that lga775 board just to try out that lga771 CPU in it

[CapitalistVN]

Nah, then go with it then