A bit of advice needed.

**Missismiggins** · 25-08-2009, 08:20 PM

I am in the process of trying to get my kid "online" it will help his English, and he will be able to get acess to the net.

One (tight side) said - by an old PC with just enough to get him by,
Two; said give him my macine and at lt has a bit og in it.
Three is to buy a new PC or laptop - personally for an 8 year old I think it is a waste of money.
So what about this?

The boy gets a 2.66GHZ P4, 2 SATA drives - 80GB and 160GB, plus an IDE 80GB, it has a d101G Intel MB, with 1GB RAM, Samsung SATA DVDR, LG CDR, Pioneer DVDR.

And I buy the following! (here is where I need the advice - the system I was thinking of was as follows)

Asus P6T LGA 1366 Motherboard
Intel I7 920 BX 80601920
Corsair RAM XMS3 TR1 Channel 6 GB PC10666 DDR X 2
Seagate Barracuda - ST31500341AS x 2
Radeon HD4850 1GB DDR3 PCI Express

Do I need to look further?

I really don't see the point of buying OLD PIIII shit, do you think the upgrade would be worthwhile?

Am I going to see a vast improvement or a little bit?

The option is to stick another GB of RAM in it and forget the rest !

Any suggestions?

Or he goes to the mall tomorrow and gets some second hand PIII

**dirtydog** · 25-08-2009, 08:44 PM

Just give him one hard drive to begin with, he aint gonna need 3 of them.

**Wallalai** · 25-08-2009, 09:05 PM

I will never buy a Seagate hard drive anymore, I had 2 of them and both are not working anymore. One replaced under warranty, but to late for the other one.

I would buy Western Digital instead.

**Wallalai** · 25-08-2009, 09:11 PM

For the boy, the configuration looks not bad. A single 160GB hard drive is enough though.

Keep another one as an external backup for the system, so when he will have completely fucked Windows you'll only need to restore it like at the origin.

**panama hat** · 25-08-2009, 09:17 PM

Wait until Oct 22 . . .

**baldrick** · 25-08-2009, 10:11 PM

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

Asus P6T LGA 1366 Motherboard
Intel I7 920 BX 80601920
Corsair RAM XMS3 TR1 Channel 6 GB PC10666 DDR X 2
Seagate Barracuda - ST31500341AS x 2
Radeon HD4850 1GB DDR3 PCI Express

fcuk - whats that going to set you back ? 40k+ baht ? that is a beefy spec

you old machine looks fine for most things - whats its video card ?
the sata DVDR could just go in a new machine though

**kingwilly** · 26-08-2009, 04:54 AM

So really its about u, innit?

**BugginOut** · 26-08-2009, 07:03 AM

At 8 years old, he's not going to gain as much from a computer program as he will if you just keep talking to him and schooling him the old-fashioned way. Buy a whiteboard and play simple games with him. Get some board games like Candyland, Monopoly, Parcheesi, backgammon, etc. Take him out to fly a kite; build models together; take him fishing. The best way to learn language is 'in action', not by being isolated in front of a computer to be acquired on his own. Language is about communication between two or more people

**kingwilly** · 26-08-2009, 07:13 AM

thanks DrPhil

**Fondles** · 26-08-2009, 07:19 AM

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

And I buy the following! (here is where I need the advice - the system I was thinking of was as follows)

Asus P6T LGA 1366 Motherboard
Intel I7 920 BX 80601920
Corsair RAM XMS3 TR1 Channel 6 GB PC10666 DDR X 2
Seagate Barracuda - ST31500341AS x 2
Radeon HD4850 1GB DDR3 PCI Express

Nice machine, is this for you or your Son ??

Either way, is the expense warranted for an I7 build, what do you do that dual/quad core machine would not be adequate for.

**Marmite the Dog** · 26-08-2009, 08:46 AM

Originally Posted by Fondles

Nice machine, is this for you or your Son ??

Can't you read?

**panama hat** · 26-08-2009, 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by BugginOut

At 8 years old, he's not going to gain as much from a computer program as he will if you just keep talking to him and schooling him the old-fashioned way. Buy a whiteboard and play simple games with him. Get some board games like Candyland, Monopoly, Parcheesi, backgammon, etc. Take him out to fly a kite; build models together; take him fishing. The best way to learn language is 'in action', not by being isolated in front of a computer to be acquired on his own. Language is about communication between two or more people

I'd agree wholeheartedly . . . though our kids have access to a computer for 30 mins a day for the 8-year old, one hour a day for the 12 year old . . . and the littlest monster can watch Strawberry Shortcake for 30 minutes before bedtime at 7.30.

**Fondles** · 26-08-2009, 09:27 AM

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Originally Posted by Fondles

Nice machine, is this for you or your Son ??

Can't you read?

Certainly i can, the op is not clear as to who the recipent is, is the handing down of the shitter a stop gap till the new one is built ????

Either way an I7 build is way over kill, unless the OP actually needs the "grunt"

**Missismiggins** · 31-08-2009, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

And I buy the following! (here is where I need the advice - the system I was thinking of was as follows)

Asus P6T LGA 1366 Motherboard
Intel I7 920 BX 80601920
Corsair RAM XMS3 TR1 Channel 6 GB PC10666 DDR X 2
Seagate Barracuda - ST31500341AS x 2
Radeon HD4850 1GB DDR3 PCI Express

Nice machine, is this for you or your Son ??

Either way, is the expense warranted for an I7 build, what do you do that dual/quad core machine would not be adequate for.

I justify it as a a "learning tool" then "borrow it!

**Missismiggins** · 31-08-2009, 11:03 PM

Actually. we settled on a 2nd hand duo - it knocks the socks off mine.....but wait..I am sure by cunning I can trick an 8 year old to swap me his FAST PC for a wireless mouse and my "BEAST"

**Missismiggins** · 31-08-2009, 11:08 PM

Originally Posted by Fondles

Originally Posted by Missismiggins

And I buy the following! (here is where I need the advice - the system I was thinking of was as follows)

Asus P6T LGA 1366 Motherboard
Intel I7 920 BX 80601920
Corsair RAM XMS3 TR1 Channel 6 GB PC10666 DDR X 2
Seagate Barracuda - ST31500341AS x 2
Radeon HD4850 1GB DDR3 PCI Express

Nice machine, is this for you or your Son ??

Either way, is the expense warranted for an I7 build, what do you do that dual/quad core machine would not be adequate for.

After I saw this months bank statement - it is neither for me or my son - it is simply a dream! DOH!

**Missismiggins** · 31-08-2009, 11:11 PM

Maybe a PII or similar?? 640K RAM, 2 x 4.5" floppy? Dos 1.0? 20MB hard drive? - where to stick the 2GB RAM and the graphics card!

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