i'm convincing my parents to get rid of their 2003 Dell and upgrade since my little sister managed to wreak havok on it when she downloaded a shit ton of viruses a few days ago. They wanted a budget computer that would stay useful for as long as possible. I want to throw ubuntu on it so my sister doesn't break it again.
Here's the build I tried to set up for lowest price but modest performance, any tweaks or improvements you guys can suggest?
http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/ar/agj/AMD Phenom 3.2 dual core processor
ASRock M3A770DE ATX AM3 Motherboard
Kingston 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
EVGA GeForce GT 430 1GB Video Card
Broadway Com Corp 939PL-BLACK ATX Mid Tower Case w/550W Power Supply
I was also wondering what sort of experiences any of you have had with linux before. My mom will probably only use it for typing/email/watching movies, so it doesn't need to be super fancy, budget is 350 firm. I was wondering what driver support is like with Ubuntu, if using torrents is any different, etc.