My Grandpa want's a low power computer.

[Maxisthemoose]

Pretty much what the title says, any recommendations on parts would be great. Anything under 400$ if you can and I live in the USA.

 

I tried doing one but if you could fine tune it for me that would be great!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Celeron G3930 2.9 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$39.79 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	MSI - B250M GAMING PRO Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	$52.00 @ B&H
Memory	GeIL - EVO SPEAR 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$49.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage	Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$44.85 @ OutletPC
Case	Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$43.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA - BT 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$29.89 @ OutletPC
Monitor	Sceptre - E275W-1920 27.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	$99.00 @ Walmart
Keyboard	Logitech - K120 Wired Standard Keyboard	$8.99 @ Target
Mouse	Logitech - M100 Wired Optical Mouse	$4.44 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$397.93
	Mail-in rebates	-$25.00
	Total	$372.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-10 20:52 EST-0500

Also another quick question kind of off this topic, are sites like urcdkeys.com and cdkeys.com and kinguin.com legit? Could I buy Windows 10 Home keys from there?

 

Anyways thanks for all the help!

[PlayStation 2]

Personally, I'd get the Athlon 200GE over the Celeron there. It's a 2c/4t part that uses less power than that Celeron if memory serves me right.

[emosun]

thats going to be a pretty big waste of 370$. a used previous gen higher quality/speed machine would be amuch better over terrible parts who's only advantage is being not previously used.

[Maxisthemoose]

2 minutes ago, emosun said:

thats going to be a pretty big waste of 370$. a used previous gen higher quality/speed machine would be amuch better over terrible parts who's only advantage is being not previously used.

 

5 minutes ago, handymanshandle said:

Personally, I'd get the Athlon 200GE over the Celeron there. It's a 2c/4t part that uses less power than that Celeron if memory serves me right.

Ok could one of you send a pcpartpicker list maybe? Thanks.

 

[Shiv78]

Honestly, just get some Dell or HP prebuilt that's on sale. It'll likely be faster for less and a lot less work.

[Fasauceome]

Maybe a laptop instead?

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($54.90 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($50.98 @ Newegg Business) 
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2666 Memory  ($50.99 @ Newegg Business) 
Storage: MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($39.99 @ Amazon) 
Case: Rosewill - SRM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($26.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($30.98 @ Newegg) 
Monitor: NEC - AS242W-BK 23.6" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor  ($84.95 @ B&H) 
Keyboard: Logitech - MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($14.34 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $354.12
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-10 21:25 EST-0500

[Jurrunio]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Athlon 200GE 3.2 GHz Dual-Core Processor	$54.90 @ OutletPC
Motherboard	ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	$50.98 @ Newegg Business
Memory	GeIL - EVO SPEAR 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	$49.99 @ Newegg Business
Storage	MyDigitalSSD - BP5e Slim 7 240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$39.99 @ Amazon
Case	Corsair - Carbide Series 88R MicroATX Mid Tower Case	$39.99 @ Newegg
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$30.98 @ Newegg
Case Fan	Cooler Master - MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance 83.1 CFM 120mm Fan	$3.99 @ Newegg
Case Fan	Cooler Master - MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance 83.1 CFM 120mm Fan	$3.99 @ Newegg
Monitor	Asus - VC239H 23.0" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor	$99.99 @ Newegg
Keyboard	Logitech - MK120 Wired Slim Keyboard w/Optical Mouse	$14.34 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$439.14
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$389.14
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-10 21:40 EST-0500

I'd probably add a decent mechanical keyboard with quiet tactile switches like Cherry MX brown or Kalih brown switches, so typing is probably more enjoyable (and familiar, if he used type writers sometime in his life).

 

Largely similar to @Herman Mcpootis build, but changed the case to a less generic looking one, monitor to one with IPS panel and added really cheap (due to discount) fans for the components to breath (low power doesnt mean the 1 fan from the case is enough, after all low noise is a good thing).