What to choose?

[G27Racer_188]

My friend needs a new PC since his old single core sempron can't do anything anymore.

The pc will be used for web browsing  and watching movies, but he would like to be able to game on it as well, nothing crazy ultra, just playable.

Pc will be connected to his 1366x768 TV. He has mouse and keyboard.

We are working with a 350 euro budget. So I've come up with three PCs:

 

1) USED PC #1

• i5 3550
• MSI B75A
• 8GB DDR3
• RX 460 4GB
• 500GB HDD
• 600W PSU

2) USED PC #2

• i5 4570
• ASUS H97-PRO
• 8GB DDR3
• R7 270X 2GB
• 500GB HDD
• 750W PSU (CM GX series)

3) NEW PC

• Pentium G4560
• Cheapest B250 motherboard
• 4GB DDR4
• 240GB SSD
• 500W Antec vp500

All three cost exactly 350 euros.

 

The new system comes with an ssd, which would improve system responsiveness, but used systems might be a bit more powerful overall and come with discrete gpus.

 

So as the title says, what to choose?

[3 Lions]

1 minute ago, G27Racer_188 said:

3) NEW PC

• Pentium G4560
• Cheapest B250 motherboard
• 4GB DDR4
• 240GB SSD
• 500W Antec vp500

Get 8GB of RAM. 

[G27Racer_188]

5 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Get 8GB of RAM. 

OK, I might be able to squeeze it in the budget.

[zak rooley]

17 minutes ago, G27Racer_188 said:

 

3) NEW PC

• Pentium G4560
• Cheapest B250 motherboard
• 4GB DDR4
• 240GB SSD
• 500W Antec vp500

 

I would say get the new PC but try to get 8gb ram, then later down the line find yourself a 2nd hand GPU if the person isnt in any rush to be playing games.

[G27Racer_188]

3 minutes ago, zak rooley said:

I would say get the new PC but try to get 8gb ram, then later down the line find yourself a 2nd hand GPU if the person isnt in any rush to be playing games.

So you think pentium will be a good cpu for a few (like 3-4) years to come?

[zak rooley]

4 minutes ago, G27Racer_188 said:

So you think pentium will be a good cpu for a few (like 3-4) years to come?

Personally I would say no for my own use but since the persons budget is low you don't get much of a choice.

Are the used PCs pre built ones or are you looking at individual parts ? 

[G27Racer_188]

1 minute ago, zak rooley said:

Personally I would say no for my own use but since the persons budget is low you don't get much of a choice.

Are the used PCs pre built ones or are you looking at individual parts ? 

They are pre built, but in a sense that a person put all the components in a case and the system was used for some time, not the HP, dell kind of prebuilt.