is this pc enough

[BardiaMGTGC]

im building a pc for my my uncle and aunt 

they want to do some browsing and store their files and watch netflix and that kind of stuff

i have some parts like asrock am3 board and a 500watt power supply from my very old pc 

i want to use them and add Western Blue WD10EZEX

and phenom ii x3 710 (its the only one available in my country)

and a gtx 550ti 

is it ok for them will gpu bottleneck cpu or should i get a gpu that is a little worse

for am3 board this is my only option for cpu 

 

[Arika]

Bottlenecking does not matter on a pc like that. 

 

Just get the cheapest gpu you can

[191x7]

That's OK, but I'd recommend adding an SSD (120-240GB are cheap but it would be extremely noticable).

[Arika]

3 minutes ago, Arika S said:

Bottlenecking does not matter on a pc like that. 

 

Just get the cheapest gpu you can

Actually, just get them a laptop 

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

9 minutes ago, BardiaMGTGC said:

they want to do some browsing and store their files and watch netflix and that kind of stuff

chrome cast from phone, + portable drives to router

[BardiaMGTGC]

they have a laptop and they want a pc for some reason 

my old pc had a radeon 5670 which died and now im thinking of picking one up its cheaper than 550 and i think it might be fine and for cpu i found an athlon ii x4 620

they also have two children i think they also want this for them so them can play some not that demanding games like driver sf and that kind

 

[MartinKweh]

have you tried looking for some used 2400g pc?

[BardiaMGTGC]

8 hours ago, Martin2132 said:

have you tried looking for some used 2400g pc?

if u mean a ryzen well if a want to get that cpu it will cost me whole build that i want to do

i live in iran we have some political problems so everything is so expensive 

when i got my gtx 1050 with that money in another country i could get like a 1070 or more

[MartinKweh]

15 hours ago, BardiaMGTGC said:

if u mean a ryzen well if a want to get that cpu it will cost me whole build that i want to do

i live in iran we have some political problems so everything is so expensive 

when i got my gtx 1050 with that money in another country i could get like a 1070 or more

ay yiykes. sorry about that. 

 

that aside, if they plan to only surf and play light games, the 550Ti would be enough. just consider the power supply though since older GPU tends to consume more power than a modern GPU.

 

 

 

 

 

 

though if possible, get an upgrade from that old phenom to a newer AM3 cpu like 

AMD Phenom™ II X6

1065T

 It would be better but it might not be justifiable as that cpu is quite old too.

but if the upgrade at this point is too expensive there, ignore this point.

 

[BardiaMGTGC]

8 hours ago, Martin2132 said:

ay yiykes. sorry about that. 

 

that aside, if they plan to only surf and play light games, the 550Ti would be enough. just consider the power supply though since older GPU tends to consume more power than a modern GPU.

 

 

 

 

 

 

though if possible, get an upgrade from that old phenom to a newer AM3 cpu like 

AMD Phenom™ II X6

1065T

 It would be better but it might not be justifiable as that cpu is quite old too.

but if the upgrade at this point is too expensive there, ignore this point.

 

i have a 485 psu and i can get 550ti

cpus i can buy are 

athlon ii x4 620

and phenom ii x3 710 these are the options and my board that i have rn is asrock n68 vs3 ucc

[MartinKweh]

15 hours ago, BardiaMGTGC said:

i have a 485 psu and i can get 550ti

cpus i can buy are 

athlon ii x4 620

and phenom ii x3 710 these are the options and my board that i have rn is asrock n68 vs3 ucc

if the price difference is not that big, go for the athlon. it performs better than the phenom

[Kisai]

2 hours ago, BardiaMGTGC said:

im building a pc for my my uncle and aunt 

they want to do some browsing and store their files and watch netflix and that kind of stuff

i have some parts like asrock am3 board and a 500watt power supply from my very old pc 

i want to use them and add Western Blue WD10EZEX

and phenom ii x3 710 (its the only one available in my country)

and a gtx 550ti 

is it ok for them will gpu bottleneck cpu or should i get a gpu that is a little worse

for am3 board this is my only option for cpu 

 

yikes yikes. 

 

The requirements for Netflix is the same for VP9 playback , a GTX 960. An AMD FX 9800P,  A6-9210, or an Intel Core i7-6700 will also suffice with their iGPU's. This has been true since 2016. 

 

https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/more-efficient-mobile-encodes-for-netflix-downloads-625d7b082909

 

Likewise, assuming Netflix retains h264 video decoding for the forseeable future, that can be done on that GPU. But Let me tell you, I would probably not use that configuration due to age. You would be better off buying a pre-built NUC-style device (eg https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/195503/intel-nuc-10-performance-kit-nuc10i3fnk.html , 6 days ago.) 

 

[BardiaMGTGC]

2 hours ago, Kisai said:

yikes yikes. 

 

The requirements for Netflix is the same for VP9 playback , a GTX 960. An AMD FX 9800P,  A6-9210, or an Intel Core i7-6700 will also suffice with their iGPU's. This has been true since 2016. 

 

https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/more-efficient-mobile-encodes-for-netflix-downloads-625d7b082909

 

Likewise, assuming Netflix retains h264 video decoding for the forseeable future, that can be done on that GPU. But Let me tell you, I would probably not use that configuration due to age. You would be better off buying a pre-built NUC-style device (eg https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/195503/intel-nuc-10-performance-kit-nuc10i3fnk.html , 6 days ago.) 

 

its not really an option because i cant get it in my country