This is slightly off-topic, but it's tangentially Linux-related and I don't know where else to turn for help.
My cousin's husband in Greece is convinced that I'm a master hacker because I showed off a few Linux command line tricks on my netbook while I was there. He wants me to help design a new PC for him, for 1000€ or less (about $1,250). He is obsessed with having the latest everything. The main tasks he wants the computer for are e-mail/Internet and playing a Windows XP-based rally racing video game (the company he wants to buy from only offers Windows 7, so I'm not sure what he's going to do about that). I told him I don't think he needs to spend that much because his game is old and isn't as much of a resource hog as newer games, so he doesn't need as much memory and processing speed as he thinks. I wanted him to look for a used computer with XP to run his game, with the ability to dual-boot Ubuntu, of course. He won't listen. Only the best, he says---as long as I stay under $1,250. So, I'm trying to help him design the fastest, most durable system I can while staying within his budget. The problem is, while I have experience breathing new life into old computers, I have never set out to build an entirely new one. I've never needed, for instance, to buy a new fan. They've always just worked. Is a 60€ fan really 25% better than a 45€ fan? Something tells me "no," but I've never had to buy one. I've picked the cheapest parts possible while keeping in mind that he wants high performance, a bigger monitor, and probably the smallest profile possible for the rest of the computer. The price is 1,250€, which is over-budget. I'd like to remove Windows7, which adds over $100 US to the price, but he wants a Windows machine. (I will, however, be sneaking an Ubuntu dual-boot install onto it the next time I visit!) Any suggestions on cost-cutting measures? Is the i7 really worth the premium over the Core2 Duo? 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