Building a PC for my Granny

[jimakos234]

I've done some research and expertreviewer.co.uk oced the 8350 on it to 4.2 GHz with OC Genie. I just feel that she's going to benefit from an 8-core CPU. Does everything else look to you?

an i5 will destroy the 8350 in the vast majority of the cases, since it has better IPC and really stronger cores, and newer instruction, since it is a newer cpu. The clock speed is pretty much irrelevant when it comes to a cpu IPC but if you want an fx, remomber that a 990fx mobo is a must if you plan to overclock, due to better power phase designs.

[Clanscorpia]

I'm actually planning on getting an FX-6300 now. I was doing even more research , and saw that the 6300 is 50 cheaper with 2 cores less than 8320 but it's a much better ocer so I can squeeze out more performance

[Clanscorpia]

Ok,I've been stupid this morning , so I think I'm going for an i5. I think the number 8 and the cheap price was swaying me.

[jimakos234]

Ok,I've been stupid this morning , so I think I'm going for an i5. I think the number 8 and the cheap price was swaying me.

thank god

[Clanscorpia]

So here's my new list: Tell me if this one is better.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/YfWwBm
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/YfWwBm/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.00 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS R2.0 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($49.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($52.75 @ Vuugo)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.71 @ Vuugo)
Case: Cooler Master Elite 350 ATX Mid Tower Case w/500W Power Supply  ($49.50 @ Vuugo)
Optical Drive: Asus DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer  ($25.04 @ DirectCanada)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN781ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($21.99 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $495.49
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-31 15:20 EDT-0400

 

My new budget is 500 without the OS so if things get really low on Black Friday I'll put in a GPU

[jimakos234]

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There is no need to add a dedicated gpu,since your grandma wont be gaming(i suppose), the igpu (intel hd) will do just fine

Also avoid cases with preinstalled power supplies, since they are not to be trusted (low quality components that may damage your new hardware)

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.71 @ Vuugo)

Motherboard: ASRock B85M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($54.95 @ Vuugo)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($53.54 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.71 @ Vuugo)

Case: Deepcool TESSERACT BF ATX Mid Tower Case  ($44.99 @ Newegg Canada)

Power Supply: Antec Basiq 430W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($44.98 @ Newegg Canada)

Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($21.01 @ shopRBC)

Total: $503.89

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-31 15:37 EDT-0400

[Djole123]

Maybe something like this if you want to go really cheap:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Integrated with Motherboard

Motherboard: ASRock Q1900M Micro ATX Celeron J1900 Motherboard ($63.00 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($33.99 @ Amazon)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($40.50 @ SuperBiiz)

Case: Apex TX-381 MicroATX Mid Tower Case w/300W Power Supply ($26.99 @ Directron)

Total: $164.48

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-31 16:42 EDT-0400

[Clanscorpia]

I guess now I'll be using jimakos' build and Black Friday will pay what the stupid rebates are. Thank you guys for all this help and i'll get back to you once I've finished the build sometime at the beginning of December!

[Clanscorpia]

Ok, so this is what I've chosen for the build.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/jzKbJx
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/jzKbJx/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.71 @ Vuugo)
Motherboard: MSI H81M-E33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($63.50 @ Vuugo)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory  ($54.99 @ NCIX)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.71 @ Vuugo)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H22 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($46.80 @ shopRBC)
Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($49.99 @ NCIX)
Optical Drive: LG GH24NSC0 DVD/CD Writer  ($17.95 @ Vuugo)
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WN881ND 802.11b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter  ($21.01 @ shopRBC)
Total: $538.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-10-31 17:20 EDT-0400