Help me build a PC for 7 year old?! please

Don't you think that a Windows based PC for a seven year old is overkill?

Besides safety issues, do you think she'll be able to properly maintain and operate a PC (especially one installed with Windows XP)?

I suggest instead going for the ASUS Eee notebook PC. $500 AU and its designed specifically for kids and those whose computer skills aren't up to scratch (or those who need an ultra mobile computer).

Review:
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1213/asus_eee_pc_exclusive_inside_look/index.html

No a laptop/notebook isnt in the question thank you thoughjamezy2007

I just can't picture a 7 year old requiring the computing power exceeding that of a notebook. That Eee PC offers everything a 7 year old needs in under $500.

The cheapest I can make a desktop (with WinXP, LCD, KB/M) is around $800 AU. Even then, quality of essential parts such as the power supply and motherboard will be comprimised.

Something like this should fit the bill (I'm not using the price list from MSY):
Intel Celeron 420
Asrock 1333-D667 945G motherboard (if MSY don't have this in stock, find an alternative but make sure it *DOES NOT* use a SiS or VIA chipset)
512MB of DDR2-667
Cheap case with cheap included PSU (I'm telling you, go for that Eee PC...)
80GB+ HDD SATAII
DVD-RW drive
MS Windows XP (***Recommended to use Linux instead of Windows***)
LCD Monitor

Alternatively, if all they have for socket 775 mobos are VIA/SiS chipsets, look for:
AMD Sempron LE 1100
AM2 motherboard that *DOES NOT* have a SiS/VIA chipset

Can someone help me build a PC for a 7 year old

She will be using it for Educational games so nothing MAJOR or OVERKILL please..

And a 17' screen ( or 19 if similar price ) ..

NO VISTA.. winxp will do or something

PLESAE USE THIS PRICELIST

as these parts are the cheapst where i leave ( sydney ! )

http://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf

Thank you very much in advance

DVD BURNER i think she wants too

Thanks

DONT REALLY HAVE A LIMIT BUT LOOKING ON SPENDING 500-700 ish
jamezy2007

cpu: .. intel dual core 2.0ghz

motherboard: some cheap intel motherboard will do..

memory: kingston 1gb of ram

dvd burner:asus dvd burner

power supply:apevia 500w power supply

hard drive: hitachi hard drive with 160gb

A 'puter for a child...that might also be used by the parents...hmmmmm. I've never designed one of those before.

Case - SHAW Xtreme-550 39$
Motherboard - Gigabyte P35-DS3L 120$
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo E2140 82$
Memory - 1GB(512MBx2)DDR2 800 Generic 38$
Graphics - 512MB ECS 7600GS 75$
Sound - Onboard 0$
Hard Drive - WD SATA 250GB 82$
Optical Drive - 18x Asus Retail Lightscribe SATA DL-DVDRW 42$
Floppy Drive - Generic 15$
Power Supply - Thermaltake 430Watt 39$
Operating system - OEM Microsoft 32bit Win XP Home 115$
Monitor - 19" Viewsonic VA1912W 5ms WS DVI 220$
Speakers - Creative 2600 2.1 39$
Keyboard - Black PS2 Soft-touch Keyboard 7$
Mouse - Logitech Laser Mouse V150 29$
Total - 942$

That pdf price list was a pain in my dead a$$.:|

dude, go buy one of those handheld "leapfrog" things or something. way too young to have his own computer.

i think what got me so into computers was that my family never had one until i was like 13, so i never had access to them, which only intrigued me MORE.

hold off on his own computer. besides it being a bad idea in general, you will train him to take technology for granted.