budget casual pc for browsing help

[mrahmat]

I have an old neighbor that has a 15 year old PC which apparently doesn't meet his requirements of playing facebook games and browsing the web. He wants a new PC for no more than 200$

 

I kinda went overboard with motherboard and cpu I think spending more than half of the budget on it already.... not sure

 

I am not an expert but I tried putting this up which is a tiny bit above his budget. Can someone let me know if it's gonna be good enough for him or is it overkill for a facebook gamer? Hit me up with sugguestions / part replacements for cheaper price or idk whatever is better. Thx

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/G7rdXP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/G7rdXP/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - A8-9600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($68.50 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.00 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($51.98 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($19.10 @ Amazon) 
Case: Rosewill - FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($9.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BT 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $223.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-07 05:58 EDT-0400

[Supportsneedlove]

7 minutes ago, mrahmat said:

I have an old neighbor that has a 15 year old PC which apparently doesn't meet his requirements of playing facebook games and browsing the web. He wants a new PC for no more than 200$

 

I kinda went overboard with motherboard and cpu I think spending more than half of the budget on it already.... not sure

 

I am not an expert but I tried putting this up which is a tiny bit above his budget. Can someone let me know if it's gonna be good enough for him or is it overkill for a facebook gamer? Hit me up with sugguestions / part replacements for cheaper price or idk whatever is better. Thx

 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/G7rdXP
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/G7rdXP/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - A8-9600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($68.50 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($49.00 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 4GB (1 x 4GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($51.98 @ B&H) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 320GB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($19.10 @ Amazon) 
Case: Rosewill - FBM-05 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($9.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - BT 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($24.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $223.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-04-07 05:58 EDT-0400

I'd say maybe save a bit on the CPU and get 8 gigs of RAM?

[asus killer]

a g4560 should be better and cheaper.

[Herman Mcpootis]

a new rig for $200 isn't gonna happen, see if he can reuse some of his old parts.

[LogicalDrm]

Thats way too low price point. Used laptop or used parts will give much better result. You are essentially paying for full warranty only. When you can get better old gen hardware at same price. Maybe with HDD as only new piece.

[mrahmat]

3 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

a new rig for $200 isn't gonna happen, see if he can reuse some of his old parts.

 

41 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

Thats way too low price point. Used laptop or used parts will give much better result. You are essentially paying for full warranty only. When you can get better old gen hardware at same price. Maybe with HDD as only new piece.

 

so go for used parts? any pointers where I can find some and what I should look for would be appreciated

 

4 hours ago, asus killer said:

a g4560 should be better and cheaper.

 

let me check that quickly

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 minutes ago, mrahmat said:

 

 

so go for used parts? any pointers where I can find some and what I should look for would be appreciated

 

 

let me check that quickly

a cheapo optiplex i5 with a 240gb ssd should be more then enough.

[LogicalDrm]

3 hours ago, mrahmat said:

so go for used parts? any pointers where I can find some and what I should look for would be appreciated

Recycling centers or other places which collect and resell used stuff are good places to start. Any site with used part sales. Best would be pre-build with i5, or even last gen APU. Actually even Core2Quad like Q6600 would be enough. Paired with cheap SSD those things are killer deals. But i5s with integrated GPU would be enough. Or paired with some $20 GPU (nVidia 5XX or AMD HD 4XXX/5XXX). If you are US/CA located, finding good deals used shouldn't be that hard. Can't say about other countries.