PC for grandma.

[Rappelin]

I was thinking about building my grandma a PC for her birthday. She has two completely full computers absolutely crammed with photos. All she does is browse her photos, very simple editing and checking facebook. So storage is basically what we're going for here. I'm thinking maybe a small SSD for the OS to keep it relatively fast and then a couple of HDDS for all the photos. Any tips? Do i need a graphicscard? What processor should i go with? 
Thanks in advance

[DimasRMDO]

Budget? You don't need GPU, because your grandmother just don't need it (just browsing stuff). I'd suggest an i3, does your grandmother prefer small PC (Mini-ITX)?

[gojira]

I was thinking about building my grandma a PC for her birthday. She has two completely full computers absolutely crammed with photos. All she does is browse her photos, very simple editing and checking facebook. So storage is basically what we're going for here. I'm thinking maybe a small SSD for the OS to keep it relatively fast and then a couple of HDDS for all the photos. Any tips? Do i need a graphicscard? What processor should i go with? 

Thanks in advance

 

I would get an APU, anything between the AMD 5350 and an A10 series apu. Not much upkeep on them, and she's not going to need anything more than 1/2 the power of the integrated GPU. Oh, and Newegg is having a pretty dank deal on a 5tb external hardrive.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seagate-Expansion-5TB-USB-3-0-Desktop-External-Hard-Drive-STBV5000100-/301380766274?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item462bb18a42

[Suffokation]

Do not buy a graphics card. An i3 with integrated graphics will do fine. As far the strorage solution, get a MX100 128GB, and 2 or 3 WD greens.

[minibois]

It really does depend on your budget.

Does your budget only allow a quad core AMD CPU, like the Ahtlon X4 860K or can you step it up to an i5 CPU or even i7?

And I would persoanlly go for a 128/256 GB SSD and 2 2TB HDD's (not in raid, just one backup and 1 main) but it depends on the budget.

[ImBleu]

Budget is everything. I'd recommend just going with something like an i3-4000 series or even a Pentium G series, a 60GB SSD for the OS (if you think you can justify it) then filling it with 1TB WD Blue Drives - they're very cheap nowadays. You need not have a GPU.

[Pugs501]

Budget? You don't need GPU, because your grandmother just don't need it (just browsing stuff). I'd suggest an i3, does your grandmother prefer small PC (Mini-ITX)?

Get her a CUTE 750Ti

/s

but yea Budget is needed

[DimasRMDO]

Get her a CUTE 750Ti

/s

but yea Budget is needed

It's really cute isn't it?  :wub:

[SWAGGA]

I'd get an i3 4130 with a 
H81/B85/H97 mobo depending on the budget

[Laputacake]

What's your budget?

[Pugs501]

It's really cute isn't it?  :wub:

#750TiLovers

[DimasRMDO]

#750TiLovers

Seriously, it's soo cute.  :rolleyes:  :wub:

[minibois]

Get her a CUTE 750Ti

/s

but yea Budget is needed

Seriously, it's soo cute.  :rolleyes:  :wub:

EVGA's 750 Ti may be cute, but Gigabyte's one is just radical.

[Pugs501]

EVGA's 750 Ti may be cute, but Gigabyte's one is just radical.

YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[DimasRMDO]

EVGA's 750 Ti may be cute, but Gigabyte's one is just radical.

GIGABYTE one looks badass. 

[Rappelin]

Unsure about the budget, but i think somewhere around 500€ or so. An Athlon 5350 would do fine processorwise, and maybe a kingston/samsung SSD for the OS. WD greens for storage maybe? 

[minibois]

Unsure about the budget, but i think somewhere around 500€ or so. An Athlon 5350 would do fine processorwise, and maybe a kingston/samsung SSD for the OS. WD greens for storage maybe? 

An Athlon X4 860K should fit your budget for CPU, and a 128GB SSD should fit too.

Kingston's HyperX SSD's (I think 3K or something) are good, but their V300 not really. Samsung is also a good bet for SSD's.

WD Greens are quite a bit cheaper than other HDD"s, because they are a bit slower which is no problem since you will have the OS on an SSD.

Seems like a good setup

[Rappelin]

An Athlon X4 860K should fit your budget for CPU, and a 128GB SSD should fit too.

Kingston's HyperX SSD's (I think 3K or something) are good, but their V300 not really. Samsung is also a good bet for SSD's.

WD Greens are quite a bit cheaper than other HDD"s, because they are a bit slower which is no problem since you will have the OS on an SSD.

Seems like a good setup

Alright, thanks for the help

[SIGSEGV]

I would get an APU, anything between the AMD 5350 and an A10 series apu. Not much upkeep on them, and she's not going to need anything more than 1/2 the power of the integrated GPU. Oh, and Newegg is having a pretty dank deal on a 5tb external hardrive.. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seagate-Expansion-5TB-USB-3-0-Desktop-External-Hard-Drive-STBV5000100-/301380766274?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item462bb18a42

You don't even need an APU lol, just go with integrated graphics

[byalexandr]

Here you go: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/6n96FT

 

Mini ITX for a nice and compact system. i3 and 750 Ti. 1TB hybrid to keep it quick.

[RazerZ]

I was thinking about building my grandma a PC for her birthday. She has two completely full computers absolutely crammed with photos. All she does is browse her photos, very simple editing and checking facebook. So storage is basically what we're going for here. I'm thinking maybe a small SSD for the OS to keep it relatively fast and then a couple of HDDS for all the photos. Any tips? Do i need a graphicscard? What processor should i go with? 

Thanks in advance

No you don't need a graphics card. Go with an i3. The rest of your build sounds good. 4GB ram should suffice.