Visited parents recently, horrified to realize that their compaq was a k6-2 533 w/64 MB. Cash is tight but must upgrade parents to cheap and bulletproof so I have very few calls from them to debug it.
Have a spare HD and CD ROM lying around, will use their keyboard/mouse/monitors/speaker
Will use ASUS A7N266-VM AA for the board from newegg.
Need a cheap cheap cheap case and PSU. Might try computer show nearby this weekend for this.
Need a processor, Duron or XP?
Memory guess I'll get him a stick of Crucial unless there's a really cheap PNY deal around.
Wife is on a classic Athlon 650, soon to be updated to my old Asus A7A-266 w/900 Duron, might get some AS at the show, drop the Duron in Dad's comp, and get a second A7N w/XP for her (she's not a gamer).
Bleh so many parts, so many people need upgrades.
KF