Build for my Dad

[A Silver]

My Dad wants me to build a PC for media consumption and general web browsing. I have the following parts in mind. Any changes that I should make? I may add a 120gb ssd for a boot drive and may change the case but it needs to be as close to £300 as possible.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JjvBXH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JjvBXH/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£69.56 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£56.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Zalman - ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£50.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On - iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £271.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-14 21:22 BST+0100

[3 Lions]

Wait for Coffee Lake Pentiums to come out along with B360 boards. 

[A Silver]

Just now, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Wait for Coffee Lake Pentiums to come out along with B360 boards. 

Any idea when that will be?

[TheCherryKing]

3 minutes ago, A Silver said:

My Dad wants me to build a PC for media consumption and general web browsing. I have the following parts in mind. Any changes that I should make? I may add a 120gb ssd for a boot drive and may change the case but it needs to be as close to £300 as possible.

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JjvBXH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/JjvBXH/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (£69.56 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-78LMT-USB3 Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard 
Memory: Crucial - 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£56.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£41.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: Zalman - ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Corsair - Builder 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (£50.77 @ Amazon UK) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On - iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.68 @ Amazon UK) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £271.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-14 21:22 BST+0100

A hard disk drive is fine for media consumption and web browsing. Don't get a cheap SSD! They don't last long!

[kagarium]

Just now, A Silver said:

Any idea when that will be?

Don't bother waiting for the new ones. A 6th or 7th gen Pentium will serve you just fine

[3 Lions]

2 minutes ago, A Silver said:

Any idea when that will be?

I've heard they are set for release around January-February 2018   

Edited October 14, 2017 by LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo

[PCGuy_5960]

1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Wait for Coffee Lake Pentiums to come out along with B360 boards. 

This. If you don't want to wait, get a Pentium G4560 instead of the FX CPU.

[A Silver]

3 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

This. If you don't want to wait, get a Pentium G4560 instead of the FX CPU.

Any other processors with 4 cores?

[TheCherryKing]

1 minute ago, A Silver said:

Any other processors with 4 cores?

The newer Core i3.

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

7 minutes ago, TheCherryKing said:

A hard disk drive is fine for media consumption and web browsing. Don't get a cheap SSD! They don't last long!

cheap ssd's are not always terrible. i bought a €40 ssd, a 60gb silicon power ssd, over 2 years ago. i installed Windows on that about 20 times, and it still works. 

[NumLock21]

3 minutes ago, A Silver said:

Any other processors with 4 cores?

That one is a dual core with HT. so technically 4 threads. Good for your dad's needs.

[TheCherryKing]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

cheap ssd's are not always terrible. i bought a €40 ssd, a 60gb silicon power ssd, over 2 years ago. i installed Windows on that about 20 times, and it still works. 

You are very lucky. You must have gotten a higher binned one.

[PCGuy_5960]

4 minutes ago, A Silver said:

Any other processors with 4 cores?

Coffeelake i3s or used i5s. 

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

Just now, TheCherryKing said:

You are very lucky. You must have gotten a higher binned one.

i don't think so. i also have a 120gb kingston ssd, also cheap. i used that for 2 years, and then i put it in my parent's pc. it's been in there for about 2 years now. also still working perfectly

[TheCherryKing]

An older HEDT platform with an older server CPU would work too if you get a good deal. A motherboard with an x58 chipset and a used Xeon go for about $200. 

[TheCherryKing]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

i don't think so. i also have a 120gb kingston ssd, also cheap. i used that for 2 years, and then i put it in my parent's pc. it's been in there for about 2 years now. also still working perfectly

You are even more lucky!

[A Silver]

4 minutes ago, PCGuy_5960 said:

Coffeelake i3s or used i5s. 

I found the Core i3-8100 but  I can't find a micro atx motherboard

EDIT: I found one but they cost too much making the build go over £400

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

1 minute ago, TheCherryKing said:

You are even more lucky!

i guess so. i also have harddrives from the 90's in my ms dos pc that still work fine... i guess i just take good care of my computers  

[AvocadosGuac]

4 minutes ago, TheCherryKing said:

You are very lucky. You must have gotten a higher binned one.

I have a silicon power 120gb one. Its been with me for almost 3 years. Still holding up strong...

[TheCherryKing]

Just now, Jrock said:

I have a silicon power 120gb one. Its been with me for almost 3 years. Still holding up strong...

I brought some SSDs from Sandisk, Patriot, and Intel. They all died within five years. Now I only buy enterprise grade SSDs. 

[Guest]

If he is only web browsing and watching media something like this would do fine. You could even go with one of the APU cpu's.

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 3 1200 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£84.95 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£59.14 @ CCL Computers) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Tactical 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£73.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GT 710 2GB Low Profile Video Card  (£29.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Case: Zalman - ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: Super Flower - Golden Green HX 350W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply  (£49.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On - iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.46 @ PC World Business) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £387.69
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-14 21:50 BST+0100

[Fardin]

g4560 would be more than enough or put a used i5 if find in this range. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor  (£72.50 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-H110M-S2H Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£47.39 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Kingston - FURY 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  (£65.94 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Silicon Power - Silm S55 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£41.19 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Zalman - ZM-T4 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£29.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: be quiet! - System Power 8 400W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  (£35.40 @ More Computers) 
Optical Drive: Lite-On - iHAS124-14 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.46 @ PC World Business) 
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link - TL-WN881ND PCI-Express x1 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Adapter  (£9.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £352.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-14 21:52 BST+0100

[IAmAndre]

For media consumption and web browsing, why don't you just buy a Chromebox (or a NUC) ?